Looking for an effective way to rejuvenate your skin? Consider combining two popular treatments: skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing. While each of these treatments can deliver impressive results on their own, they can work even better when used together.
 

In this blog post, we'll explore the benefits of skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing, explain how these treatments work, and discuss why they're so effective when used together. We'll also provide some insight on what to expect during your treatment and after to help you understand what's possible. 

Benefits of Skin Tightening 

Skin tightening is a non-invasive treatment that stimulates collagen production, leading to firmer, smoother skin. As we age, our skin loses collagen, a vital protein that provides structure and elasticity to our skin. This can lead to sagging skin, wrinkles, and fine lines.
 

During a skin tightening treatment, radiofrequency (Thermage FLX) or ultrasound energy (Ultherapy) is used to heat up the layers of the skin to stimulate the production of new collagen. This can help to tighten loose or sagging skin, especially on the face, neck, chest and hands. 

The benefits of skin tightening include: 

• Smoother tighter skin: The increase in collagen production can lead to noticeable improvements in skin firmness, reducing the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. 
• Very natural results: This type of treatment naturally stimulates your own collagen. 
• Versatile treatment: Skin tightening can be performed on the full face, neck and body. 
• Penetrates deep into the skin without surgery: Effective results with no downtime. 

Benefits of Laser Skin Resurfacing 

Laser skin resurfacing (Fraxel) is a minimally invasive skincare procedure that uses laser energy to remove damaged skin cells, revealing smoother, more youthful skin underneath. This treatment can be used to address a range of skin concerns, including sun damage, acne scars, uneven skin texture, and hyperpigmentation.
 

During a laser skin resurfacing treatment, laser energy is used to heat the skin, which removes the top layer of damaged skin cells. The laser energy also stimulates the production of new skin cells, which can lead to a more youthful radiant appearance. 

The benefits of laser skin resurfacing include: 

• Renewed skin: The growth of new healthy skin cells can lead to noticeable improvements in skin tone, texture and radiance. 
• A single treatment: Designed to create younger-looking skin in a single treatment. 
• Minimal downtime and maximum results: Effectively penetrates the skin to target pigment and support your body's remodeling of collagen. 

Understanding How the Treatments Work Together 

While skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing may seem like very different treatments, they can work together to help you achieve your desired results.
 

One of the main benefits of combining skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing is that together they address several skin concerns that most patients have like: 

• Skin laxity: sagging jowls, cheeks 
• Skin tone: sun damage, melasma 
• Skin texture: acne scars, surgical scars 

All while boosting the patient's own collagen production and stimulating new healthy skin cell growth for overall skin health and radiance. 

In addition, this combination is nonsurgical, effective, and yields natural-looking results! 

So combining these two treatments can provide a comprehensive solution to a range of skin concerns, leaving you with smoother, clearer, and more youthful-looking skin. 

What to Expect During Treatment 

If you're interested in combining skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing, the first step is to schedule a consultation with your aesthetic provider to determine your personalized treatment plan.
 

Treatment protocols can vary depending on the patient's specific needs and the type of devices being used. However, a typical skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing treatment session will include the following: 

1. Skin tightening: No topical anesthesia is needed since the top layers of your skin aren't affected. 
2. Topical anesthesia: Between your skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing treatment you will numb for 1 hour to prep your skin for the laser portion of your visit. 
3. Laser skin resurfacing: The last step in your combination therapy that will cause redness and tenderness to the skin for the next 24-48 hours. 
4. The provider will go over the after-care protocol. 
5. Schedule your follow-up so we can see those amazing results!

Before and After 

To give you an idea of what's possible with a combined skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing treatment, take a look at these before-and-after photos: 

As you can see, the results of combined skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing can be truly transformative. By addressing a range of skin concerns at once, these treatments can help you achieve smoother, clearer, and more youthful-looking skin.

Conclusion 

If you're struggling with issues such as hyperpigmentation, fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, sagging skin, and/or dull skin you might want to consider the combination therapies of skin tightening and laser skin resurfacing. We have seen beautiful skin transformations in our own patients by combining these two modalities.
 

Feel free to call us at 713.850.0240 or schedule your consult here.