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Skin Tightening
After a small weight loss you may have some areas of skin laxity. There are a few non-invasive options to tighten small areas of loose skin available to Canadians:
Thermage: Thermage is a safe, clinically proven way to tighten and contour skin, with improvements in tone, contour, and texture occurring naturally through the stimulation of your own collagen. A single treatment tightens your existing collagen and stimulates new collagen growth. Improvements are both immediately visible and continue up to six months. Results can last for years depending on your skin condition and aging process.
Smartlipo: Smartlipo is a liposuction technique that has the added benefit of skin tightening. This laser-assisted lipolysis procedure is performed using a one millimeter cannula (or tube) inserted into the skin. A laser fiber inside of the cannula delivers energy directly to fat cells, causing them to rupture and drain away as liquid. Simultaneously, tissue around the area coagulates, resulting in overall tighter skin tissue.
ReFirme: ReFirme is a FDA cleared non-invasive Skin Tightening procedure that enables you to comfortably achieve a more youthful, toned and lifted appearance without enduring downtime. ReFirme offers virtually painless and fast treatment for sagging and wrinkled skin.
The skin tightening effectivity of these treatments is relatively unknown and may vary from patient to patient.
Skin Tightening will not work if you have larger areas of loose skin, the only procedure for large areas is surgical skin removal.
Useful links:
www.plasticsurgeryinfo.ca
Canadian plastic surgeon information site, includes plastic surgeon profiles and important information on how to choose a surgeon.
www.thermage-info.com
Thermage information
www.cynosure.com/patients/LaserbodySculpting/index.php
Smartlipo laser liposuction information
www.refirme.com
ReFirme information
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