Correct Eye Hollows & Dark Circles with Dermal Fillers - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Dark circles beneath the eyes are one of the biggest beauty problems that women face. Waking up in the morning and staring back at dark under-eye hollows in the mirror is never a pretty sight and although they aren't a serious problem, they can make us look older, unhealthy, tired and exhausted. Dark circles under the eyes are a normal occurrence, especially after a night out, a busy day at work or if we have sleep deprivation.

The darkness of the skin beneath the eyes is usually known as dark circles, dark rings or shadows, and they can creep up unannounced as the skin below the eyes is the thinnest and the veins underneath become visible for the slightest reasons. An increased production of melanin make women with darker skin tones more prone to hyperpigmentation around the eyes, where those with lighter skin tones often present dark circles with a reddish or purple hue.

As we age, we notice certain facial changes, and one that's commonly commented on is the dark circles under the lower eyelids, which can make us look tired and older than you really are, and it only gets worse as time goes on. The skin can also lose some of its volume and elasticity and the decrease of collagen production and elastin causes it to becomes thinner, and the loss of fatty tissues can cause a hollow or sunken appearance.

• Loss of volume around the eye area exposes the orbital bone, which can result in a hollowed appearance beneath the eyes.
• Changes in the skin's colour or pigmentation are common among those of African or Asian descent, causing dark circles under the eyes.
• Eye bags and dark circles can also be genetic, and there's a high chance that you could develop it as well, if some of your family have them too.
• Sun exposure can produce excess melanin which can also cause darkening around the eye area.
• Allergies, such as hay fever and cat hair, are common culprits often resulting in a dark purple hue around the eyes. 
• A hectic social life, with late night outs, excess alcohol or smoking, can all temporarily darken the eye area.

Sunken eyes can now be corrected using advanced dermal fillers, which can also help correct the dark shadowing beneath the eyes. Dermal filler not only fills in that hollow area, but it also helps to increase collagen production. The dermal fillers we use are non-animal based, and are extremely safe. We inject the filler into the deeper layers of skin, and over the following weeks will cause rehydration of the skin and underlying tissues, improving and rejuvenating your face.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Treat Ageing Skin at Selston Cosmetic Clinic - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

We start to notice loose and sagging skin as we begin to get older, because as the body naturally ages, so too does the skin. The body stops producing collagen and elastin by the age of twenty-five and the hyaluronic acid that hydrates the skin lessens, and this can result in the early signs of ageing.

There are lots of things that accelerate the ageing process of the skin:

• Sun damage - UVA rays emitted by the sun can cause pigmentation, reduced skin elasticity through collagen and elastin breakdown and skin-texture quality.
• Smoking - even second-hand smoke can cause damage to the elastin fibres causing sagging to the skin, age spots and lines and wrinkles around the mouth.
• Lack of sleep - can cause more fine lines, uneven skin colour and slackening of the skin.
• Stress - signs of stress can show up on your skin, hair and nails.
• Pollution and the environment - Dehydrated skin can leave the skin dry, rough and itchy and the city dust and dirt clogging up the pores can cause spots and make the skin look lifeless and dull.

Loss of volume in the face is one of the things we notice about getting older. As we age our facial fat is generally lost, causing the soft tissues to become thinner. Collagen and elastin will become less firm and elastic as we age, allowing the soft tissue in the face to sag. This results in the face looking thinner and facial bones looking more prominent.

Problems we get on the skin include:

• The cheeks - ageing skin is vulnerable to the effects of gravity and can sag, resulting in jowls and bags under the eyes.
• The mouth - laugh lines deepen and the fine lines that surround the lips, known as smokers lines begin to show
• The eyes - we get dark circles and tear troughs when the upper and lower eyes begin to sag.
• Facial thread veins - the blood vessels are more likely to break, bruise or become permanently dilated, causing thread veins.
• Age spots - when the pigment cells in the skin increase they cluster together, resulting in sun spots, freckles or liver spots.
• The forehead - repetitive facial expression movements made over time will see the start of wrinkles and furrows.
• The skin - facial wrinkles may occur because of thinning ageing skin. Reduced skin cell turnover will result in thinner crepe like skin. 

Selston Cosmetic Clinic offers the latest safe and effective cosmetic medical treatments to treat ageing of the skin. A little wrinkle, a bit of sagging or dark circle might be making you look older than you really are, but our experienced and fully trained cosmetic doctor can help you choose from a variety of treatments, and recommend which treatment is suitable for all of your concerns.

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Mags.

Clinic Manager.

Tear Troughs - Fill In Eye Hollows With Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Fresh looking eyes are a big asset to our overall facial appearance, we want to make a good first impression when we meet someone, we don't want them to only notice how tired and drawn we look. As we get older our face changes, and we begin to notice things like loss of volume and the skin getting thinner, and this, along with a natural decrease in fatty tissue and a loss of skin elasticity will cause the area beneath the eye to become puffy and shadowy.

