Sagging has more than one source. Establishing whether the slack is skin, fat or support determines whether tightening will do anything at all.
Laxity arises from dermal collagen loss, weakening of the fibrous retaining ligaments, descent and deflation of fat compartments, and underlying bone resorption.
Skin excess, volume loss and ligamentous descent look similar in a mirror and respond to entirely different interventions. Tightening skin that is not the problem is the commonest wasted treatment in aesthetics.
Which layer is contributing and in what proportion, degree of photodamage, skin thickness, and prior treatment.
Energy-based tightening addresses the collagen component. Where the dominant issue is volume or descent, tightening alone will disappoint, and that is said at assessment.
Significant laxity may be beyond what non-surgical treatment can address. Saying so is a legitimate outcome.
Sagging has more than one source. Establishing whether the slack is skin, fat or support determines whether tightening will do anything at all.
Skin excess, volume loss and ligamentous descent look similar in a mirror and respond to entirely different interventions. Tightening skin that is not the problem is the commonest wasted treatment in aesthetics.
Which layer is contributing and in what proportion, degree of photodamage, skin thickness, and prior treatment.
Significant laxity may be beyond what non-surgical treatment can address. Saying so is a legitimate outcome.
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