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Withtheever-increasingnumberofnon-surgicalfaceliftsonoffer,SarahMillington
findsoutwhattheyinvolveandwhethertheyreallycanholdbacktheyearsLIFT YOUR LOOKS
D
oyouyearnfor
youngerlookingskin
butdreadthethought
ofhavingsurgery?
Thenitseemsyou’re
notalone.According
totheBritishAssociationofAesthetic
PlasticSurgeons,thenumberofpeople
willingtogoundertheknifeisonthe
decline–downnearlyeightpercent,
yearonyear,in 2017 .It’ssafetosaythat
faceliftsaredefinitelyoutbut,withso
manyalternatives,youcouldbeforgiven
forbeing–well,abitbamboozled.Joining
oldfavouriteslikeBotoxarearaftofnew
andinnovativetechniquesthatdrawon
thelatesttechnology,includingUltherapy,
ThermiTightandThermage,whichuse
ultrasoundorradiofrequencyenergyto
tightentheskinbelowthesurface.Then
therearelasertreatments,chemicalpeels,
andeventheso-calledPhiPrinciple,taken
fromthemathematicalconceptofPhi
(whosaidthequestforbeautywaspurely
vacuous)?Here’saguidetohelpyou
navigatetheoptions.