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Dear Beauty Reader,
Have you ever been told you look younger than you really are? I’m sure it made your day. After all, youth means beauty in our culture. And a young, beautiful face is impossible to ignore.
There’s one thing that defines a youthful appearance more than anything else – your skin.
Today I want to show you two natural and effective ways to support and firm your skin so you can have the youngest and best looking skin possible.
First, for a younger, smoother look, you’ll want to make sure your skin has lots of collagen.
Collagen is a group of proteins that together form the building blocks for your skin (and connective tissue). Collagen gives volume, flexibility and strength to your skin and is what makes it look healthy and young. It makes up the majority of the dermis, which is the layer of skin just below the surface.
Over time, your collagen breaks down. When that happens, we say our skin is “aging.” But what we’re really saying is that we are beginning to see diminished facial volume and elasticity. The loss of elasticity and volume results in wrinkles, more sagginess, and more lines.
There are a variety of products which claim to replace collagen. Unfortunately, a lot of these claims are more about selling a product, and you don’t get the collagen-producing results.
But you can increase your collagen naturally to give you a fuller face, fewer wrinkles and lines, and help you look younger.
One way to do this is with a truly effective, natural skin serum like Dr. Sears’ Caracol Bella. It encourages collagen stimulation.
Caracol Bella has powerful ingredients designed to improve your skin’s health and appearance. It’s a serum made up of biological compounds that are a combination of carbohydrates and proteins as well as minerals like copper, zinc, calcium and iron.
It also is a natural source of hyaluronic acid (HA) which also promotes the ability of collagen to retain moisture in your skin, acting as a sponge soaking up moisture.
These compounds and minerals help build collagen and elastin. This gives your skin more firmness, elasticity and flexibility to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
The second way to easily have fuller, more youthful looking skin is to complement your skin serum with an injectable if your wrinkles and volume loss have progressed a bit further. This is a great way to add fullness and volume to your face, and the results can last up to a year.
I recommend Radiesse® to my patients. Radiesse is composed of calcium hydroxylapetite which is a natural substance found in our bones and teeth. This is a filler best used for the very deep lines in your face, as well as for structure building in the cheeks and jaws that may have lost volume due to aging.
The gel carrier and calcium microspheres provide the volume needed to provide lift and minimize aging. It builds a sort of scaffolding network underneath your skin that provides structure. This gives you volume and lift below the surface of your skin, creating the fullness you want, while filling in the wrinkles you don’t want.
But the best part is how Radiesse provides structure and stimulates your own natural collagen to grow.1 This process continues for several months and the natural results are clinically proven to last a year or more in many patients. It’s long-lasting facial rejuvenation.2
One thing to note is that injectable fillers are not like a vaccine shot. Vaccines are administered into your arm and then the ingredients flow throughout your system. Fillers do not flow. It remains in the specified injected area, binding itself to your existing collagen. Months later, it is absorbed into your system and discarded naturally.
Most volumizing fillers, like Radiesse are used primarily to fill in moderate to severe lines and deep wrinkles. And you’ll see the difference right away. Plus, it’s safe to use since it’s biocompatible and is naturally metabolized by your body.
As you and your practitioner look into what will be best for your needs, keep one thing in mind. The skill of the person administering your injections is the single most important factor of the equation.
If filler is placed improperly, it could show a bulge or line. If something like this occurs, it’s not a quick fix, as fillers won’t just go away over the weekend. Fillers will remain in your body until your body’s natural absorption process has reabsorbed it back into your system.
Of course, this is good news if you love the results. I encourage you to come talk to me about volumizing fillers like Radiesse® if you would like to fill in those wrinkles and lines today. I’ve performed thousands of procedures and can assure you that I’m uniquely qualified to administer injectables safely and effectively so you don’t need to worry.
If you don’t live close enough to see me at our Royal Palm clinic, give the office a call at 561-784-7852 and we can try to help refer you to someone else who is also excellent in your area.
Best Wishes for Health and Beauty,
Tara Smith, ARNP, NP-C
 [Ed. Note: Tara Smith, ARNP NP-C, is a board-certified nurse practitioner. Her medical concentration is on aesthetics, teaching and family practice. Tara is conducting research trials into novel ways of naturally boosting the human growth hormone and working on a new book on anti-aging for women.] |
1. Berlin A, Hussain M, Goldberg D. “Calcium Hydroxylapatite Filler for Facial Rejuvenation: A Histologic and Immunohistochemical Analysis.” Dermatologic Surgery, 2008;Volume 34, S64-S67.
2. Bass LS, Smith S, Busso M, McClaren M. “Calcium Hydroxylapatite (Radiesse) for Treatment of Nasolabial Folds: Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Results.” Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2010;30 (2), 235-238.
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