We often have patients who come into Citrine Med Spa with one specific treatment in mind. It’s usually the typical, popular treatments, like Botox, Dermal Fillers, Body Contouring, or Laser Hair Removal.
We absolutely love when our patients are knowledgeable about treatments and engaged in the process. However, we often explain during our consultation process that our approach to treatment focuses more on your overall aesthetic balance.
That’s why we’re discussing how we balance treatments for the best facial rejuvenation in Lincoln. Read on to learn more about our process and how we expertly tailor every treatment plan to each individual patient for their best results possible.
Finding the right balance for your facial rejuvenation in Lincoln
Determining the best treatments for your facial rejuvenation involves way more than just picking out an injectable. Everything starts with our consultation process, where we can get to know more about your needs and your aesthetic goals.
Our consultation process for skin rejuvenation
During our in-depth consultations with our highly trained providers, we take a good look at your overall facial structure and individual muscles. It takes a highly-trained eye and years of experience with facial rejuvenation to see exactly where changes can be made to enhance a patient’s natural beauty. Looking at the face as a whole helps us as injectors come up with an appropriate treatment plan with a combination of skin rejuvenation treatments.
After we take the time to evaluate your face, we will recommend treatment options and explain the procedure for each in detail. Not only do we treat each patient individually, even patients with the same treatments will receive larger or smaller doses of neurotoxin injections or dermal fillers based on their unique needs.
Our staff’s experience plays a huge role in our consultation process. Kerri Otto, our Physician Assistant at Citrine Med Spa, performs all injection consultations herself, because it’s important that the person injecting your skin is also doing your consultation.
Options for facial rejuvenation in Lincoln
After we’ve taken a thorough history and performed an evaluation of your facial anatomy and listened to your concerns, we can recommend some different treatment options for your facial rejuvenation in Lincoln. Here is a look at some of our most popular facial rejuvenation treatments.
Botox
Botox is arguably the most popular facial rejuvenation treatment for a reason. With Botox injections, we can temporarily relax the facial muscles that contract when you make expressions like frowning, laughing, squinting, etc. to hide—and reduce the severity of—the dynamic wrinkles that appear with these everyday facial expressions. With regular treatments, you can even prevent wrinkles from forming because your muscles are relaxed long term, lessening line and wrinkle formation.
Dysport
Much like Botox, Dysport is an injectable treatment that temporarily relaxes facial muscles that contract when you make everyday facial expressions. Dysport has more of a tendency to spread than Botox, however, which is useful in some areas of the face but not others. That’s why we actually often recommend both Dysport and Botox for patients, depending on their needs.
Dermal Fillers
Dermal fillers are gel-like substances, usually made of hyaluronic acid (HA), that we inject below the surface of the skin to provide volume and support. The depth will vary depending on the type of filler, anatomic location, and desired effect. This smooths out and plumps fine lines and wrinkles that aren’t affected by Botox, and enhances the face’s natural contours.
Dermal fillers plump and lift the skin by replenishing volume loss caused by your body’s natural aging process. Certain injectable products like Sculptra can even stimulate your body’s natural collagen production process to replace lost collagen over time for longer lasting results.
At Citrine Med Spa we use RHA Collection fillers, the first FDA-approved HA filler designed for dynamic wrinkles. We are one of only a few highly selective practices in Nebraska that carries these designer fillers that adapt to your facial movements.
RHA collection fillers have been clinically proven to last up to 15 months. RHA uses newly developed hyaluronic acid compounds that more closely resemble the natural HA found in our skin. Our body’s metabolism will break down the HA gel very slowly over time. But the advanced RHA formula prolongs this metabolism allowing the hyaluronic acid dermal filler to last longer.
Combining options for the best facial rejuvenation in Lincoln
As we said earlier, your facial rejuvenation options aren’t necessarily separate choices. We prefer to look at the face as a whole, rather than just performing one treatment and moving from there.
