Skin Hydration and Collagen Production 

Why is collagen production important for skin? 

While aging is an inevitable process, maintaining skin hydration is crucial in prolonging the appearance of youthful, radiant skin. With age, the skin begins to experience a decline in collagen and elastin production which essentially makes it harder for the skin to retain moisture and ‘bounce back’. This can then lead to a range of concerns like dull skin, loose skin, jowls, fine lines and wrinkles.

Nurse Kerziah can assist with these aging concerns by providing tailored treatments designed to promote collagen and elastin production, repair the skin’s lipid moisture barrier and restore the skins overall glow. 

How does hyaluronic acid support skin hydration?

The naturally occurring molecule, hyaluronic acid plays a critical role in the maintenance of skin hydration as its responsible for attracting moisture towards itself – attracting water to the skins surface to keep it soft. The molecule is crucial for supporting skin elasticity meaning that it helps the skin withstand stressors like repetitive muscle movement, all the while promoting a favourable environment for collagen fibres to be produced and keep skin looking nice and plump. One factor that is often overlooked is its ability to help support the lipid moisture barrier to reduce trans-epidermal water loss (the loss of water from the skins surface). 

How do skin hydration treatments work? 

The primary goal and focus of skin hydration treatments is to help the skin stay hydrated and ‘flexible’. When delivered to the skin, treatment helps to stimulate collagen and elastin production within the dermis without significantly altering facial volume. As we know, aging does not occur uniformly, meaning that some areas of concern may experience dehydration at a faster rate. Treatment can help assist with cellular turnover and resistance to stressors, thus helping improve skin quality. 

Bio Remodelling treatment improves skin tone, elasticity, and over all hydration. It intervenes with the physiological process of ageing tissue such as loss of skin turgor and collagen within the dermis.

What are some of the common concerns that skin hydration treatments aim to address? 

Skin hydration treatments can assist with dryness and dehydration, fine lines, wrinkles and loose skin by targeting skin elasticity, uneven skin texture and skin dullness.  

What are some of the most common treatment areas? 

Commonly treatable areas include the forehead, the under-eye area, the cheeks, the nasolabial folds, the marionette lines, the jawline and the neck. 

Who is treatment ideal for? 

Individuals over the age of 18 who is experiencing signs of aging like fine lines and overall skin dryness looking to improve their skin’s appearance. Treatments can assist concerns that do not look to address facial volume but rather focus on the skin’s overall glow. 

What are some of the potential side effects? 

Small bumps, lumps, slight tenderness, redness and slight swelling are possible side effects of skin hydration treatments. This can be relieved using ice at the site and can last up to ten days.  

Nodules may appear in the treatment area and in extremely rare cases discolouration. Some skin hydration treatments can’t be used in concurrence with laser resurfacing and medium deep skin peels. 

How can I learn more about skin hydration treatments? 

By scheduling a professional in-depth consultation with Nurse Kerziah at Next Aesthetics in Norwest, you can discuss some of the most effective ways to improve your skin’s hydration and overall glow. During the consultation, Nurse Kerziah can carefully assess your areas of concern, skins characteristics as well as your aesthetic goals.  

Aftercare: What is the recovery time with Bio remodelling injections?  

You may leave the clinic with a few small lumps at the injection point, slight redness, slight swelling and tenderness. How ever the lumps will eventually disperse within the next 24 hours. Some people have found after bio remodelling treatments that the small lumps have disappeared within a few hours. Otherwise, you can resume normal activity immediately after. But exercise is not recommended until 24hours after the treatment.