Hyaluronic acid and its benefits
Hyaluronic acid is found in cartilage, connective tissue, eyes and synovial fluid, but nearly 50% of the body’s total hyaluronic acid is in the skin. An important property of this substance is its ability to attract and retain water, which helps keep the body in good condition.
Its primary function is to bind to water and lubricate all moving parts of the body such as muscles and joints.
Highlights of its benefits:
- Keeps the skin hydrated. It ensures permanent hydration because of its moisturizing properties, enabling the attraction and retention of water in the dermis and the epidermis, the two layers which form our skin.
- Tightens the skin. It helps maintain and restore the firmness lost over time. This is because the acid stimulates the production of collagen, a protein that plays an essential role in tissue regeneration.
- Fills in wrinkles. It helps reduce dynamic lines and wrinkles by generating a subcutaneous mesh-like structure. This mesh exerts a tightening effect in the deepest layers of the skin, acting as a filler.
- Softens the skin. Due to its moisturizing properties, hyaluronic acid keeps the skin firm and moisturized, making it look and feel smoother.
- Works as a perfect complement for aesthetic treatments. If you are planning to undergo a facial rejuvenation treatment, this acid in the form of creams or serums will help you maintain the levels of firmness, smoothness, volume and hydration of the skin.
Facial treatments with hyaluronic acid
Hyaluronic acid is the king of anti-aging treatments because it offers visible results without undergoing surgery. Thus, it comes as no surprise that it is used in so many facial treatments.
- Lip hydration. Today, more and more lip treatments are being targeted to other purposes than the traditional lip enhancement. Now they also aim at improving hydration. With this solution, you can get a lip rejuvenation without adding volume.
- Lip augmentation. Although lip hydration is gaining ground, we cannot forget about the lip enhancement. The most frequently performed procedure today consists of increasing the lower part of the lip, maintaining a greater lightness in the cupid’s bow and in the contour.
- Facial mesotherapy. It is a micro-needling treatment with hyaluronic acid used to provide luminosity to the skin. This procedure is becoming increasingly popular.
- Rhino-modelling without surgery. Once a pipe dream, this procedure can now be performed using hyaluronic acid in a wide variety of areas to achieve the desired effects.
- Chin projection. For patients suffering from retrognathia and poor chin projection due to alterations in the jaw.
- Malar rejuvenation. Cheekbone contouring. As we age, skin becomes flaccid and there is a loss of fat, bone and muscle tissue that results in sunken cheeks.
- Mandible contouring. For the same reasons as above.
- Others. Dark circles, nasolabial folds, etc.
