For people who’ve recently experienced weight loss in Bradenton, med spa services can address the resulting lax skin.
Going after your dream weight is an age-old pursuit. In recent years, GLP-1 weight-loss drugs have increased access to safe, healthy weight loss. Today, many people are successfully losing those extra pounds and achieving a healthier, happier self-image.
However, significant weight loss comes with one aesthetic side effect: skin laxity. Over the years, your skin grew along with the rest of your body; when your body shrinks, the skin doesn’t tighten up around a smaller frame.
Some people may opt for cosmetic surgery to address skin laxity. However, for others, there are plenty of non-surgical med spa treatments that can encourage increased elasticity and fuller, collagen-rich skin. At Bellagena Med Spa in Bradenton, our professional estheticians are here to ensure your beautiful, healthy skin complements your beautiful, healthy body.
You did the hard work. Now let’s support your skin as it adjusts.
What needs to be addressed in skin laxity after weight loss?
As with other causes of laxity, what happens after weight loss comes from two underlying issues: not enough elastin, and not enough collagen. Elastin, as the name suggests, gives skin its elasticity. That is, the ability to stretch but also to pull tight again. Collagen provides an underlying layer of support, to keep skin taut and full.
When we age, our skin cells simply produce less of these proteins. However, after you lose a lot of weight, we see skin that has, in a sense, been “trained” over a certain shape. After an extended period of time stretched out, skin elasticity changes. To get it tight over the new, smaller you, your skin needs time, encouragement, and a boost of new elastin to regain its strength and resilience.
Likewise, collagen shifts after weight loss. That means that not only is your skin lax, but it’s lacking that firm, supportive layer underneath. This can lead to folds and wrinkles, and it also means sunken cheeks and tired-looking eyes.
What skin refinement treatments work best after weight loss?
As professional estheticians, we spend a lot of time addressing skin laxity. Bradenton skin care often involves boosting collagen and elastin because people here are exposed to so much sunlight. If you have sun damage, or even if you’re just getting older, you could probably use a collagen/elastin boost.
However, while age and sun damage happen gradually, sudden weight loss makes laxity, especially around your face, that much more noticeable. Almost overnight, you look very different.
Here are some of your options:
- Density Radiofrequency: Absolutely ideal for weight loss-related skin laxity, this alternating RF technology stimulates the production of both the elastin at the skin’s outermost layer as well as the deeper structural collagen. You’ll see almost immediate results that will continue to take shape, literally, in the following weeks.
- HIFU: High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound utilizes deep-penetrating heat to maximize collagen production in the skin’s fundamental structural layers.
- Red Light Therapy: This treatment increases circulation, helping to repair existing elastin fibers and grow skin cells as much as 200%.
- Sanitas Collagen and Elastin Serum: Using a combination of natural exfoliation, plant stem cells, and vegan collagen and elastin, this product allows you to maximize your spa treatments by adding a powerful at-home skincare regimen.
Complete Your Weight Loss Journey at Bellagena
Today’s weight loss technology and medications are allowing more people than to lose the weight that has been bothering them for years. But those same people are realizing that their journey doesn’t end there. Skin laxity after weight loss is natural, but it’s also treatable.
Our med spa in Bradenton provides locals with the skin-tightening treatments that make those changes ultimately feel complete. Call Bellagena today for a chance to finish your journey.
