Innovations in the beauty tech industry mean that going under the knife is no longer the only option.
Keeping on top of your skincare, drinking the recommended amount of water and ensuring your diet is nutritionally balanced is a great way to look and feel great. But, there will be areas of the body that start to show signs of ageing and sadly no amount of kale and H20 will reverse this.
Luckily, the hype around non-surgical facelifts is valid and for so many of us, a sigh of relief knowing many of the treatments can be administered at home.
Here, we take a closer look at some of the most popular tech alternatives to going under the knife for firmer, toned and sculpted skin.
What are non-surgical skin tightening treatments?
A non-surgical skin tightening treatment is designed to firm, lift and rejuvenate your skin without surgery. RF (radio frequency), microcurrent and LED (light-emitting diode) are all technologies associated with non-surgical procedures.
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Microcurrent devices use low-level electrical currents to firm and tone your facial features. It mimics the body’s electrical currents, stimulating cell growth and rejuvenation. It’s painless, non-invasive, has no downtime and gives long-term results.
The tiny electrical currents that microcurrent devices send to the muscles make them contract and relax, like a mini workout that improves muscle tone and firmness. This treatment also supports collagen and elastin production, which helps to maintain the skin’s structure and elasticity for the perfect lifting facial.
The ZIIP HALO Facial Toning Device uses Dual Waveform Technology to blend microcurrent with ZIIP Nanocurrent™ waves. This means it repairs your skin, helps with lymphatic drainage (essential for that snatched look) and gives an instant, visible lift.
We’ve found that if you do a full treatment on one side of your face it looks far more sculpted than the other side. And that lift lasts. It’s one of our favourite facial toning devices and results are staggering when used regularly.
It’s pain-free, easy to do and it feels like a little time out in your day for some much-needed self-care with the added benefit of being a natural facelift. Plus, it has different programmes to follow for different results, so if you just want to lift your eyes, you can. If you want an all-over facial lift, then that’s there too.
Dermatologists and skin specialists love microcurrent, as do celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Margot Robbie and Bella Hadid – some seriously enviable examples.
Aesthetics doctor Dr. Arora recommends starting microcurrent treatments when you’re younger as it can help with how your skin ages. “Starting in your twenties means that you’re seeing the tightening, toning and sculpting results sooner, enhancing the anti-ageing effect as you get into your thirties.”
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LED therapy is a type of anti-ageing treatment that uses specific wavelengths to penetrate deep into the skin. Red light helps to produce collagen, meaning you can wave goodbye to fine lines, wrinkles and crepey skin.
Near-infrared light is great for reducing inflammation, and calming irritation, redness and an uneven skin tone or texture. It also helps with healing and blood circulation.
Dr. Ayah, an aesthetics expert and Harley Street clinic owner says that LED light therapy is great when it comes to anti-ageing. “There are multiple benefits of LED therapy, and these are backed by science. Light hits the cell and it activates it to change, helping to reduce inflammation and create collagen. What does this mean for you? Less redness, fewer fine lines, less wrinkles and an improvement in skin tone and firmness.”
Signs of ageing don’t just happen on the face either. Your skin—especially the areas that see the sun more often—ages all over. Our Face & Neck Kit offers anti-ageing for the face, neck and décolletage.
What’s the best non-surgical treatment for tighter skin?
Another option is radio frequency and at home radio frequency is a great treatment and is worth adding to your list. This treatment uses radio frequency energy to heat the deeper layers of the skin, stimulating collagen production. This helps to make wrinkles look better, press pause on texture and works on sagging skin (aka the main signs of ageing).
It works to tighten your tissue straight away by stimulating the collagen fibres—the building blocks of your skin. The more regular treatments you do, the better the results as the collagen continues to build up in your skin. Like microcurrent, radio frequency also works to boost blood circulation and lymphatic drainage so can help with inflammation and healthy skin.
Beauty expert Nadine Baggot is a huge radio frequency advocate, using her at-home device on the wrinkles around her eyes and jawline to boost collagen production. She’s previously been a fan of in-salon treatments but has made the switch to doing treatments at home with the CurrentBody Skin RF Radio Frequency Skin Tightening Device. For her, it “helps to reduce sagging skin, fine lines and wrinkles while boosting your skin’s firmness and helping to smooth out your skin tone.”
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