Luscious Lips
Plump, luscious lips exude youth and sex appeal. Some women have naturally thin lips, and even those who are born with a perfect pout may find that their lips seem to deflate over the years. Today anyone can achieve the volume that they desire with injectable fillers, but some women prefer a solution that does not require in-office treatment. Lip plumping products come in sticks, glosses, and gels. They work in several ways. Most provide moisture essential to maintaining full, healthy lips. Some contain vitamins which protect the lips, fight sun damage, and encourage collagen production. There are lip plumpers that deliver collagen into your lips, and others that mimic an allergic reaction to cause swelling. Lip plumping products typically require daily use to maintain their full effect, but the results increase with repeated use over time. To learn about cosmetic lip augmentation, click here.
A Smile Makeover Can Make You Look Younger
Signs of age show through more than just the skin. Teeth can show signs of aging and dental problems can make you look older in ways you may have never imagined. Discolored teeth, receding gum lines, crowded teeth, and gaps can all make you look older, but close your mouth and the evidence disappears. A misaligned bite, however, can affect your muscles, skin, profile, and posture, making your face and body look old. A smile makeover is a combination of dental procedures which addresses your entire smile at once, rather than spot-fixing imperfections. The result is an overall improvement in the appearance of your teeth and gums, a properly aligned bite, and long-lasting improvements to your dental health. Many people believe that a smile makeover just means prettier teeth, but it can mean a more beautiful face and body, relief from years of pain, and protection from future dental damage. To learn more about smile makeovers, click here to visit www.LVIdocs.com.
Skin Tightening: Surgical or Non-Surgical
One of the natural parts of aging is the reduction of collagen and elastin in the skin and, as estrogen levels drop during menopause, dehydration. Skin loses its elasticity and plumpness. Gravity, wear and tear, and weight fluctuations show up as sagging skin. Features are less defined, the neck and jowls begin to look fleshy, wrinkles and fold deepen. This is the time when we turn to surgical and non-surgical skin tightening procedures. Face lifts, brow lifts, neck lifts, any kind of "lift" is a surgical procedure which tightens the skin. While tightening the skin, muscles can be tightened and any excess tissue and fat removed. Surgery is not the only way to achieve tighter skin. Energy-based treatments, using light or radiofrequency, are now used to improve imperfections including fine lines and discoloration, while simultaneously encouraging new cell growth and collagen production. They cannot sculpt muscle and tissue, but non-surgical skin tightening alternatives range in extensiveness and can mimic the effects of "lifting" surgeries. To read more about skincare procedures, click here to view skincare articles from The Cosmetic Surgery Directory.
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