How Does Healing After A Treatment Affect The Results?
Many of the new skin tightening technologies create a wound in the skin that provokes for the tissue to be then healed resulting in new collagen and rejuvenation of the skin. This “injury” can be accomplished through chemicals, as in the case of a peel, through heat as with lasers and radio frequency devices, or, as in the case of microneedle and microdermabrasion, with the help of equipment directly on the skin. Many question its effectiveness alleging that whenever you apply heat, you will shrink the tissue and it’s the shrinking that causes the tightening effect, not the production of new collagen; or that the effect of the injury will be worse for the skin in the long run. Others simply get an adverse reaction that results in post inflammatory hyper pigmentation or scar tissue.
Well, not considering the many possible variations or impact on the skin from the different treatment alternatives, the answer usually lies in the wound healing response of the body, in the condition and preparation of the skin before treatment, and in the careful adherence to a post treatment plan. If the epidermis is not restored quickly, to reduce the inflammatory response, then scar tissue or post inflammatory hyper pigmentation may result. Many factors can assist this healing process for better results. This takes us back to our initial blog of many legs to a stool. In wound healing as well, nutrition and lifestyle decisions affect the outcome of the treatment.
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