Ageing Insights | Cosmetic Doctor UK

A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

OF AGEING.

When performed correctly, Aesthetic Medicine involves understanding the process of ageing and the changes that the body & face suffer as a consequence of time, whilst also helping to reduce and prevent those changes.

TREATMENTS BY AGE

The ageing process is well known to us all: the skin wrinkles, sagging appears, our eyes begin to sink, the face loses contours and volume, muscle atrophy occurs and in some areas of our body unwanted fat accumulates.

Aesthetic Medicine, when performed correctly, involves understanding the process of ageing and the changes that the body & face suffer as a consequence of time, and other factors like exposure to the sun, etc.

Our skin has a thickness of about 2 millimetres at the age of 20. The 2 uppermost millimetres correspond to the epidermis and dermis, which form an impermeable layer to prevent water entry or loss. Underneath this layer is the hypodermis or subcutaneous tissue. This is a layer of connective and fatty tissue, rich in collagen fibers and adipocytes, forming our "thermal and mechanical insulation".

By the age of 90 years our skin has lost three quarters of its thickness and 90% of the collagen. So it wrinkles, falls and folds. Understanding the changes that the skin goes through with age, allows us to correct depletion and prevent changes to maintain our tissues in the best possible conditions.

AN UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF AGEING.

The Merz Aesthetics Scales is a scientific way to demonstrate what you might expect from your aesthetic treatment. This scale is a comprehensive rating system that measures the skin's ageing process. Developed by a team of aesthetic experts, the Merz scale gives doctors a simple, five -point scale they can use to objectively rate age-related skin changes and share potential treatment results with you.

The Merz scale measures the following areas:

UPPER FACE

Recommended treatments for forehead lines, brow positioning, glabellar lines and crows feet.