Whether you’ve pampered your skin your whole life or exposed it to the elements without protection, eventually, every face wrinkles. And the desperate attempt to smooth those wrinkles has grown the global anti-wrinkle market to nearly $11 billion

While some of that money gets wasted on ineffective topical creams and serums, the smart money goes toward advanced technology proven to address shriveling skin from the inside out.

We’re talking about laser skin resurfacing using state-of-the-art erbium-doped yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Er:YAG) lasers, and our Synergy Facial Surgery team is here to explain how this revolutionary technology can transform your face and restore its youthful texture and glow.

Why does skin wrinkle?

Although some people have more wrinkles and lines than others, and some get them sooner than others, the hard truth is that, eventually, we all wrinkle, and here’s why. 

You’re losing collagen faster than you make it

In your mid-20s, your body slows down its production of collagen, an abundant protein that keeps your skin strong, resilient, and plump. When your skin loses collagen, it loses its ability to recover from environmental exposure, injuries, and other damaging events. 

You’re getting older

Everything slows down when you age, including your cell turnover. When cell division decelerates, the middle layer of your skin (the dermis) thins, and the collagen and elastin fibers loosen and unravel, allowing wrinkles to form on the surface. 

Aging skin also retains less moisture, and this lack of oil and water contributes to wrinkling.

You’ve spent a lot of time in the sun

Whether you’re a sun worshiper or a diligent sunscreen-wearer, eventually, the ultraviolet rays find their way into your skin. And the effect is cumulative, so every quick unprotected trip to the mailbox adds to your lifetime sun exposure quotient. 

Once they penetrate your skin, the sun’s rays break down your collagen fibers and damage your skin cells — a process called photoaging. 

You smoke

You know you should quit smoking for health reasons, but you may not realize what smoking does to your skin. Your skin is already fighting an uphill battle trying to replace old collagen, but smoking interferes with the production process, putting you at a huge disadvantage and giving you more wrinkles than nonsmokers.

Your parents have wrinkles

Genetics plays a role in when you’ll develop wrinkles, how many wrinkles you’ll get, and where they’ll appear. There’s not much you can do about that, but there is something you can do once you start to see those lines show up — laser skin resurfacing

How laser skin resurfacing smoothes out your wrinkles

Dr. Robert Cristel, our experienced facial surgeon and anti-aging expert, offers the latest anti-wrinkle treatments, including neurotoxins like Botox®, Dysport®, and Xeomin®, and dermal fillers, such as Juvéderm®, Radiesse®, Restylane®, and Sculptra®. We also offer platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections. All these treatments address wrinkles differently, and some work in conjunction with one another.

Laser skin resurfacing employs pulsed light beams to target unhealthy or damaged skin areas. 

Through fractional removal of the superficial layer (the epidermis) and into the deeper layers of the skin (dermis), the laser beams minimize harm to the neighboring healthy skin while inducing rejuvenation of the underlying collagen and skin.

At the same time, the laser gently raises the temperature of the dermis, but it doesn’t harm or remove the skin. Instead, it increases the production of collagen fibers within the dermis, forming a crucial supporting framework for your skin, increasing firmness and tightness, and smoothing out wrinkles. 

As the laser-induced heat stimulates the production of collagen fibers, it mimics the natural production process of your younger self, delivering younger-looking, wrinkle-free skin.

Call Synergi Facial Surgery in Chesterfield or O’Fallon, Missouri, or book online to start your laser resurfacing treatments.

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