Laser skin tightening is a non-invasive, non-surgical process that uses an infrared laser to tighten skin by heating the collagen under the skin's surface, which causes the skin to contract and also stimulates the production.

1. Skin Tightening How Laser Treatments Firm Your
Face And Stomach - Skin Tightening Laser
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By Rodney Gear - http://skintighteninglaser.org/
Loose sagging skin on our face, stomach, arms and other areas is very distressing to many of us. Loose
skin or integument (integument - medical term for skin) makes us look old and out of shape, no matter
how hard we work out and try to stay fit. In the past, effective skin tightening required plastic surgical
procedures like face lift and tummy tuck.
However, in the past few years, many new non-surgical and laser skin tightening methods have been
developed. The new skin tightening technology has been steadily getting better as the machines
improve and as doctors learn how to maximize the results achieved.
What Is Skin Tightening Laser
Today, often using a combination of different methods, substantial skin tightening can be achieved
without surgery, a very different situation than just 3-4 years ago when Thermage, Titan, Refirme, and
LuxIR Deep were introduced.

2. There are many skin tightening advertisements that can be misleading, so you really need to be an
informed consumer and understand the technology if you are going to achieve the result that you
desire. Below I will explain how the new skin tightening technology works and which methods are the
best.
Tight, firm skin requires good elasticity. Elasticity means the ability of the skin or integument to snap
back or tighten after it has been displaced or pulled away from the body. Good elasticity depends on
healthy collagen and elastin fibers that lie very deep, near the bottom of the dermis, the deep layer of
our integument below the surface. Collagen and elastin fibers act like small rubber bands that hold the
integument tight against our body, and pull the loose tissue back when it is stretched or pulled.
Aging, sun damage from ultraviolet (UV) light, smoking, stress, excessive alcohol intake and an
unhealthy diet and lifestyle all destroy collagen and elastin in the dermis and cause the integument to
loosen and sag. Stretching caused by pregnancy or rapid weight loss after dieting or gastric bypass
surgery also destroys collagen and elastin in the dermis and results in sagging and loss of tone.
All laser and non-surgical skin tightening methods work by stimulating the growth of new collagen and
elastin in the dermis. When you heat collagen and elastin to 66 degrees centigrade, the collagen and
elastin fibers shrink or tighten, and are remodeled with new collagen and elastin formation. The effect
of this skin tightening and new collagen and elastin formation is that the deep dermis contracts and
becomes firmer and the loose tissue is tightened.
The elastin and collagen lie very deep in the dermis, and the major challenge is to get enough heat deep
down in the dermis to remodel elastin and collagen without burning the surface of the integument as
the heat passes through the more superficial layers.

3. This has been accomplished by using very effective cooling devices that cool the surface while the heat
energy is passed through the surface on its way to the deep dermis. Machines that have this ability are
the Palomar LuxIR Deep, Thermage, titan and Refirme to name a few.
A newer method applies heat to the deep layers from underneath. New laser liposuction technology like
SlimLipo uses a small laser cannula placed beneath the integument to melt fat. The heat also causes
contraction and firming of the overlying loose tissue. This technique has been very effective for the
tummy and neck or double chin.
So… What’s Next ?
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