What Are the Advantages of a Non-Surgical Facelift with Profound®?

Want to restore your facial contours? Most people have three important facial characteristics when they’re young. These are sometimes referred as the triangle of youth: higher cheekbones and fuller cheeks that narrow to a more angular chin. The triangle is inverted later in life when cheeks lose their fullness and the jaw becomes heavier due to thinning skin drooping down. When you’ve reached this stage of aging, injectable treatments may no longer be as much help. Instead, you need to focus more on sagging skin. That has traditionally meant surgery, but at practices like Los Angeles’ Cassileth Plastic Surgery & Skin Care, standard facelifts are no longer the only option for lifting and tightening skin. Patients can now choose a non-surgical facelift with Profound® in Los Angeles, which provides many of the same anti-aging benefits for those who are not ready for a surgical procedure. Here are some ways that Profound® can be helpful:

Improves Skin Quality

The reason why skin starts to become thinner and less resilient when a person reaches their mid-20s and 30s is because internal body processes change. Over time, the skin produces less of the building blocks that keep it youthful, like collagen and elastin. Gravity also causes the skin on the cheeks and neck to sink downward.

Profound® helps you to create healthier skin by kickstarting skin cell turnover and the production of hyaluronic acid, a sugar molecule that helps maintain supple and moisturized skin by absorbing and retaining water. It also invigorates collagen and elastin production. These proteins keep skin strong and springy.

Profound® is an RF (radiofrequency) treatment that works by emitting heat, which reaches a precise depth in the skin using a fine-needle delivery system. Both the outer surface of the skin and its inner layers are improved.

Defines the Jawline

In addition to minimizing smile lines and wrinkles on the lower part of the face, Profound® is also an effective way of addressing crepey skin and jowls. It also makes the cheeks and the skin around the mouth area thicker while reducing sagging in the lower face for a more sculpted appearance. While it’s no substitute for the more dramatic and longer-lasting results of a facelift, Profound® is ideal for patients with mild to moderate skin laxity who don’t wish to remove skin or fat.

Not Much Downtime

Profound® is a more accessible option for many people. Unlike a traditional facelift—which may require at least three weeks of downtime and comes with the risk of side effects like bruising and numbness—patients who have a Profound® session won’t need much downtime, and any side effects are very minor. There are no surgical incisions, scars, or general anesthesia involved. The treatment can be done as a quick lunchtime procedure lasting less than an hour, causing little to no discomfort. Patients will be able to go back to their activities after. This is also a less intense, non-ablative skin rejuvenation technique, meaning that the outer layer of the skin isn’t removed as it is with certain laser treatments and peels.

Safe for All Skin Types

Unlike some cosmetic treatments—such as certain laser resurfacing techniques that have the risk of causing hyperpigmentation on darker skin tones—Profound® is safe on all skin tones. Also, substances aren’t introduced to the skin, so there is less likelihood of a session causing an allergic reaction.

Natural-Looking Results

Since the remodeling of the skin continues gradually thanks to new collagen and elastin being created, the results look more subtle and natural, which some patients prefer to the more dramatic, transformative results from surgery. Profound® uses controlled temperatures and produces precise, consistent results.

Corrects Other Skin Irregularities

Severe acne often causes scars when blemishes below the surface of the skin become inflamed and the pore walls rupture. Profound® helps to minimize these scars, as well as forms of sun damage such as sunspots.

Is a non-surgical facelift with Profound® the best option for you? The Cassileth Plastic Surgery & Skin Care team is available to answer any questions about achieving a younger appearance with cosmetic treatments. For additional details, call them at (310) 278-8200 or fill out a contact form to get started.