As the skin ages naturally, the collagen and elastic tissue in the dermis will be lost, the skin becomes thin, and the dermis and subcutis will shrink. As a result, the skin will start to get loose and sag downwards.

In addition, the amino-glycan that holds water content as well as the oily secretion diminishes, the skin becomes dry. This result is more and more wrinkles even when we are not having an expression.

Plus the external factors that aggravate skin aging, such as sun exposure, smoking, inappropriate diets, and stresses, which all impair the anti-oxidation function of the skin.

To treat these, apart from correcting influences from external insults, such as sun protection, avoid smoking, we can also apply skincare with those proven medical ingredients , for examples vitamin C, retinoid, glycolic acid, growth factors, hyaluronic acid etc.

Almost all current medical aesthetic treatments can in certain extent improve resting lines and wrinkles. The more popular and with consistent benefits include:

• Chemical Peel utilises high concentration glycolic acid to remove the dead keratin layer, improve the metabolic turnover of the epidermal cells, and stimulate growth of collagen in the dermis.
• Micro-dermabrasion uses headpieces of different roughness in negative pressure to remove the superficial epidermal cells, stimulate collagen in the dermis and result in less wrinkles in a manner similar to chemical peel.
• Radio-frequency stimulates collagen growth and tightens skin.
• Fractional CO2 Laser vaporises the superficial epidermis and the top part of the dermis, contracts the underlying connective tissues, and results in less wrinkles.

The recent popular High Intensity Focused Ultrasound is also effective in tightening skin laxity and reduces fine lines.

With the injectables, small molecules Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Filler can be injected in the superficial layers to smooth out fine lines, whereas the large molecules formula can be injected into deeper layers to correct deep lines such as the naso-labial folds and glabellar folds. Sculptra is regarded as a liquid lift and has a vast benefit in reducing wrinkles.

What is more, Thread Lift can be performed to put PDO threads in the skin layers with stimulation to create more collagen. The improvement in reducing fine lines is one of the strongest and most obvious.