Skin Sagging

Why Do We Have Saggy Skin?

Saggy Skin is lax skin or skin with increased laxity. Saggy skin is a natural consequence of ageing and the result of our genetics and environmental exposures, such as UV light exposure, smoking, etc. As you age, your body does not produce the same amount of collagen or elastin in your skin and the quality produced is not as good. Collagen and elastin provide firmness and elasticity to your skin, giving you a more youthful, tighter appearance. You can tell if you have saggy skin if it does not snap back to its smooth, flat position after you gently pinch it. You can also tell by gently pulling at your skin around your mouth to see how stretchy it is and how well it resists external forces.

Facial volume loss through age-related depletion of bone and fat can also contribute to saggy skin. Without support from the layers below, your skin above is relatively more lax, in the same way that a deflated balloon appears more dimpled and crinklier than a fully inflated balloon.

How Is Saggy Skin Treated At Melbourne’s Dr. Jodie Clinic?

The Dr. Jodie clinic offers consultations on how to treat saggy skin.

Fortunately, saggy skin can be treated in a multitude of ways. A combination approach will always lead you to your best results.

Prevention is always better than cure. Dr. Jodie encourages all her clients to lead a healthy lifestyle, which includes protection from UV exposure and not smoking. 50+ SPF sunscreen should be applied multiple times a day and adequate protective outerwear (including a hat, sunglasses, and clothing) should be worn to minimise exposure.

Within her anti-ageing armoury, Dr. Jodie has a range of treatments and devices to assist with skin tightening. These include medical treatments, skin care, skin peels, LED therapy, mono threads, and devices. Laser Genesis is great for skin smoothing and firming, while the Scarlet S Radio Frequency is the most potent way to tighten up that outer skin envelope. Excel V+ Laser and Medi Pulse Pro XL IPL therapy may also play a role in skin rejuvenation.

What Happens At Your Dr. Jodie Consultation For Saggy Skin?

Your Dr. Jodie clinician will carefully assess your face and medical history to determine your pattern of ageing and to see if you are a good candidate for treatment. Once the factors contributing to your saggy skin have been identified, she will create a treatment plan unique to your aesthetic requirements, budget, and lifestyle. Your treatment plan will be explained at length, including information about the treatment process, risks and benefits, recovery time, and costs. You will have ample opportunity to have all your questions answered and to participate in the treatment planning process. Your progress will always be documented with standardised clinical photography.

To better understand available treatments to achieve tighter skin, let’s explore a few of our more popular options.

The Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling Device

Ultimately, the most powerful skin tightening at the Dr. Jodie clinic will be achieved with the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling device. Your entire face, neck and décolletage, and even different parts of your body, can be treated for more extensive improvements in skin texture and tautness. It combines the power of radio frequency energy and microneedling to create micro-channels of 'trauma' that trigger the body to turnover existing skin with new skin and fresh collagen and elastin. And the best part? Your recovery time is surprisingly quite limited. All staff at the Dr. Jodie clinic, including Dr. Jodie herself, have undergone this procedure and could return to work the following day. You may experience some mild skin redness for 1-2 days, which is coverable, and a barely visible 'grid-like' pattern for 1-2 weeks, which most of us would not even notice. Obviously, as you would expect with any powerful skin device, more significant, but rare, complications are possible and these risks will be fully explained during your consultation at the Dr. Jodie clinic. For your best results, serial treatments are recommended. For optimal skin tightening we would suggest a minimum of 3-4 treatments spaced approximately 6-8 weeks apart. Added benefits include skin smoothing, with softening fine lines and wrinkles, as well as pore minimisation and improvements in acne scarring, especially pitted scarring.

For more information on the Scarlet S Radio Frequency Microneedling device, click here.

Laser Genesis

Laser Genesis is a minimal or no-downtime, non-invasive laser treatment for skin firming and tightening. It acts to heat the upper layers of the skin, causing tissue 'damage', that stimulates your body's natural renewal processes and the production of fresh collagen and elastin. This ultimately firms your skin, but also improves textural irregularities such as fine lines, open pores, and acne scars. Laser Genesis also targets the fine blood vessels and broken facial capillaries to minimise facial redness and facial flushing. Laser Genesis is your true 'lunch time facial', as you can get on with your day without disrupting your social calendar.

For more information on Laser Genesis, please click here.

Mono Threads

Mono threads are injectable threads that act to stimulate your body’s own collagen to improve skin texture, fine lines and wrinkles, acne or other scarring, skin tightness and sometimes even a sagging face. They tend to be most beneficial for those who are old enough to see signs of ageing, but young enough to still be able to produce collagen and elastin. Dr. Jodie believes the ideal candidate tends to range between their early 30s to late 50s. Arguably such treatments may still play a preventative role for younger clients, and even the most mature clients are still capable of some skin tightening and improvements in skin quality. Even so, they can cause significant bruising so timing your treatment with your social events is particularly important.

For more information on Mono threads, click here.

Skin Peels with LED therapy, Skin Care

Let’s not forget that skin peels with LED therapy and skin care also play a significant role in skin health. A comprehensive regime can ensure that your skin is more hydrated, smoother, firmer, with better elasticity. Good skin care always works in unison with ‘in clinic’ treatments such as skin peels with LED therapy to help maintain your results.

Other Medical Skin Quality Treatments

The Dr. Jodie clinic offers consultations on a range of other medical treatments that address skin quality. Please note that any treatment that includes the use of schedule 4 medications cannot legally be advertised online, as directed by our governing body the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), so it is not a feature of our discussion here.

Why Trust Dr. Jodie In Melbourne To Treat Your Saggy Skin?

With so many options available to you on the market to treat saggy skin, it can be quite confusing which to choose. Dr. Jodie, one of Melbourne’s leading cosmetic physicians, will help you formulate a skin tightening plan based on a thorough assessment of your skin health. Whatever your needs, Dr. Jodie will guide your decision-making process to ensure you find the right solution for your unique face, aesthetic goals, budget, and lifestyle. With more than 15 years of experience in cosmetic medicine and a decade working as a national clinical trainer for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies globally, you can trust that Dr. Jodie has the knowledge and skillset required to lead your way to firmer, smoother, more radiant skin. Moreover, she has mentored and trained her own Dr. Jodie clinicians to ensure that you receive the same high level of personalised care. You are always in good hands at the Dr. Jodie clinic.