I am often asked to recommend Summer Cosmetics procedures that are good to do during the summer. You may have time off during the summer and want to accomplish something to improve the appearance of your skin, but many of the popular cosmetic rejuvenation treatments require that you stay out of the sun both before and after your treatment, so it’s important to pick treatments that fit with your summer plans and activities.
For example, laser treatments, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL, BBL, or PhotoFacial) treatments, and chemical peels can make your skin more sun sensitive. Plus, after these treatments, your skin heals in such a way that you are at increased risk of developing irregular pigmentation if you accidentally get a tan while your skin is healing. In addition, with these treatments your post-procedure skin care often makes going outside during the sunny hours even more difficult because you may need to:
wear an ointment on your treated skin and ointments can actually increase the ability of the sun’s rays to tan your skin (just like the old baby oil/tanning “trick”)
avoid applying sunscreen to your treated skin for a week or so while it heals.
So, what cosmetic treatments can you easily have done during the summer?
Injectable treatments with Botox and fillers are perfect rejuvenation treatments for the summer. They’re also fun because the results are noticeable almost instantly and they can create a more relaxed and happy facial appearance that perfectly fits your summer mood. In my Sonoma County Dermatology office, injectable treatments are among our most popular summer cosmetic procedures.
Botox relaxes “dynamic” wrinkles due to muscular movement such as crow’s feet and the “11′s,” which are the furrows between the brows that are caused by squinting. It also works beautifully to minimize the lines on the forehead and to soften the appearance of pores on the forehead too.
Juvederm XC is a soft hyaluronic acid filler that’s perfect for softening the wrinkles around the mouth. Hyaluronic acid also draws water into the skin to help give your treated skin a more moist, dewy, and youthful appearance.
People love these two injectable treatments but, as with any injection, they can both cause some temporary bruising. You can use a long summer weekend or that little extra time off that you might have during the summer to let any bruising resolve before you’re “out and about” again. Temporary bruising is especially common with fillers.
Source: http://www.drbaileyskincare.com/blog/best-cosmetic-treatments-for-summer/
