Are you interested in non invasive cosmetic surgery in Indianapolis? If so, read this post to learn how these procedures can help you meet your treatment goals.
In cosmetic surgery there are two main categories of treatment options: invasive and non invasive. Invasive treatment is what one usually associates with cosmetic surgery: procedures that require sedation by an anesthesiologist and take approximately one week to heal. They provide dramatic results because they remove excess fatty tissue, tighten muscles and remove excess skin. Examples of these procedures include s-lifts and neck lifts. The downside to these types of procedures is that they require sedation, higher costs and at least a week of downtime. For individuals who desire cosmetic surgery without those three drawbacks, non invasive procedures might be an ideal alternative.
Non invasive cosmetic surgery procedures (such as chemical peels) might not produce the dramatic results that invasive treatments do, but they offer their own benefits:
- Improve skin texture and tone
- Remove some of the fine to moderate wrinkles and pigmentation changes
- Provide proximally 10% to 20% tightening of the skin
These procedure vary from light to deep treatments. “Light ” treatments can be done in the office with no down time. They essentially refresh the skin and improve the skin texture and tone. The “deep” treatments require sedation by the anesthesiologist and take approximately one week to heal. Because they penetrate more deeply, they provide more significant improvement.
Another option is what we call the “VIP peel”, which is more of a medium peel. The advantage to this peel is that it can be done in the office as an outpatient, without sedation. Following treatment, patients are red for the first three days and then flake fairly significantly on day three, four, and five. However, most people are able to maintain their normal social activities. After seven days, most people look very good. This not only removes the mild wrinkles and pigmentation changes, but also provides some degree of tightening to the skin.
