Regardless, taking good care now is the first important step towards maintaining healthy skin. One easy tip for preventing wrinkles on the chest and neck? “Avoid nicotine and use UV protection—that’s the be-all and end-all,” Prager says, noting sun damage ultimately accounts for around 90 percent of skin aging.. “UV radiation is actually the biggest killer of collagen.”
To hydrate, nourish, and rejuvenate the skin at home, Prager recommends using neck creams that contain antioxidants, hyaluronic acid, and retinol.
Neck and chest skin rejuvenation
Prevention is the best medicine—but what if your skin is already showing signs of damage? According to Prager, a visit to your trusted skin professional is a great next step. He recommends rebuilding collagen and tightening the skin using a combo of injectables and tech: “The dermal filler Radiesse stimulates the body’s own collagen production, while the micro-focused ultrasound treatment Ultherapy stimulates the formation of new collagen,” he says, noting the two treatments complement each other well. “Patients with older or particularly thin skin can be treated with volume-giving hyaluronic acid, as is the case with the face.”
Other methods for building collagen include microneedling with radio frequency at the tip. Prager also suggests looking into daylight photodynamic therapy (PDT) which is a gentle but effective treatment for sun damage.
The best treatments for neck and chest skin
With so many options to choose from, it can be hard to know which one may be best for you. “There are actually no restrictions,” Prager assures. “Skin treatments with active ingredients that are applied to the skin work from the outside, while treatments like Ultherapy work from the inside. Since the body’s own hyaluronic acid decreases by one percent every year after puberty, but studies have shown that three treatments of skin boosters result in thicker skin, more elasticity, and skin that is 10 years younger,” he explains.
With that in mind, it is important to follow the sequence of treatments recommended by your practitioner. “Ultherapy does not harm a previously-applied filler,” Prager explains. “But Microneedling, on the other hand, is much ‘hotter’ and might damage a filler. The older the skin is, the more sense a combination of Ultherapy and filler makes.”
Ultrasound therapy for the neck and chest
According to Prager, there’s a reason ultrasound treatments like Ultherapy are particularly suitable for the neck and chest: “They offer real-time visualization, which allows the precise, individual treatment of different areas,” he says, emphasizing that this allows practitioners to virtually see under the skin.
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