Get your face ready for a mask-free summer – hide acne, iron out wrinkles, have some ultrasound lifting and brighten up dull skin
- Fractional laser treatment prevents pigmentation and fine lines, while using radio frequency to heat deep tissue layers corrects saggy jowls and chicken neck
- Botox and fillers make you look years younger, microneedling takes care of acne scars, and Ultherapy is the go-to for a non-surgical facelift
With countries around the world easing mask restrictions for those who have been vaccinated, signs are pointing to a semi-formal summer for our faces. Which, for some, raises the question: Are our faces ready?
“I had a client – she is an older patient, and she emailed me and said: ‘Hey, I’m getting my second vaccine next week, and I’d like to schedule laser resurfacing before summer’,” says Gabrielle Garritano, co-founder of JECT, a beauty bar with locations in New York that specialise in medical aesthetics.
With summer holidays weeks away, people are looking for rapid results with little disruption.
“The biggest advance is technology in the last five years has been in treatments that have less downtime than older traditional lasers and things of that nature,” says Dr Paul Jarrod Frank, a New York-based celebrity cosmetic dermatologist. Just don’t expect an overnight miracle.
“The things that have the shortest amount of downtime that are still considered universally impactful tend to be impactful in an iterative way – meaning they build on themselves,” says aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon Dr Steven M. Levine.
We gathered a few minimally invasive cosmetic procedures to treat a variety of skin concerns, but as Frank advises: “When people are looking for quick fixes, just be honest about what you can accomplish.”