The natural depression that follows the curve of the eye socket, from the nose around to the underside of the eye is known as the tear trough, because that’s where the tears gather. Getting dark circles beneath the eyes are a common problem as we age, and they can make us look weary. As well as ageing; smoking, the environment and stress can also contribute to shadows and eye bags, making them look worse.

When we're young, distribution of fat in our face is even, with some fat pockets plumping up the cheeks, forehead, temples and around the eyes and the mouth. As we get older, we lose volume as the fat shifts downward, making the features that were once rounded start to sink and become gaunt. This means that other parts of the face gain some fat, which tends to settle under the chin and around the jowls in the neck.

The skin around the eyes is very thin and we can see the underlying capillaries much easier compared to other parts of the face, making any diminished circulation, puffiness or swelling much more noticeable. Replacing volume in the under eye area can reshape the entire face and dermal fillers are now regularly used to fill in the hollows. Filling in these depressions can take away the tired look on your face and lighten the dark circles around the eyes.

Tear trough treatment will:

• Banish dark circles and bags from under the eye
• Ease wrinkles and lines
• Add volume to the under-eye area
• Get instant results that will last around 6-8 months
• Leave you feeling and looking more youthful

Tear trough treatment using dermal fillers is a non-surgical procedure that can restore your looks instantly. The filler gets precisely injected into the skin using very fine needles, re-creating the plump, firm skin that your under eye area used to have. A good cosmetic doctor with experience of injecting dermal fillers will have a trained eye for what looks good and what will suit your face. It's important to avoid an overdone and unnatural look, aiming instead for natural-looking results to make you look younger and more refreshed.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Fill In Ageing Tear Troughs With Dermal Fillers - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Spending ages applying your make-up can feel such a waste of time when you then look in the mirror, and all you notice is how tired your eyes look. The area around the eyes has extremely thin skin, which means it's one of the first areas on the face to show ageing. As we age, the facial skeleton can shrink inwards, and everything resting on top of it will fall downwards, causing a hollowness around the eyes and creating shadows which can make us look exhausted.

Sunken eye hollows can cause you to feel disheartened when you notice the lost volume under the eyes. The volume loss can start in your early twenties, becoming more obvious as you age. Anyone can suffer from hollows under the eyes, and unfortunately they will inevitably worsen as you get older. 

Reasons we get dark circles and hollows under our eyes:

• Ageing
• The most common reason is that it's heredity
• The loss of orbital fat under the lower eyelids 
• Collagen loss in the skin, due to age and sun damage
• A temporary loss of volume in the under-eye area caused by dehydration

The tear trough extends from the inner corner of the eye, making an arc shape and continuing on to the outer corner, like a crescent-shaped area under your eye. The delicate skin beneath your eyes can sometimes seem dark, sunken and hollow, and this is usually a result of either ageing, dehydration, or lack of sleep.

A pronounced dip under the eye creates shadows and can leave you looking tired and older than your years. Injecting dermal filler into the eye hollow can smooth the area, lessen the look of the dark circles and rejuvenate the area. Tear trough treatment places the dermal filler below the skin, which will lift up the tissues, replace the volume and will make the tear trough area seem more shallow.

There are many descriptions used for sunken eyes:

• Hollow eyes
• Dark shadows
• Bags
• Thin-looking skin beneath the eyes
• Dark circles
• Tired eyes
• Tear troughs
• Under-eye hollows

Injecting dermal filler for tear trough treatment is almost painless, needing only a small application of local anaesthetic numbing cream twenty minutes before the injection treatment starts. The practitioner uses a cannula for tear trough injections, as this technique minimises bruising, and is a gentler technique. The recovery time is very quick, although patients may experience some redness and swelling, but this can easily be minimised and covered up with make-up.

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Mags.

Clinic Manager.

Looking After Ageing Skin - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

It seems like our lifestyles are becoming even more hectic, and balancing our work, family and social life can wreak havoc on our skin, making it look a lot older than it is. Early mornings, late nights, busy social lives and modern technology are taking over our lives, and many of us feel pressurised, trying to fit everything we have to do, into one day. All of this will eventually take it toll, having the potential to prematurely age our skin.

If we actually stopped and thought about the long-term damage we might be doing to our skin due to our bad habits, we might realise that if we neglect our skin now, we will most certainly pay for it later.

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Lots of thing contribute to facial ageing:

Stressful schedules
A busy social life can increase our stress levels, making us lose out on our standard eight hours sleep. Tiredness and stress can cause wrinkles and dull skin, it can lower your immune system, which can result in acne breakouts.

