Details About Skin Tightening Treatment in Salisbury
NIR skin tightening helps ageing, sagging and crepey-looking skin to appear firmer and more youthful. It works with your body to naturally stimulate the production of new collagen, achieving effective results without the risks and costs of plastic surgery or Botox anti-wrinkle injections.
Less aggressive than chemical peels or laser resurfacing, the procedure can rejuvenate ageing skin painlessly and with only mild (if any) side effects and minimal downtime. And it provides a longer-lasting results compared to ‘quick-fix’ solutions such as facials and home-use firming creams.
There are many ways that we can try to delay the signs of ageing.
Some may help with our overall health and well-being. But what they can’t tackle is the one element that affects the way we look facially – fine lines and wrinkles.
We can use all the creams, lotions and potions under the sun. We can eat healthily and drink gallons of water. Somehow, though, those naughty little lines around the forehead and eyes can creep up on us and just will not budge.
Fortunately, there is a tried, tested, non-surgical and now very common way to eradicate static lines around the upper face. Skin tightening Salisbury treatment can help.
Our NIR Skin Tightening treatment in Salisbury is suitable for all skin types and most areas of the body, including areas of skin with cellulite.
45 Minutes
24 hours.
24 – 48 hours.
Yes – topical cream.
24 Hours
Long-term results with a course of treatments.
Near infrared (NIR) skin tightening is a non-surgical, non-invasive skin rejuvenation treatment.
It uses infrared light energy to penetrate the tissue under the skin’s surface, leaving the top layer of skin unaffected.
The NIR procedure uses a safe level of infrared light that is able to penetrate the deeper layers of skin. The light energy heats the water in the skin tissue and causes collagen fibres to contract and tighten.
It also stimulates fibroblasts to repair skin cells and produce new collagen. This helps to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles, and gives long-lasting firmness to sagging skin.
Because the NIR light energy only heats the deeper layer of skin that contains collagen, it leaves the top, surface layer unaffected
Before we start the treatment, we apply a cooling gel to your skin.
We then pass the NIR handpiece over the targeted areas of your skin.
This heats up your skin until it reaches a working temperature of between 39 and 42 degrees Centigrade. We maintain this temperature for a further 10 to 15 minutes.
Depending on the size of the area we are treating, the whole skin tightening Salisbury procedure should be completed in about 30 to 40 minutes.
You should not feel any pain during NIR skin tightening Salisbury.
You will feel a warm sensation, similar to being on a sun bed, which at most might be slightly uncomfortable.
The handpiece has a built-in cooling system to prevent the surface layer of your skin becoming too warm.
We can apply more cooling gel, though, if you do start to feel uncomfortable.
Because the treatment involves heating your skin to a relatively high temperature, you should expect some redness afterwards.
You may also have some mild swelling, but this and the redness should settle down within a few hours (24 hours at most).
Other than this, there is no downtime and you can continue with your day immediately after treatment.
You should notice your skin looking firmer immediately after the treatment. This is partly due to the slight swelling that is a normal side effect of NIR skin tightening.
When this swelling has gone down (within 24 hours), the treated skin will feel smoother and you will see some improvement.
However, the most significant results happen gradually over the following 2 or 3 months. In this period, the tightening becomes more visible as the skin forms new collagen.
Some patients have achieved their expected results after only one treatment.
Most people, though, benefit from a course of 3 to 6 skin tightening Salisbury treatments, at intervals of up to 3 weeks.
A few patients may need up to 8 treatments, depending on their skin condition and expectations.
During your consultation for the procedure, we will discuss the number and frequency of treatments that you need to achieve optimal results.
NIR skin tightening treatment can help to reduce some of the visible signs of ageing skin.
We normally expect the results from the treatment to last for a year at the least, and more often up to 2 years.
NIR can’t, however, completely halt the ageing process, and you may continue to need top-up treatments to maintain results.
We are delighted to offer medical and cosmetic consultations to address your aesthetic concerns and provide personalised treatment recommendations.
If you have a question about any of our treatments or a condition, please do not hesitate to get in touch for more information.
