Full Upgrade: Where To Go For Dramatic Beauty Transformations This Winter

It's not news to anyone that the winter months are ideal for complex beauty treatments, plastic surgeries and beauty experiments on the appearance. On cold days, sunlight, high temperatures and the resulting skin reactions (such as pigmentation, redness and irritation) finally leave us alone and give us a break for several months. We advise you to use this time productively and offer the 3 best clinics in which you will be able to achieve maximum beauty transformation and discover a new "yourself".

"Danishchuk Clinic": a clear oval of the face and elastic, radiant skin

If we talk about aesthetic facial rejuvenation, then definitely it should be an integrated approach, - says Olga Danishchuk, deramatocosmetologist, plastic surgeon at the Danishchuk Clinic. - After all, we are not talking about breasts, which can be enlarged or reduced, and where everything is very specific. In the case of the face, aging occurs at different levels, and in order to achieve a visible result, the doctor needs to act on different layers of soft tissues, and each of these layers needs its own instrument.

If the skin is just beginning to fade (age 25–35), then we can talk about one or two minimally invasive procedures. Most likely this will be enough. But for older people, everything is somewhat more complicated, because it is required to get to a deeper - muscular-aponeurotic - layer. In the Danishchuk Clinic, to achieve a global and lasting rejuvenating effect, we usually combine two hardware techniques: Thermage and UltherSystem.

The first technology is the effect of radio frequency radiation on the skin, under the influence of which the tissues are smoothed and tightened. This procedure is suitable for all skin types and has proven itself over many years of "service" in aesthetic cosmetology. It is interesting that the effect of it gradually increases over the next 6 months, and only after their expiration it reaches its maximum visual embodiment. This is the initial stage of our anti-age program aimed at eliminating laxity and dullness of the skin.

UltherSystem technology already works directly with the muscles and does this using focused ultrasonic pulses that can penetrate a great (but strictly controlled, which is important) depth. What happens: Thermal tissue damage causes damage to collagen structures and thus triggers repair processes. As a result, the patient sees how the oval of the face becomes clearer, the skin tightens, wrinkles are reduced, and even the skin flap is somewhat reduced.

Sometimes this procedure is called "non-surgical SMAS lifting", but I do not really like this formulation, because it still belongs to the field of surgery. The Ulther procedure should be performed no earlier than three months after Thermage. If you take a good full-fledged course, then the rejuvenating effect after this "hardware duet" may well last up to five years or even longer."

What else?

“If we are talking globally about rejuvenating procedures, then for emaciated skin with low turgor, I would recommend a course of mesotherapy,” continues Olga. - It is with this that it is good to start your individual program to combat age-related changes. It's like piling up bricks to build a house. It is necessary to prepare a supply of young healthy cells, with which the devices will then work, creating new collagen. Another solution to improve the quality of tissues is biorevitalization or PRP therapy (plasma therapy). What exactly to choose can only be advised by a doctor who sees the real condition of the patient's skin. For example, I usually choose PRP therapy for younger women and men, when I still don’t want a grandiose intervention in natural processes. The same technology is suitable for older patientswhich, for one reason or another, are prone to significant edema. The fact is that any biorevitalization is hyaluronic acid, and it is known to retain fluid and can give two to three weeks of swelling. Since modern aesthetic medicine and cosmetology are following the path not only to increase efficiency and safety, but also to minimize the recovery period after procedures, then every day, as they say, counts. If we are able to shorten the period of edema, then we need to shorten it, in this case choosing the correct procedure - not biorevitalization, but PRP-therapy. Since modern aesthetic medicine and cosmetology are following the path not only to increase efficiency and safety, but also to minimize the recovery period after procedures, then every day, as they say, counts. If we are able to shorten the period of edema, then we need to shorten it, in this case choosing the correct procedure - not biorevitalization, but PRP-therapy. Since modern aesthetic medicine and cosmetology are following the path not only to improve efficiency and safety, but also to minimize the recovery period after procedures, then every day, as they say, counts. If we are able to shorten the period of edema, then we need to shorten it, in this case choosing the correct procedure - not biorevitalization, but PRP-therapy.

In winter, the rejuvenation procedure using the iPixel fractional CO2 laser, which is done once every four months, is still relevant. It allows you to solve many problems: to even out the skin relief, remove pigmentation, get rid of enlarged pores, smooth out wrinkles, and tone the tissues. Moreover, the fractional laser can be combined with the same PRP-therapy and the result is a "dream skin".

The techniques I have listed are easily combined not only with each other, but also with plastic surgery. Of course, plastic solves the serious problem of excess skin and tissue ptosis, but wrinkles, elasticity, turgor are not within her competence. Here we need injections and devices that dramatically improve the quality of tissues. Moreover, you can take the course both before the operation in order to speed up recovery, and after - in order to strengthen and prolong the achieved anti-aging effect. In a word, skin should be dealt with, no matter what!”.