Out and about
Outside we come into daily contact with car fumes, pollution and dust, which will all have a harmful effect on our skin over time. These are things which are impossible for us to avoid and can cause dehydration, wrinkles and redness. The belief is that these days pollution is just as damaging to our skin as UV exposure. It's important to cleanse, tone and moisturise the skin, to rid it of a daily build up of dirt and grime.

Late nights
Failing to get a good nights sleep can cause havoc with our skin. Whether it's because of partying, working or watching movies late into the night, we are quite literally losing hours of our beauty sleep. Drinking excess alcohol can dry out the skin and the later we go to bed, the more likely we won't remove our make-up, and this can clog up our pores and cause spots. Lack of sleep will dehydrate the skin making it seem dull, causing puffiness and dark shadows under the eyes.

Technology
Our obsession with our phones and computers is really taking its toll on our neck and jaw line. The skin on the neck is thin and fragile, and because it's a highly visible part of the body, this area can really show how fast we are ageing. Constantly staring down at a phone or laptop can cause sagging jowls and wrinkles on the neck, which accelerates the signs of ageing.

Selston Cosmetic Clinic has many treatments which can help to combat fine lines and wrinkle reduction, dull, dehydrated skin, dark shadows and tear troughs. Experienced and fully trained doctors will advise you from a range of treatments, and will tailor a treatment plan specifically for you - from solo treatments or combining a variety of different procedures.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Dermal Filler to Replace Lost Volume - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Our skin is one of our best assets when it comes to beauty. A healthy firm skin, equals a younger-looking appearance and when we're young our skin is more elastic and resilient, which is mostly thanks to collagen. Collagen keeps the skin intact and hydrated, which makes it elastic, but as we age the skin weakens and loses its elasticity. This affects your facial expressions and you'll find that the skin will sag, causing it to develop lines and wrinkles.

There are ways we can help our skin to look good:

• Keeping up a good skin care routine
• Don't use soap on the face
• Wash your face twice a day, at morning and night, using warm water and a mild facial cleanser
• Always moisturise after cleansing, as it will hydrate the skin
• Good facial exfoliation is an essential part of any skin routine as it will remove dead skin cells
• Use sunscreen everyday

The most visible signs of ageing on the face is because of volume loss. When facial tissues lose volume, the cheeks start to look hollow, we get tear troughs under the eyes and lines can become etched around the nose and mouth. As we mature, we naturally lose subcutaneous fat in our faces, making the smile lines, frown lines and crow's-feet become more obvious, as the facial muscles are working closer to the skin's surface.

Dermal fillers work by boosting the skin's own supply of hyaluronic acid and they revitalise and add volume to the skin, instantly diminishing the lines and wrinkles and giving a softer natural look. Dermal fillers are a soft injectable gel, consisting of hyaluronic acid which is tissue-friendly and closely resembles the hyaluronic acid that exists naturally in the body. It's long-lasting but not permanent.

Dermal fillers are ideal to:

• Diminish vertical lines around the lips
• Fill in hollow tear troughs around the eyes
• Enhance and restore lost volume to sunken cheeks
• Plump up and enhance the lips
• Soften facial lines and wrinkles
• Plump out facial creases

The filler gets injected into the skin in tiny amounts, with a very fine needle. The gel filler produces volume under the skin, lifting up the wrinkles or folds, which results in smooth looking skin. It's a quick, easy treatment and the actual procedure takes between twenty minutes to an hour, depending on the treatment required. Straight after your treatment you'll have slight redness, mild swelling and tenderness, but these effects are temporary.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Fill in Under Eye Hollows with Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

The tear trough is the area beneath the eye and the upper cheek. When we are young, the area under the eye is plump and firm, but as we age we start to lose volume, and it's through this volume loss that we develop a sunken dip under the bottom eyelash line to the upper cheek, giving us a tired, aged appearance.

Fresh looking eyes are a big asset to the overall appearance of a youthful, attractive, healthy face and deep hollows under the eyes can seem very ageing and leave you looking like you haven't slept in weeks. Over time the hollows change in appearance and become longer, deeper and more shadowed.

Tear troughs are usually caused by the thinning of the skin and the sagging of the cheek tissues, but they can now be corrected with advanced dermal fillers. This treatment will also help correct under eye dark shadowing. The older we get, the more we can expect to notice changes in our face such as dark circles and the deepening of the hollows under our eyes, and this happens because of the ageing process, genetics, unhealthy lifestyle or by sun damage.

The Tear Trough procedure is an ideal treatment for:

• Sunken eyes
• Dark circles under the eyes
• Tired looking eyes
• Eye bags

Deep unsightly hollows can now be corrected with advanced dermal fillers, and this filler treatment will also help to correct the dark shadowing beneath the eye. This loss of volume in the tissue causes troughs to appear and they often look worse when we're tired or dehydrated.

