If you think that your face is aging in linear time, you’re wrong. It actually ages in phases that happen every five years. And you need to treat your face according to each phase. This means that some aesthetic treatments that used to work great now don’t fulfill your goals any more. You need to choose treatments that keep you looking refreshed and not like you are addressing aging signs in a manner that never quite looks right.
Adopting a long-term anti-aging strategy is the key here. Specialists like Dr. Dragana Spica explain that you won’t use the same aesthetic treatments in your 30s and in your 50s. That’s just wrong and won’t bring you satisfying and long-lasting results. You need to strategically choose treatments that will support your skin and keep it healthy, and not choose treatments that give you instant fixes.
Let’s dive deeper into how to treat the skin in every phase of aging.
Your 30s – the phase you start noticing the first changes in your skin
From the age of 30 to 35, you still look fine, but small aging signs are starting to appear on your face. This is because your skin starts to lose collagen a bit every year. This important protein is responsible for keeping your skin youthful and firm, but as you turn 30, it needs a little boost in production. As the skin slowly loses this ingredient, you notice that it’s becoming thin, it is losing resilience, and it is starting to show sun damage. Also, you may notice that the volume on your face is shifting, especially in your cheeks and under your eyes. Plus, those expression lines that you make on your forehead or around your lips are staying longer than before.
So if you have noticed these changes and decided to start with aesthetic treatments, choose wisely. People often just do Botox but don’t address their skin quality. Or they get Dermal fillers when in reality their skin needs better hydration.
The goal of aesthetic treatments in your 30s should be collagen boosting, subtle rejuvenation, and prevention – not dramatic transformation.
The best preventative and wrinkle reduction aesthetic treatments in your 30s
There are numerous aesthetic procedures that Dr. Dragana Spica recommends for preventing early aging signs. The best ones are those that boost your collagen, improve your skin quality, and keep your skin texture even.
Treatments like skin boosters fuse your skin with hyaluronic acid, which deeply hydrates the skin, improves its elasticity, and returns its radiance. Micro-needling helps with collagen production because micro-damages trigger your skin’s own healing processes that, in turn, firm your skin, reduce pores, and improve texture.
If you want to address early sun damage signs, chemical peels are a good choice because they gently exfoliate your skin, trigger cell turnover, and brighten your skin tone.
You can also start with Botox, but only as a measure to prevent dynamic wrinkles on your forehead or around your eyes from becoming static. A small amount of Dermal fillers helps support your skin structure and, if necessary, subtly enhances your cheeks, jawline, or lips.
You can start with these anti-aging treatments once a year to keep this phase checked. Your long-term strategy here is to keep your facial skin subtly enhanced and not dramatically changed. You should focus on keeping a refreshed and youthful appearance without altering your facial features.
Your 40s – the phase you start noticing structural changes in your facial features
When you reach 40, you will notice that gravity is pulling harder now. If you want to avoid plastic surgery, there is time to work on the aging signs that appear on your face. Now it’s all about a great combo of different aesthetic procedures that will tighten, plump, and refresh your tired-looking skin.
So what changes in your facial features and your skin when you hit 40? Your bone density decreases, and you slowly start to lose fat pads. Also, your skin becomes more lax, and your lower face and jawline are starting to lose definition. The dynamic lines are becoming more static, and your face shows deeper frown lines, crow’s feet, and smile lines that diminish your youthfulness.
In your 40s, the treatments that you had before might not be as satisfying as before. They might seem overly done, flat, or unnatural. You start to notice that perhaps these treatments are slowly changing your facial features, and you definitely want to avoid that.
The goal of aesthetic treatments in your 40s should be to keep your skin’s structure and freshness. It shouldn’t be turning back time and trying to look like you used to in your 30s. Remember, your skin is going through the next phase of aging, and you should focus on appropriate approaches to this next timeline in your beauty regimen.
The best aesthetic treatments for restoring your skin’s structure in your 40s
Let’s focus now on aesthetic treatments that are best for aging signs in your 40s, according to Dr. Dragana Spica. These treatments focus on firming your skin, further boosting collagen, eliminating sun damage, and returning lost volume.
