Shape Singapore – August 2019

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GENEVIEVE MONSMA

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PEAK performance

W

hen your skin is at its prime –

cells turning over like clockwork,

fi broblasts churning out collagen –

your complexion is smooth, bright,

and youthful. As you know, that

beautiful operation slows down with age. But there’s a

way to hack the machine, spurring it to regain its peak

performance. Coined regenerative dermatology, these

antiaging strategies help boost or reignite some of the

skin’s own natural processes, like collagen production, so

your skin acts as it used to – and looks more like it too.

A new wave of

treatments and

products improves

your complexion

today – and

how it behaves

in the future.

POKE(R) FACE

At-home derma-rollers

can help stim ulate

collagen production

and make products

penetrate more deeply.

“For years, the goal of cosmetic dermatology was

to fi x signs of aging, like Botox to smooth fi ne lines

or fi llers to lift sagging skin,” says Marnie Nussbaum,

a New York City dermatologist. “As we did those

treatments, we discovered a positive side e‹ ect:

long-term skin improvement.” Injecting fi ller into the

skin was found to stimulate the skin’s own collagen

production, making youthful results last longer.

Certain nonablative laser treatments (like Fraxel),

which were used to improve texture and tone, also

increased collagen.

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