Aging, environmental exposure and muscles that fold the skin around the eyes hundreds of times a day provide a triple threat to the tissue around the eyes. The results are wrinkles, textural changes, laxity and discoloration. In order to get the best results in this area you need to treat both the skin and the underlying muscle.
I start my patients with Botox. This quick, effective and safe procedure treats the muscle under the skin and keeps it from folding the overlying skin. This prevents further damage, gives an immediate decrease in the lines and provides a slight raise in the lateral height of the eyebrow all without making the face look altered or frozen. Next I turn to resurfacing in order to address the wrinkles, pigmentation, texture and laxity of the skin around the eyes.
We have used Titan, Laser Genesis, IPL, chemical peels, Fraxel and many other modalities all with modest results. The combination of the Active FX with Deep FX (i.e. Total FX) is the only procedure outside of full CO2 resurfacing that I have seen consistently excellent results for fine, moderate and even deep lines. Downtime should range from about 5 day to 2 weeks depending on how aggressively your provider performs the treatment. To learn more about these great procedures visit us at the Colorado Center for Photomedicine.
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