In recent times we have begun to notice women and men arriving at cosmetic clinics clutching computer-enhanced photographs and asking for cosmetic treatments to recreate this artificially perfected image. Phone cameras have a great number of filters and this has also increased the demand for cosmetic procedures, as clients try to copy their filtered photograph images, even bringing their altered images to the practitioner, as an example of what they want to look like.
Most of the people wanting these cosmetic treatments are not old with time-worn faces, in fact most of them are only in their early twenties. When young women see the perfect images of celebrities on posters and in magazines it forces them to look closely at their own image with a more self-critical eye than ever before. Non-surgical nose jobs, cheek fillers, lip enhancements and botox are some of the treatments of choice when trying to emulate the enhanced photographs.
Sometimes they decide to have facial enhancing treatments to increase their self-confidence, sometimes because celebrities are doing it, or sometimes because of peer pressure.
There are now a great number of non-surgical cosmetic procedures:
- Botox - to reduce moderate to severe fine lines and wrinkles, frown lines and crow's-feet.
- Laser treatments - rejuvenate the skin's surface.
- Chemical peels - these will improve the texture and tone of the skin.
- Radiofrequency therapies - for skin tightening and cellulite reduction.
- PDO thread lifts - can deliver essentially a non-surgical facelift, using injections placed in strategic places.
- Dermal fillers - for non-surgical nose jobs, lip enhancement, adding volume and lifting cheeks and much more.
- Microdermabrasion treatments - a non-surgical procedure that resurfaces the skin. It helps to remove dead skin cells on the skin's surface.
A lot of young people aren't looking for subtle results, and we're seeing suspiciously full lips, super defined cheekbones and skin that's smooth and tight. While we can't escape people taking endless photographs of themselves and using filters and editing to perfect the images, we really shouldn't let these images to influence us into having extreme treatments.
Dermal fillers aren't just for people who are looking to restore their youth, but also to enhance the face. Botox can help us look our best without making our face look like a frozen mask, dermal filler in our cheeks will give us defined cheekbones and restore lost volume under the eyes, and we can enhance and define the lips, without inflating them to extreme proportions.
We all want to look the very best we can, but we don't have to go to extremes to achieve it.
Mags.
Clinic Manager.
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