One of the perhaps most effective collagen stimulators is Sculptra treatment. This injectable triggers your body’s collagen production and provides you with that long-lasting and natural-looking lift. You can again go with skin boosters like Profhilo to deeply hydrate your skin and improve its elasticity.
If you want to focus on skin tightening and resurfacing, Morpheus8 can be a good treatment to start with in your 40s. This advanced treatment combines microneedling and radio frequency to boost collagen production, tighten your skin, and remodel your skin from the inside out. Also, ultrasound-based treatments like Ultherapy can be a good choice for you at this age because they lift and tighten your skin without long downtime or invasiveness.
A good strategy here is to combine some of these treatments with injectables. You can continue using Botox to keep softening the dynamic wrinkles without looking frozen. Also, you can combine Dermal fillers with these treatments to add additional volume to specific strategic places like deep under-eye hollows or marionette lines.
Focusing on providing a solid structure of your skin and creating enough collagen will prevent your skin’s future laxity.
Your 50s – the phase of aging gracefully
In your 50s, you will notice that your skin is losing collagen more quickly and that your skin support is weakening. This leads to greater volume loss and reduced elasticity. Your wrinkles are deeper, and you may notice sagging in your cheeks or jawline.
All these aging signs may lead to change into your facial features. But this doesn’t mean that you should look for a dramatic transformation. Don’t make a mistake and overfill your face with Dermal fillers or too much Botox in order to restore your appearance when you were 35. You may risk looking frozen and completely unnatural. Remember that the key here is to support your skin’s health and hydration and to let it age gracefully.
The best aesthetic treatments in your 50s
There are a lot of minimally invasive and advanced aesthetic procedures that focus on improving your skin’s quality, restoring its elasticity, and lifting sagginess. Together with Dr. Dragana Spica, you can choose the best combination of treatments that will refresh your facial appearance and help you feel confident at this age.
If you want to focus on improving your skin tone, treatments like IPL therapy reduce sun damage and age spots. Also, different laser therapies can subtly lift your skin, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, and rejuvenate your face.
For facial contouring, you can try fat-dissolving injections that reduce a double chin and contour your jawline in a minimally invasive way. You can also add Dermal fillers to your treatment plan to add extra volume to hollow cheeks or lips. Botox is still on the list here because it is a great addition to reducing deep wrinkles on your forehead and around your eyes.
Why do these treatments work great in your 50s? Well, because they focus on keeping your skin looking healthy, firm, and supported. They subtly lift your skin and don’t mask the imperfection. Plus, if you choose your treatment combo carefully, you won’t go through long downtime, and you won’t need to have them so often. The key is to keep looking rested, elegant, and nourished.
Why don’t the same treatments work forever?
Some treatments that you had in your 30s may not work the same in your 50s simply because your face is not the same anymore. As we mentioned before, aging affects your skin’s elasticity, hydration, fat distribution, and bone structure. And you also need to understand that the speed of aging isn’t the same for everyone – you start noticing changes in your skin on your own time.
These are some of the reasons why the same treatment plants don’t bring you satisfying results if you don’t adjust them to your skin’s aging phase.
That’s why it’s important to choose a qualified specialist like Dr. Dragana Spica to guide you through your beauty journey and create your unique skincare strategy. Dr. Spica customizes your treatment plans not according to trends but according to your unique skin requirements.
You will never get a cookie-cutter treatment from Dr. Dragana because every patient has different skin concerns. What works for your friend won’t necessarily work for you.
She focuses on your facial anatomy and creates treatment combinations that will keep your authenticity and expressiveness. Also, Dr. Dragana creates your treatment plans according to your lifestyle habits and medical conditions. She will help your skin age properly over time and help you look polished and nurtured. Subtly enhancing your beautiful features is her primary goal, and not changing your appearance in a dramatic manner. This ensures that your treatment results will always be natural-looking and long-lasting. Creating a harmonized facial appearance will make your unique beauty timeless.
Adopting a skincare routine that works best for your unique needs is the smartest way to take care of your skin at any age.
Schedule a consultation with Dr. Dragana Spica to see which aesthetic treatments are best for your age.
