As the outer covering of your body and first line of its defense, your skin is exposed to innumerable environmental stressors. From the sun’s ultraviolet rays to air- and water-borne pollutants, and from nicks, cuts, and bruises to bug bites, your skin is under assault on a daily basis! Time also makes its mark on your skin with the slow increase in fine lines, wrinkles, sagging, age spots, and other indicators of advancing years.
“Youth may be fleeting” is a sentiment that has often been expressed for centuries, but many members of the Millennial Generation are actively pre-empting the fading of youth with a trend being termed “prejuvenation.” That is, the “early” use of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures designed to rejuvenate the skin of those experiencing visible signs of aging. But rather than correct the wrinkles, fine lines, sun spots, volume loss, sagging, and other signs of aging, Millennials are using the treatments as a preventive measure.
The number of Americans who sought out minimally invasive cosmetic treatments increased by 2% in 2018. Plastic surgeons, and medical spas—such as Naples, Florida-based Tru Glo Medspa—performed 15,909,931 such procedures in 2018.