ANTI-AGE #37

LE CALCIUM A UN EFFET
SUR LA STIMULATION DES FIBRES
ÉLASTIQUES DE LA PEAU.
CALCIUM STIMULATES THE SKIN’S
ELASTIC FIBRES.
Several ways of
treating the décolleté
and neck
I’d like to talk about a protocol
that we have put in place in
the Villa Esthétique. It is a
two-step procedure.
The first step involves “waking
up the fibroblasts”
using tissue inducers such
as RADIESSE. RADIESSE
is an injectable product
made up of calcium hydroxyapatite
microspheres inside
an aqueous gel. Calcium
stimulates the skin’s elastic
fibres. The microspheres are
digested by the body, and the
calcium is released to stimulate
the formation of collagen and elastin
fibres. This is why we call it a tissue inducer. The product is purely
synthetic and is in no way allergenic.
In its diluted form, it can give particularly good results when
the aim of the treatment is to smooth crumpled skin. Treating
the décolleté and neck involves injecting RADIESSE – diluted
with Xylocaine and a saline solution – intradermally
with a cannula.
The second stage involves hydrating the deep layers
with hyaluronic acids of different molecular weights,
like PROFHILO.
PROFHILO is a new injectable product, used to
achieve a firming effect and to reshape the tissues
without adding any volume.
Like all traditional injectables, it is made up of
hyaluronic acid but, unlike the existing products,
it is made from highly purified acid, wit-
hout any chemical products added to cross-link it.
It is therefore the first-ever completely natural hyaluronic
acid. It is made up of two distinct molecules: one with a high
molecular weight and the other with a low molecular weight.
This new filler really stimulates the collagen and elastin cells,
which is what gives a reshaping effect.
Injecting PROFHILO into the décolleté gives us a hydrating,
plumping and lifting effect, while tightening the skin.
The hybrid nature of this product means that part of the product
is released slowly, and the other part is released even
more slowly.
PROFHILO has a special role to play in rejuvenating areas that
are usually hard to treat, such as the décolleté and neck.
Since it does not add any volume, can be distributed evenly
without forming any lumps and does not pose any risk to the
veins, it can be used in places where classic hyaluronic acid is
not usually injected. It spreads through the different layers of
dermal tissue, leading to a rejuvenation of the superficial layers
of the skin, even though it is injected into the deep dermis.
Its uniqueness is also due to the fact that there are no risks and
no downtime, compared with lasers and deep peels.
The usual protocol includes two sessions spaced a month
apart.
Each treatment involves injecting a certain number of points
with a needle. 0.2ml is injected per point, meaning that two
syringes of product are required per session.
The two steps of the procedure should be carried out three
weeks apart.
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