Say a patient comes in looking to enhance their lips. During your thorough, personalized consultation, we may also recommend treating your chin as well to keep the balance of your facial proportions. Or, if you’re looking to improve your under eye area, we’ll often suggest working on your cheeks and jawline first so it’s a total facial rejuvenation and overall facial balance and symmetry is maintained so results look incredibly natural.
How your skin ages
With facial rejuvenation, everything comes down to understanding the physiology of aging and how it affects your facial structure.
20s
Until your mid-20s or so, your skin is resilient, voluminous. Unless you suffer from severe adolescent acne or another skin condition (e.g. dermatitis, psoriasis, etc.), most of us enter our 20s with bright eyes, full cheeks, and no wrinkles to speak of.
30s
According to researchers at Dartmouth, after the age of 20, your skin produces one percent less collagen each year (collagen and a similar fiber, elastin, create the structural framework for your skin). Your existing collagen and elastin becomes thicker, clumpy, and loose—setting the stage for loose, brittle skin that eventually wrinkles and sags.
Additionally, your skin cells start turning over much slower by your late 20s, causing dead cells to accumulate and dull the complexion. The transfer of moisture between skin layers slows in your 30s, shrinking the fat cells that once gave you full, lifted cheeks, creating a deflating effect.
40s & 50s
By your 40s, your skin is much thinner and can’t produce collagen anymore, so more wrinkles, lines, and sagging appear. Finally, in your 50s, your skin is parched and easily bruised, damaged, or broken. This trend continues with the skin becoming drier, thinner, and more sensitive.
Before you freak out, the above process we described, called intrinsic aging, does not take external influences into account. Extrinsic aging refers to the process and causes of aging that occur outside of the body. These can be influences that actually speed up the process of intrinsic skin aging, like:
- Smoking tobacco (secondhand smoke counts!)
- Unprotected and/or prolonged UV exposure
- Poor diet and skin care habits
- Pollution
Reversing signs of aging is a process
It’s natural to want quick results when choosing facial rejuvenation or other anti-aging treatments. While fast fixes are available, it’s also important to understand that the best approach for long lasting results is a gradual, individualized process.
Some treatments we recommend are immediate; others might take a while to work. What might work for some people might not work for others, but overall, taking sequential steps to a healthier and more youthful look is where we find the best results. We prioritize building a strong foundation through treatments, so other treatments down the line are more effective.
Ideal candidates for facial rejuvenation
Almost anyone is eligible for facial rejuvenation treatments at Citrine Med Spa. Since we tailor every treatment directly to each client, you will receive a completely customized plan that delivers exactly the look you desire. Contact us today to schedule your consultation and begin your facial rejuvenation journey!
Why Citrine is your best choice for facial rejuvenation in Lincoln
It is incredibly important to select a medical aesthetic venue that has the highest patient safety and clinical training standards for facial rejuvenation procedures.
At Citrine Med Spa, our years of expertise and keen aesthetic eye helps us recommend the best treatment options that will be safe and effective for them, whether it’s Botox, Dysport, Fillers, or a different kind of cosmetic procedure. Dr. Ashley Fratello, a board-certified physician with extensive experience and training in offering aesthetic treatments, leads our talented team of providers.
Citrine is proud to be the premier medical spa in Lincoln. Trained specialists with many years of dermatology and aesthetics experience perform our consultations and treatments, so you can rest assured knowing you are in the most skilled and practiced hands in the region.
Schedule your consultation for facial rejuvenation in Lincoln today!
Citrine is proud to be the premier medical spa in Lincoln. Trained nurses and providers perform our consultations and treatments, so you can rest assured knowing you are in the most skilled and practiced hands in the region.
If you’re ready to start your facial rejuvenation process and turn back the clock on aging skin, come to Citrine Med Spa today. We can help you achieve your laser hair removal goals!
We offer the latest facial rejuvenation treatments and understand how to balance those treatments to create results you can be proud of.
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