What are the best non-surgical facial treatments?

The first thing to consider is what goal (or goals) you’re seeking to achieve with treatment.

Do you want the best non-surgical facelift?
Do you want to smooth away fine lines and wrinkles?
Is your face starting to lose some of its youthful volume and you want a treatment that plumps your skin?
Are you seeking luminous, healthy-looking skin that makes you look hydrated and well rested?

These are just a few of the reasons that people come to us for non-surgical facial treatments here at Medikaur. The goal for treatment will always determine the answer to this question.

To help you decide which treatment(s) might be best to help you reach your facial skin goals, this month’s blog features some of our favourite treatments and the solutions they can offer:

Nu Skin’s ageLOC Galvanic Spa & LumiSpa

If you’re looking for a non-invasive facial treatment that you can kickstart with the help of an aesthetics practitioner and build on at home, then Nu Skin’s ageLOC Galvanic Spa & LumiSpa system might be your ideal choice.

The in-clinic Galvanic Spa treatment is a type of electrical therapy that delivers anti-ageing products to your skin and stimulates skin cell production, moves tissue fluid and helps to unblock your pores.

You should find that your skin looks fresher, smoother and more hydrated after just one treatment.

To boost the results, you can use the LumiSpa handheld skincare device at home to deliver carefully chosen Activating Cleansers to your skin as part of your regular beauty regime.

Ideal for: Dissolving skin congestion and unclogging pores for smooth, clear and clean skin.

Wrinkle-relaxing injections

If you’ve noticed that certain lines and wrinkles on your face caused by movement (smiling, laughing, frowning, etc.) are starting to stay visible long after your expression passes, then you might choose wrinkle-relaxing injections as the best non-surgical facial treatment for your needs.

These lines and wrinkles – e.g. crow’s feet, worry lines, bunny lines, etc. – are caused by the repeated movement of the dynamic muscles in your face (your skin responds in the same way as a piece of paper that’s folded in the same place time and again!).

Wrinkle-relaxing injections temporarily block carefully targeted muscles from contracting, smoothing your skin and saving it from the damages of those repeated folds.

As well as using wrinkle-relaxing injections to address fine lines and wrinkles on your face, these injections can be used to achieve a neck lift and tighten up loose, jowly skin to give more definition to your jawline.

Ideal for: Smoothing out and slowing down the emergence of expressive lines and wrinkles.

Dermal fillers

As we move into our late 20s and onwards, our skin gradually starts to lose its natural supplies of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid – all the building blocks of firm, smooth, youthful and well-hydrated skin.

If you feel that your cheeks are looking hollow or that your lips lack definition, or that you’re developing lines and wrinkles due to a loss in volume, then dermal fillers may be right for you.

We can inject small amounts of a synthetic version of hyaluronic acid into specific points on your face to help restore and enhance the volume, symmetry and definition of your features. Dermal fillers are also great for improving the appearance of deeper acne scars, as well as lifting your brows and jowls.

Ideal for: Adding volume and hydration to your face and smoothing away static lines and wrinkles.

Profhilo

Profhilo is an exciting injectable treatment that is often dubbed as “the non-surgical facelift”.

It uses a higher concentration of hyaluronic acid than dermal fillers to maximise hydration and gets to work stimulating the production of elastin and collagen, which can address fine lines and wrinkles as well as improving your skin tone.

This is a formula that can offer so much more than simply filling wrinkles and plumping - it offers enhanced skin quality that lasts for up to half a year.

Ideal for: Tackling skin laxity while leaving your skin feeling and looking softer, hydrated and radiant.

Dermaplaning

If your skin has been looking a bit dull and lacklustre recently, then dermaplaning could be your non-surgical facial treatment of choice.

With this resurfacing treatment, our expert practitioner uses a surgical scalpel (not as scary as it sounds!) to gently buff or shave away the dead skin cells that are sitting on the top layer of your skin. This removes those downy “peach fluff” hairs on your face too!

The result is healthy, radiant-looking skin, better skin tone, fewer marks and blemishes, and the reduced appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Ideal for: Exfoliating your skin and enhancing its natural radiance, especially if you have dry or sensitive skin and want to avoid a chemical treatment.

ZO® SKIN HEALTH Red Carpet Peel

Due to their formulas containing high-performance pharmaceutical ingredients such as papain, bromelain enzymes, and glycolic acid, ZO® SKIN HEALTH skincare products and peels can only be used by approved physicians on a consultation basis.

The Red Carpet Peel is a much-loved treatment (and celebrity favourite) because it gives the skin a bright, fresh and dewy look that’s stunning on camera.

Of course, you don’t need to be walking the red carpet to enjoy the benefits of these peels!

They work to remove the dead and damaged cells on the surface of your skin, replenish lipids and aid your skin’s natural hydration. They also stabilise the epidermis and skin barrier function, leaving your skin stronger and more able to fight off damage.

Just one peel makes a noticeable difference, but the best results are achieved with three to four peels carried out at two-week intervals. This peel is popular because peeling is minimal and lasts for just two to three days, if at all.

Ideal for: Improving the visible signs of sun damage, smoothing fine lines and wrinkles, minimising pigmentation problems and improving acne post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

Skin needling

This non-surgical facial treatment harnesses your skin’s innate ability to heal itself when damaged.

During the treatment, we use a handheld device containing multiple microscopic needles to create tiny pinpricks into your skin – these pricks are so small that they close almost immediately and simply leave your skin looking flushed for a couple of hours post-treatment. While needling your skin, we infuse it with nourishing ingredients via the temporarily open channels. This means the deeper layers of your skin benefit too.

Skin needling triggers your body to start producing more collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid where the microscopic injuries have occurred. Over a period of weeks, especially if you have several treatments, your skin will look firmer, smoother and rejuvenated, thanks to the changes brought about by new collagen production.

Ideal for: Helping your skin to feel firmer and rejuvenated, enhances your complexion and is fantastic for improving the appearance of acne scars or stretchmarks.

Which non-surgical facial treatment is right for you?

The great thing about all of these non-surgical facial treatments is that they can be adapted to suit your individual needs and used alongside other treatments. While the results are temporary and can be adjusted based on your preferences and our clinical recommendations, many offer ongoing improvements to your skin health.

We particularly love that these treatments give natural-looking results. Your skin will look luminous and give you a healthy, well-rested glow. With the right treatment, we can create lift, volume and skin rejuvenation too without your face looking overworked in any way.

Book a consultation to discuss which non-surgical facial treatment(s) would be the best treatments for your beauty goals.

Gurpreet Gill17 October 2022