Helen Baden Youth Clinic: body sculpting, body lifting and cellulite reduction

If earlier people “dealt with the body” mainly before the vacation season, now the situation has changed, and patients come to the clinic all year round to regain their shape or maintain it,”says Anna Skornyakova, dermatovenerologist, cosmetologist at the Helen Baden clinic. - To ensure that everything happens harmoniously and changes concern not only the weight, but also the silhouette lines and the condition of the skin, the Helen Baden clinic has developed a special program based on the “three pillars” - three devices that can be combined in different ways depending on the goals … This summer we got the Emsculpt wonder machine. Its action is based on a high-intensity electromagnetic field, which, through the attachments, works with problem areas such as the abdomen and buttocks. By sending impulses, the device forces the muscles to actively contract:in one procedure, 20,000 muscle contractions occur, which leads to a powerful lifting in the buttocks, and in the rest of the zones, the subcutaneous fat decreases. This is especially evident in women who go to the gym to pump up all the same buttocks, but nothing works out for them. And here, during the procedure, a kind of passive training takes place. Emsculpt is very popular with young mothers who do not have time for fitness, but need to tighten their abdomen or buttocks. A course of four procedures gives an effect that is equivalent to three to four months of intensive work in the gym. Agree, this saves a lot of time and effort. I must say that the process itself is quite comfortable and painless: you lie down and feel muscle contraction, the intensity of which is regulated by the doctor. Course,which we usually recommend to our patients - four treatments. As a rule, this is enough for about a year. But if moderate physical activity is connected to hardware care and proper nutrition is built, the results will be even better and last even longer.

If the excess of subcutaneous fat is large and the patient has significant excess weight, then I would recommend that he first do either Zeltiq cryolipolysis, or a procedure on the Ulfit apparatus, which destroys fat cells by acting on them with focused ultrasound. Here we are no longer talking about a separate, strictly prescribed course: the doctor conducts a session (once a month), looks at the results, and as soon as everyone is satisfied with everything, you can finish. If the subcutaneous fat layer is insignificant and located locally, then, perhaps, the matter will be limited to one visit to the clinic, if there is something to work with, then two or three."

What else?

“It happens that patients need not only to lose weight and shape their figure, but also to tighten their body skin. This often happens after childbirth. Then at the Helen Baden clinic we connect the Exilis Ultr360 device. Its action is based on RF energy and therapeutic ultrasound. I would like to draw your attention to the difference between the procedure on Ulfit and on Exilis Ultr360. In the first case, focused ultrasound is used, which, with the help of nozzles, penetrates to different depths - 13, 9 and 6 mm - and works only there. In the case of therapeutic ultrasound, the process takes place exclusively in the upper layers of tissues, where a significant lifting effect is achieved through controlled heating of the skin. I like that all three hardware techniques can be combined with each other depending on the tasks being solved. For instance,if you are overweight, Ulfit and Emsculpt can be done in one procedure or in turn, and then add Exilis Ultr360. In addition to all of the above, the Helen Baden clinic also has an X-wave device - a therapeutic shock wave that gently affects problem areas, starting metabolic processes, and thus allows you to fight cellulite, stretch marks and scars. In essence, this is a gentle shock wave therapy that improves circulation, breaks down fibrous cords and smooths the skin. When working with manifestations of first or second degree cellulite, positive changes can be seen already after two procedures (the full course of treatment is 6–8 procedures). And if you add Exilis Ultr360 to this, then any cellulite simply won't have a chance. "In addition to all of the above, the Helen Baden clinic also has an X-wave device - a therapeutic shock wave that gently affects problem areas, starting metabolic processes, and thus allows you to fight cellulite, stretch marks and scars. Essentially, it is a gentle shock wave therapy that improves circulation, breaks down fibrous cords and smoothes the skin. When working with the manifestations of first or second degree cellulite, positive changes can be seen already after two procedures (the full course of treatment is 6–8 procedures). And if you add Exilis Ultr360 to this, then any cellulite simply won't have a chance. "In addition to all of the above, the Helen Baden clinic also has an X-wave device - a therapeutic shock wave that gently affects problem areas, starting metabolic processes, and thus allows you to fight cellulite, stretch marks and scars. Essentially, this is a gentle shock wave therapy that improves circulation, breaks down fibrous cords and smooths the skin. When working with manifestations of first or second degree cellulite, positive changes can be seen already after two procedures (the full course of treatment is 6–8 procedures). And if you add Exilis Ultr360 to this, then any cellulite simply won't have a chance. "and thus allows you to fight cellulite, stretch marks and scars. Essentially, it is a gentle shock wave therapy that improves circulation, breaks down fibrous cords and smoothes the skin. When working with manifestations of first or second degree cellulite, positive changes can be seen already after two procedures (the full course of treatment is 6–8 procedures). And if you add Exilis Ultr360 to this, then any cellulite simply won't have a chance. "and thus allows you to fight cellulite, stretch marks and scars. Essentially, it is a gentle shock wave therapy that improves circulation, breaks down fibrous cords and smoothes the skin. When working with manifestations of first or second degree cellulite, positive changes can be seen already after two procedures (the full course of treatment is 6–8 procedures). And if you add Exilis Ultr360 to this, then any cellulite simply won't have a chance. "then any cellulite simply won't have a chance. "then any cellulite simply won't have a chance."