You should always choose a cosmetic practitioner with lots of experience in treating the face, as detailed knowledge of the anatomy is essential when treating this delicate area, and luckily at Selston Cosmetic Clinic, Dr Bassi has had over ten years of experience in cosmetic treatments and 26 years of experience in Medicine.

To minimise any discomfort, a topical anaesthetic cream gets applied about 20 minutes before your treatment starts, numbing the skin and easing any pain. The treatment only takes twenty to thirty minutes to complete and the results are instant. There's minimal downtime, although you may have a little bruising, as the skin under the eye is very delicate. Dermal fillers will rejuvenate tired looking eyes to create a more youthful appearance that lasts up to twelve months.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Enhance Your Face With Dermal Fillers - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

We get deep lines and folds in the skin as we get older because ageing causes the skin to lose elasticity and collagen, and it's this that makes our face begin to sag and look gaunt. We would all like to correct sunken cheeks and the hollows beneath our eyes to regain the plump fullness of skin from our youth, and dermal fillers are a great option for those wishing to lose these deep folds and lines on the face, but don't wish to have invasive cosmetic surgery.

Dermal fillers on tear troughs

We shouldn't confuse dermal fillers with botox, because although we inject both of these treatments into the face, we use botox to stop the muscle movement which causes wrinkles, while we use fillers to add volume to the face. This involves placing the fillers in strategic places to lift the cheeks and jowls, give volume to the lips and fill deep lines and hollows. Filler treatment can improve your looks, enhance your profile and leave your face with a natural expression.

Dermal fillers are ideal for these areas:

• Tear troughs - this treatment gives a natural filled out appearance, correcting the hollows beneath the eyes.
• Marionette lines - these lines run from the corners of the mouth, down towards the chin, causing deep creases which lead to jowls or a poorly defined jaw line. These are often a result of volume loss in the upper and mid face, combined with the effects of gravity.
• Nasolabial lines - these are the deep lines from the nose to the mouth, where deep creasing can occur. Often these are a result of volume loss in the cheeks and temples.
• Cheek Augmentation - loss of volume in the cheeks flattens the mid face. Dermal fillers are an effective treatment that instantly adds volume to cheeks, giving an immediately more youthful appearance.
• Forehead wrinkles - Frown lines are the vertical lines between the eyebrows, and they are one of the most common signs of ageing. Dermal fillers are perfect for softening and minimizing the very deep lines which are visible, even when your forehead is at rest.
• Lip enhancement - dermal fillers will give your lips better definition, reduce lipstick bleed and will enhance thin, ageing or asymmetrical lips. Filler treatment is a perfect solution to give you fuller, healthier looking lips, reducing smoker's lines and lifting mouth corners.

Dermal filler treatment for cheek enhancement

Dermal fillers are a non-surgical treatment, used to plump up depressions in the skin. The main reason for depressions in the skin are wrinkles, lines and loss of volume caused by the ageing process. Dermal fillers work by plumping up the treated area and making it level with the rest of the skin, filling out any depressed areas such as wrinkles or sunken cheeks. A very fine needle injects the filler into the treatment area, which adds more structure and firmness to the face.

Benefits;

• It's a non-invasive treatment with little downtime, allowing you to return to normal activities straight away
• Fillers reduce lines and wrinkles to give a more youthful looking appearance
• They will replenish lost volume for a softer, younger look
• The results are long-lasting 

Lip enhancement

As we age, it is well-known that the skin loses its smoothness, and this happens because the body's natural levels of collagen reduce with age. This loss of shape and firmness is a problem that dermal fillers can rectify. During the injection treatment, most people report only a slight discomfort, so the treatment usually doesn't need an anaesthetic. After treatment, you can go straight back to your normal activities. The results are usually seen instantly and will last for around six to eight months.

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Mags.

Clinic Manager.

Anti-Ageing Treatments Help to Keep You Looking Younger - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

When we are young, fat is distributed evenly in the face, with little pockets here and there that plump up the cheeks, forehead, temples and areas around the eyes and mouth. However, as we age, the face loses volume, so rounder features may sink and skin that was smooth and tight, becomes looser and begins to sag.

There are lots of things that cause our skin to age. With the passing of time we will all get visible lines and wrinkles and it's natural for our face to lose some of its fullness. The skin on our face is thinner and more delicate than the rest of our body which is perhaps one of the reasons that we can see the fine lines and wrinkles more easily.

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Ageing is a fact of life and some of the things we notice about our skin includes:

• Wrinkly skin - In time, ageing skin becomes thinner due to reduction of elastin and collagen.
• Thinner skin - The rate of skin cell turnover reduces in ageing skin, which results in thinner crêpe-like skin.
• Sagging - Less production of elastin and collagen means ageing skin is more vulnerable to the effects of gravity.
• Age spots - Pigment cells in the skin increase in certain areas and cluster together, resulting in sun spots, freckles or liver spots.
• Dryness - The ageing skin has fewer sweat glands and oil glands and is prone to dryness.
• Facial thread veins - The blood vessels in ageing thin skin are more likely to break, bruise or become permanently dilated, resulting in broken veins.

