Oscar Wilde famously said, “With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” There is some truth in this sentiment from the Irish poet and playwright, as not everyone grows wiser as they age. However, age does not “come alone,” as it is always accompanied by visible signs of its passing, like wrinkles, fine lines, laxity, age spots, and hyperpigmentation that slowly make their mark on our skin.
Chemical peels have long been an effective treatment to repair sun-damaged skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, scarring, and other skin imperfections. However, in the past few years, micro laser peels have emerged as a popular alternative. Like a chemical peel, a micro laser peel ablatively removes the surface layer of skin to reveal underlying fresh skin cells. Unlike a chemical peel, the laser action also heats the lower skin layers to induce tightening and stimulate collagen and elastin production naturally.
Your skin is under near-constant assault by sun exposure, stress, environmental contaminants, repetitive movements, and the passing of time. The sun’s ultraviolet radiation causes sunspots, hyperpigmentation, and uneven skin tone and slowly breaks down collagen and elastin fibers, making the skin laxer and subject to the formation of fine lines and wrinkles. Stress induces the release of the cortisol hormone, which damages collagen and can stimulate skin conditions like eczema and acne. Environmental contaminants contain skin cell-damaging free radicals that can accelerate skin aging. Repetitive movements temporarily crease the skin but inevitably induce the formation of permanent lines and wrinkles. And, as our skin ages with the passing of time, it becomes less resilient and able to repair itself, and it increasingly displays the ravages of time.