Ah, you gotta love the British. They seem to come up with new methods to surgically alter their appearance, and nonsurgically, faster than us beauty and looks conscious Americans. Just take a look at any British tabloid or even a regular news site, and you will see that their obsession with celebrity and appearance rivals only us here in America, so it’s no wonder that we’re all long lost cousins. They’re especially concerned, like we are, with anti aging and wrinkle prevention and treatment.
The latest news of Britain is something called a ten minute facelift. It’s basically a nonsurgical, cheaper way to look like you’ve had a facelift without the surgery and the thousands of dollars, although it will still cost you per session, with one session costing about 450 pounds, which is close to 800 or 900 dollars now in US currency. That could get quite pricey, so let’s talk about what it aims to do.
The treatment starts with a blueberry scrub and a chemical peel. This enhances the results of the more intense therapy later on, but is not necessary for the treatment to work. Then comes the mesotherapy, which to my understanding is small shots, under the skin, of vitamins and other beneficial ingredients, in this case they should help to enhance collagen production and tone up the skin from underneath, otherwise I don’t see the point of them for this sort of treatment.
Mesotherapy, if you recall, is actually a controversial treatment that is administered by some practitioners to help break up fat cells and flush them from the body by injecting natural ingredients underneath the skin which essentially explode and destroy fat cells, in this case though, the ingredients injected are supposed to enhance the plumpness of the face.
The ingredients that are administered under the skin for the ten minute face lift are elastin, hyaluronic acid, which is a natural biodegradable acid that helps plump the skin up, and a variety of other vitamins beneficial to the skin. Now, comes the painful part. A local anesthetic is administered to the whole facial area. Then shots of special fillers are given throughout the face that help plump and fill the entire face for a younger and more lifted look. The effect can be especially helpful for “jowls” that women hate that come with aging for a lot of men and women, it lifts them up and helps to tighten them for a period of time.
Then, the practitioner, who is only one French practitioner at the moment who came up with the treatment, takes his hands and manually smooths out the injections so that they are all distributed evenly under the skin, and this part is supposed to be painful as well. The before and after pictures are amazing though, if you want to google “ten minute facelift” and see for yourself. It is temporary, but it last for several months and call forestall more serious measures.