Some things, like the natural ageing process, we can't do anything about, but other things we can influence, such as smoking, sun damage, excess alcohol, stress and lack of sleep, which can all play a part in ageing us faster. Our environment and lifestyle choices are partly to blame for our skin ageing prematurely, but by taking some preventive actions, we can slow the effects that this type of ageing has on our skin.

At Selston Cosmetic Clinic the following treatments are available for ageing skin:

* Botox
* Medical Microdermabrasion
* Chemical Skin Peels
* Tear Troughs
* Smartxide Dot Co2 Fractional Laser
* Vampire Facelift
* Lip Enhancement

Tear Trough Treatment

At Selston Cosmetic Clinic we can offer the latest, safe and effective cosmetic medical treatments for anti-ageing skin procedures. Experienced and fully trained aesthetic teams will recommend a range of treatments and tailor a treatment plan especially for you. Whether it's a solo treatment or you combine different treatments - you will get stunning results.

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Mags.

Clinic Manager.

Facial Fillers Erase Wrinkles & Add Volume - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Hyaluronic acid, hydration and water retention in our body decreases as we get older causing our skin to lose its plumpness and begin to get drier. Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance that occurs in the body, it holds water, which hydrates and gives volume to the skin, but unfortunately as we age this production of hyaluronic acid starts to diminish.

Cheek enhancement using dermal fillers

For many reasons; maybe age, stress or weight loss, we might find that our face is beginning to look tired, drawn and gaunt. Skin on younger people looks firmer and plumper in comparison, thanks in part to collagen and hyaluronic acid. One of the ways we can combat the signs of getting older, is to replace the hyaluronic acid that is lost during the ageing process with dermal fillers. They create a naturally smoothed out appearance, fill in the fine lines and wrinkles and plump out the grooves and creases.

Dermal fillers are an ideal treatment to improve facial contours, fill out sunken cheeks, reduce wrinkles and fine lines and help people regain their former youthful looks. Before our late 30's, the skin should still keep it's natural contoured nature and volume, without too many wrinkles or sagging, which makes the process a better prospect for middle-aged skin. Although late nights, heavy drinking and smoking can speed up the signs of ageing, so it's possible to need dermal fillers at a younger age.

Dermal fillers on tear troughs

Placing the fillers in strategic places will:

• Add volume to hollowed, gaunt, or sunken areas of the face.
• Give a natural filled out appearance under the lower eyelids, correcting the hollowed eyed look.
• Soften the deep grooves between the side of the nose to the corner of the mouth.
• Add volume to the cheeks, improving the marionette lines from the mouth to the chin.
• Jowl correction will give you a smooth jaw line.
• Will gently thicken skin that has thinned, due to ageing.
• Improve furrows, deep folds and creases.
• Will plump up the apples of the cheeks and sculpt the cheek bones.
• Lip enhancement will give better definition, reduce lipstick bleed, add volume and give a fuller appearance.

Dermal filler on lip lines

The effects of dermal fillers are instant. There's a small chance however, of slight bleeding where the needle enters the skin, and slight swelling or redness at the injection area, although this will go down very quickly and the use of an ice pack will speed up resolution.

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Clinic Manager.

Fill Out Eye Hollows with Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

We do a lot of things to try and keep our eyes looking young; using creams, concealers, serums, cucumber slices and even used tea-bags. As well as being the windows to the soul, the eyes are also a big giveaway to show others how well we are ageing. As we get older, one of the changes we can expect to notice are the dark circles and deepening of the hollows under the eyes.

The naso-jugal groove, also known as the tear trough, occurs due to the thinning of the overlying skin and soft tissue over the bony orbital rim, and this happens because of the ageing process, genetics or because of sun damage. Tear troughs run from the tear duct and down in an arc underneath the lower eyelid, and it's the loss of volume in the tissue beneath the eye and above the cheek that cause the hollows.

Deep unsightly hollows can now be corrected with advanced dermal fillers, and this treatment will also help to correct the dark shadowing beneath the eye.

Dermal filler is an ideal treatment for:

• Sunken eyes
• Dark circles under the eyes
• Tired looking eyes
• Eye bags

Dermal filler treatment fills out the hollows and lines beneath the eyes and helps to mask the dark circles with its light reflecting technology. At Selston Cosmetic Clinic we use hyaluronic acid based filler, which is a substance that naturally occurs in the body. These fillers are non animal based and are very safe to use. This treatment will rejuvenate tired looking eyes to create a more youthful appearance that will last up to twelve months. 

