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Some young people like former model Chrissy Albice want to undo damage they did in previous years... Now The Young Seek Fountai
Some young people like former model Chrissy Albice want to undo damage they did in previous years. Albice, 34, felt she damaged her skin from smoking and years in the sun.
"I don't want my eyes cut, I don't want a face lift, but I always think if you maintain your skin and you take really good care of your skin then that's the best way of maintaining that youthful look," she said.
Albice and her doctor came up with an aggressive $2,000 regimen, consisting of a few IPLs, botox, and mesoface lifts where her doctor injects a solution of retin-a, vitamins and minerals into her skin. Assassa said injections trigger collagen growth.
While 2005 was the biggest year ever for the use of botox, dermatologist Jessica Wu said the big shocker is that botox and chemical peels are now being requested commonly by people as young as 25 to 35 years old.
"If a woman comes in who is in their early 20s and she wants to look 12, I'm the first one to send her home and say, 'There is nothing I can do for you; come back in 10 to 15 years,' " Wu said.
Matarasso said botox actually works better on younger skin because, "You want to get those lines early rather than later. We wouldn't necessarily start a 13-year-old on these treatments. But if you're 28 and you have wrinkles around your eyes, it's fine to get some botox."
Matarasso cautioned that mesotherapy, like the mesoface lift Albice had, is not always effective. Mesotherapy usually is done on the body to promote fat loss.
"Some people think it's for cellulite, some people think it's a substitute for liposuction," he said. "People usually inject it into the middle layer of the skin ... to get rid of fat. And while it's good to not undergo surgery, I don't think it's as effective as liposuction. Also, it's not regulated, so from therapist to therapist you could get different results."
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