Clinic of aesthetic medicine TORI: reduction of wrinkles, pigmentation marks and acne

Currently, there are a considerable number of effective and safe methods that allow you to work out to the maximum all the structures of the tissues on which aging occurs,”says cosmetologist Elena Makshanova. - The TORI clinic has its own developments, which even take traditional methods of rejuvenation to a new level. For example, we supplement the popular Scarlet radio wave needle lifting procedure with a special meso-cocktail, which is applied immediately after the apparatus exposure. The Scarlet is equipped with many small needles that create micro-punctures on the skin. As a result, within 24 hours after the procedure, it becomes possible through these microchannels to organize a non-injection delivery of active components to the "maximum depth".

To do this, it is enough to apply a meso cocktail or plasma to the face, neck or décolleté, which will provide an additional anti-age effect. In the first hours after damage, the integrity of the tissue is very susceptible and permeable to beneficial ingredients, so we decided to take advantage of the situation and enhance the anti-aging effect. Thus, in one visit to the clinic, the patient receives a double effect. As a result of the needle radio wave lifting, the skin tone is leveled, age spots disappear, wrinkles become less noticeable, and firmness and elasticity increase. The meso cocktail adds to this deep hydration and accelerates the regeneration processes, and also works as a prevention against the appearance of new signs of aging. The minimum course that we recommend to patients is 3-4 procedures with an interval of one month. I want to say,that when working with Scarlet, the doctor chooses the desired regimen himself, so this procedure can be safely recommended both for young people (after 30 years) as a preventive measure against premature skin aging, and for older people to deal with existing problems. In the latter case, the number of sessions will be more - in the region of five or six."

What else?

“Another know how of our clinic in the field of an integrated approach to facial rejuvenation, - continues the story of the cosmetologist of the TORI clinic Irina Vakhitova, - Halo laser resurfacing, supplemented by the subsequent application of growth factors. This procedure is usually attended by those who need to even out the relief, tighten the skin and increase its tone. I must say that resurfacing is still one of the most effective methods for getting even, smooth, radiant skin. The Halo ™ Sciton Hybrid Fractional Laser has superhero capabilities: by simultaneously targeting tissues with two wavelengths, it combines deep skin rejuvenation with epidermal renewal, all in one session. But after laser resurfacing, a recovery period is required. Our doctors have found a way to make rehabilitation much shorter and easier. Since micro-holes are formed during grinding, which are open for only a few hours, during this time there are passages for the additional introduction of important active substances. That is why, immediately after the Halo ™ Sciton session, we began to use growth factors - signaling molecules that are responsible for communication between cells and regulate their division processes (synthesis of collagen and elastin). After carrying out the laser resurfacing procedure, doctors apply multifactorial drugs to the skin, which, penetrating deeply, trigger local processes of recovery and rejuvenation. By the way, these drugs are the development of Russian scientists and a special subject for pride. That is why, immediately after the Halo ™ Sciton session, we began to use growth factors - signaling molecules that are responsible for communication between cells and regulate their division processes (synthesis of collagen and elastin). After carrying out the laser resurfacing procedure, doctors apply multifactorial drugs to the skin, which, penetrating deeply, trigger local processes of recovery and rejuvenation. By the way, these drugs are the development of Russian scientists and a special subject for pride. That is why, immediately after the Halo ™ Sciton session, we began to use growth factors - signaling molecules that are responsible for communication between cells and regulate their division processes (synthesis of collagen and elastin). After carrying out the laser resurfacing procedure, doctors apply multifactorial drugs to the skin, which, penetrating deeply, trigger local processes of recovery and rejuvenation. By the way, these drugs are the development of Russian scientists and a special subject for pride.these drugs are the development of Russian scientists and a special subject for pride.these drugs are the development of Russian scientists and a special subject for pride.

Halo sanding fits perfectly into any anti-age program. If the patient comes, for example, for blepharoplasty or for some other manipulations to a plastic surgeon, then in this situation, resurfacing is prescribed after the operation. Plastic can remove excess skin and provide lifting, but it cannot increase skin density - Halo will do it. If we are talking about complex non-surgical face rejuvenation, then resurfacing alone will not cope. First, you need to prepare the skin and moisturize it well using the same multifactorial cosmetics and injection techniques, for example, biorevitalization or plasma therapy, and then connect the devices."

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