Tear trough treatment involves injecting filler into the under eye area, which fills out the hollows. A topical anaesthetic cream gets applied about 20 minutes before treatment starts to minimise any discomfort, numbing the skin and easing any pain. The treatment only takes twenty to thirty minutes to complete and the results are instant. There's minimal downtime, although you may have a tiny amount of swelling as the skin under the eye is very delicate. 

Young looking eyes are a great asset to the overall appearance of a youthful, attractive, healthy face. Having dark hollows under the eyes can make you look older than you are and can leave you looking like you've had sleepless nights. Over time the hollows can change in appearance, becoming longer, deeper and even more shadowed.

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Clinic Manager.

Define Your Profile & Rejuvenate Your Face - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Getting older will happen to us all, and the worst part is looking in the mirror and noticing the way our face is changing. We might see our face beginning to sag, bags appear under the eyes, we might notice the start of jowls and the lack of definition at the jaw line. Sometimes it's almost enough to make us avoid looking in the mirror because we're so self-conscious of our faults.

There comes a time when we reach a certain age, and we start to notice our facial profile has suddenly become a little blurry. The strong definition of our features aren't as sharp as they were, and we lose volume in various areas of our face; under the eyes will become hollow, the fat pads in our cheekbones will diminish making the face look gaunt, we can develop nose to mouth lines giving us jowls, and the skin's elasticity loosens leading to wrinkles and sagging skin.

There are some treatment options that we can have to rectify this;

Face lift - we can have a full cosmetic face lift. This however is a painful and costly experience which needs good deal of down time. These days lots women, and men, prefer non-invasive procedures that need less recovery time and less self-care after the treatment.

Dermal Fillers - these can add volume to fill in hollows under the eyes, give the skin a gentle lift, creating higher cheekbones or injected along the jaw line to give definition. Injectable treatments have always been a good option for those not wanting a surgical procedure. Dermal fillers give great results and you can return to work the next day with no-one knowing you've had any treatment, they will just be curious to know how you look so fresh and rejuvenated.

PDO threads lifts- at Selston Cosmetic Clinic we've performed PDO thread lift treatment for a few years now and they can make a massive difference. We can use PDO's as a stand alone treatment or use it together with botox and dermal fillers to get a fantastic result.

The PDO threads we use for this treatment are the same ones used in open heart surgery and over the months they will gradually dissolve. All the time the threads remain under the skin, they cause collagen to form by stimulating the fibroblasts, and this also improves skin tone and radiance. Before treatment, local anaesthetic is given which dramatically reduces any discomfort from the injections. We place the threads under the skin, and they lift and tighten the skin by promoting collagen and elastin and smooth the skin by promoting hyalauronic acid, which improves skin hydration. The procedure takes less than an hour and the results last between 12-18 months. PDO thread lifts are essentially a face lift without the surgery. There are no incisions or cuts, just simple injections placed in strategic places.

Areas suitable for PDO threads;

• Horizontal and vertical forehead wrinkles
• Sagging eyebrows
• Bags under the eyes
• Cheeks
• Naso-labial folds
• Marionette lines
• Jaw line
• Creased cheeks

The procedure is almost painless with only a small amount of downtime. You might experience the odd bruise, but these are easily covered with light make-up. If you want to redefine your face, but you don’t want invasive surgery, then PDO thread lift treatment is an ideal solution.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Rejuvenate your Tear Troughs - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

When people look at you, the eyes are the first thing they notice and the older we get, the more we see the effects that ageing has on our face, especially around the eyes. One of the things we notice is the deepening of the hollows beneath our eyes, which occurs because as we get older, the soft tissue loses volume.

The hollows, which are known as tear troughs, are the area directly beneath the eyes, starting at the nose and running under the eye. As we age the hyaluronic acid content in the skin diminishes and loses volume, making this pocket look sunken and hollow and the skin looks thinner and has less volume than we see in younger skin. Having deep hollows beneath the eyes can make you look a lot older than you are, and can make you look like you're having sleepless nights.

The tear troughs can create a shadow which makes any dark circles underneath the eye to look worse. No eye creams can help to take away hollows or shadows, and usually the only thing that will disguise them is make-up, however, the loss of volume that occurs under the eyes can easily be improved using dermal fillers.

There are lots of reasons why we get sunken eyes:

• Ageing
• Lack of sleep
• Tension and stress
• Genetics
• Bad food habits and unhealthy diet
• Lack of hydration
• Too much caffeine
• Smoking

The skin around our eyes is thinner and more delicate than skin anywhere else on the body, and when the collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid begins to deplete, it gets thinner. Dermal fillers are a great injectable treatment to combat hollowness and loss of volume under the eyes. The dermal fillers we use for tear trough treatment contain hyaluronic acid, a substance that occurs naturally in the skin cells, helping to keep the body moisturised for supple, youthful skin.

