When it comes to skin tightening, one is the superficial skin loosening. That is what we commonly see as wrinkles. Fine lines and wrinkles that we see on the forehead, around the eyes, some lines here superficially along the nasolabial fold. These are some lines we have to treat. Some people associate it with loosening of the skin. Second aspect is the sagging of the skin, it looks heavier on the lower part of the face. Also the deep undereye bags. These are the things we have to treat for aging or looseness of the skin. Lasers predominantly last on the second layer of the skin or the dermis. We have an upper layer of the skin, called as the epidermis that contains the dead skin containing layer and we have a deeper one rich in collagen. This middle layers called as dermis contains collagen and gives thickens to the skin. So whenever we want to stretch the skin or tighten the skin, we want to stimulate the collagen in the outer layers of the skin. This layer of collagen can be effectively treated with lasers. There are various types of lasers, there are erbium yag lasers, there are carbon dioxide lasers, we have erbium glass lasers. These are some lasers used to tighten the superficial skin. Whereas when it comes to the deeper parts of the loosening. So that has to be an energy based device, like a radiofrequency treatment or it has to be an ultrasound treatment. So depending on the looseness of the skin, whether it is in the upper or the deeper layers of the skin. The modality of the treatment changes in general for superficial wrinkles. It has got this fine lines, or open pore like thing, lasers are a very good choice except for some amount of down time. Whenever you are doing anything for tightening of the skin, you need to take care of sun protection, hydration and some procedures have to be used to reduce the inflammation of the laser. When that is done, lasers are a wonderful technology.

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