Dermal fillers involve injecting hyaluronic acid into the tissue below the eye, filling out the hollows and reducing under eye dark circles almost straight away. A filler treatment is minimally painless and only takes a few minutes to inject and almost immediately your skin will begin to regain the volume it's lost. The process only takes around 30 minutes and you'll be able to return to your normal daily routine straight away. The filler is temporary, so you’ll need to get the procedure redone every year or so.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Fast Lunchtime Cosmetic Treatments to Improve Your Image - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

During your normal busy day, you're probably thinking that there won’t be enough time to take a moment to pamper your skin, rejuvenate your face or brighten your complexion, but now, you can think again. There are many treatments for the different face and body worries you might have, which you can easily have done in your lunch break.

These days we're all busy, and between work and family responsibilities, we're left with very little time of our own to sort out our beauty needs. In the working day, our lunchtime might be the only time we have to sort out our personal needs.

Laser treatment for spider veins
Spidery red veins that are visible on the face can cause us embarrassment, because if we don't use make-up to cover them up they are there on the face for everyone to see. Most spider veins don't cause any health problems and they aren't painful, and the safest and most effective treatment for removing them is with laser treatment. Depending on the size of the area, laser treatment takes about 15 to 30 minutes, with the cool tip of the laser slowly passing over the affected area. The laser's energy is preferentially absorbed by the veins, causing them to heat up and collapse. After treatment, the body slowly re-absorbs the veins leaving a lovely clear complexion.

Mole removal - results will improve over 3 months for minimal scarring

Wart or mole removal
If you have warts or moles on the hands, face or body that are either unsightly or maybe catching on your clothes, then a lunchtime appointment at Selston Cosmetic Clinic could be the answer. We use radio surgery which involves high frequency radio waves that generate heat, and this will evaporate the wart or the mole. This treatment takes about 15 minutes and there are no side effects, the results are immediate, improving over the following 3 months and they are permanent.

Microdermabrasion
These treatments are ideal for addressing issues such as fine lines and wrinkles, skin discolouration, dull skin and acne related scars. The treatment takes about 30 minutes and immediately afterwards the skin will look fresher and more youthful. It's advisable that clients keep their skin moisturised and use sunscreen every day on the newly treated skin.

Chemical peel
A chemical peel is a treatment to get rid of dull skin. Applying chemical exfoliants removes the dead cells from the skin’s surface and leaves behind a brighter looking complexion. We use chemical peels for all types of skin concerns, from fine lines, wrinkles, sun damage, skin discolouration and mild acne scars. The peel takes between 30-40 minutes and the results are immediate. There's no downtime, so you can return to work straight after, and as with microdermabrasion treatments, we recommend our clients moisturise and use sunscreen daily, as the newly exposed skin needs to stay hydrated and protected from the sun.

In our lunchtime our face can look a couple of years younger in as little as 30 minutes, because cosmetic clinics understand that we have busy schedules, they can fit us in for treatment options that we can have done quickly, painlessly and return to work immediately afterwards.

Botox
If you're worried about crow’s feet, forehead and frown lines, or skin bands on the neck, then injecting botox can really help. Botox targets the muscle activity beneath the skin’s surface which is what causes the frown lines and crows’ feet to form. When it's injected into the muscles, it blocks the nerve transmission, temporarily reducing the muscle contractions that cause wrinkles and frown lines.

Cheeks
As we age our upper cheeks become flatter and start to sag, but dermal filler treatment will give your cheeks a lift, plumping up the apples of the cheeks and sculpting the cheek bones. This treatment takes around 20-30 minutes and instantly restores your face, giving it a youthful look.

Dermal filler on the tear troughs

Tear troughs
The sunken area beneath and around the eye is known as the tear trough, and this can add years to your face and make you look tired. When volume is lost in this area, the hollowness creates a shadow, causing a dark circles under the eyes, and this is best corrected using dermal fillers; an injectable treatment taking about 20-30 minutes.

Nose job
If you are really not happy with the shape of your nose, then dermal fillers are ideal to help improve the shape with results that are visible straight away. Dermal fillers can improve a variety of nose worries, such as a bump on the bridge of the nose, a crooked nose, or reducing the nasal tip droop. Nose treatments only take between 20-30 minutes.

Dermal filler for a non-surgical nose job

Lips
Lip filler treatment to restore volume in the lips has never been easier. Strategically injected filler will give natural shaped and balanced lips with a lovely contour. The volume given to the lips is quite subtle, bringing out the natural look. Lip fillers can also treat the fine smoker's lines around the lips, and will also give the lips a more symmetrical shape. The treatment takes about 20-30 minutes.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager

Fill in Hollow Tear Troughs With Dermal Filler - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

Over time, our skin can start to look tired and lose its youthful glow. The reason the skin loses its firmness and starts to sag is mainly down to ageing, although too much sun, smoking, weight loss and genetics can also cause sagging and wrinkling.

No amount of eye creams and serums will help with eye hollows or dark circles, and usually corrective make-up is the only thing that will help to disguise them. Dermal fillers are very effective for filling in folds on the face or hollows and dark circles under the eyes, and a simple injection of filler can easily be used to fill in the tear troughs, giving an instant plumping effect of the hollows.

• There are many reasons why we get sunken eyes:
• Ageing
• Lack of sleep
• Tension and stress
• Genetics
• Bad food habits and indigestion
• Not enough hydration
• Too much caffeine intake
• Smoking

As we age, the body loses fat and bone density, especially in the face. The supporting structures that hold everything together start to decline, and the skin will lose collagen and become thinner and more translucent. Losing excess weight can make us look fitter and healthier, but it can also age us. A dramatic loss of fat in the face can hollow out the cheeks and eyes, and cause the blood vessels around the eyes to become more visible and transparent.

By the time we reach our mid twenties, our body stops producing collagen and elastin, which are the two proteins that work together to keep our tissue firm and the skin elastic. Once the existing collagen in the body starts to break down, the body will start to show typical signs of ageing, such as sunken cheeks, tear troughs, deep lines and wrinkles.

The dermal filler we use at Selston Cosmetic Clinic is Teosyal Redensity II, which fills out the hollows and lines under the eyes, whilst helping to mask the dark circles with its light reflecting technology. This is a hylauronic acid based filler, which is a substance that naturally occurs in the body, and is ideal for treating tear troughs.

Allergic reactions to dermal fillers are nearly unheard of, and any infections or side effects are extremely rare, as long as a trained practitioner with specialist training injects the filler. Sometimes there might be temporary side effects such as redness, slight bruising or swelling and this will happen immediately after the injection treatment, but these will disappear after a couple of days.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.

Anti-Ageing Treatments at Selston Cosmetic Clinic - Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield & Chesterfield

It's nearly Christmas and if you've been smart you'll have your face and body looking it's best. You will have been dieting, detoxing, looking after your skin and removing all the unwanted hair from your face and body, after all, it's Father Christmas who has a whiskery chin, not us ladies! So although you might be looking your best now, once the festive celebrations are over and done, your face and body might be in need of a little tender loving care. Here at Selston Cosmetic Clinic, we have some great ideas for giving you a fabulous, new fresh look, from tip to toe!

Dermal filler treatment on tear troughs

You don't have to look a year older just because we're heading for a new year, so why not start the new year as you mean to continue. At Selston Cosmetic Clinic, a few tweaks in your appearance can make a huge difference in how people see you, and when it's performed by an experienced cosmetic doctor, your friends and family will think you look so much younger and fresher, but won't understand why!

• Botox - For forehead creases and wrinkles, frown lines (number elevens), crows feet around the eyes and neckbands.
• Dermal Fillers - They replace the lost volume in the face. Fillers can treat the tear troughs, cheeks, lips and jaw line.
• Lip Augmentation - Dermal fillers can enhance the lip size and shape.
• Enhanced Laser Skin Rejuvenation Treatment - This is often called the non-surgical face-lift, and it's a laser treatment for fine wrinkles, ageing and sun-damaged skin.
• Non Surgical Rhinoplasty (Nose Job) - Dermal fillers in certain cases are a genuine alternative to a surgical rhinoplasty. It's non-invasive and gives dramatic results.
• Vaser Lipo - Removing localised pockets of fat will give you definition, and give you the confidence to show off your body.

lip enhancement using dermal fillers

Many younger people are having non-invasive facial treatments early on, to avoid major procedures later in life. Botox or dermal fillers can combat fine lines and wrinkles and volume loss, and anti-ageing treatments such as chemical peels and microdermabrasion, can improve the skin quality, colour and tone. Self-confidence is important to all women, and looking good and feeling good, is very empowering.

With the new year just around the corner, make it your New Year's resolution to think about which treatments you would find beneficial. Call us up and enquire about botox, dermal fillers, PDO thread lifts, lip enhancements, rhinoplasty (nose reshaping) and vaser lipo. Cosmetic treatments are now more popular than ever with women and men, and although it wasn't that long ago that people thought that cosmetic procedures were only available to the rich and famous, now they are affordable for us all. 

non-surgical nose-job

Our appearance plays an important role in our lives and at Selston, we want to make sure that when you look in the mirror, you feel amazing at what you see looking back at you. So whether it's botox, vaser lipo or fillers, call us for a free consultation at the Selston Cosmetic Clinic. We're based in the East Midlands, easily accessible for areas such as Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Lincoln and Leicester.

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Mags.
Clinic Manager.