Wrinkles, less elastic and less tonic skin: the first signs of fatigue and old age are manifested in different forms. To restimulate the production of collagen and plump the skin of the face, several solutions are available to you. The point with the drafting selection.

Firming the oval with aesthetic medicine

• The Ultratherapy

An ultrasound lifting, the promise is enticing. According to Dr. Schartz, dermatologist, "this technique allows to lift the skin of the oval face in a single session." In practice, focused ultrasounds send heat waves into the deep dermis in the same shots as targeted by the surgical lift, causing collagen to retract to create new fabrics, 80% of the results are visible after three to four months and lasting four to five years, but this technique remains painful. redness for a few hours and edema in the days that follow ".

Moreover, it is effective only on moderate releases and not on the jowls, and the results are very variable according to the individuals. 2 000 € the oval of the face.

• Support injections

According to Dr. Olivier Claude, a cosmetic surgeon and plastic surgeon, "we can never remember enough: to deal with the consequences of aging, that is to say the collapse of the lower face, we must first address its causes, namely the loss of deep volumes, and thus of support, on the support zones, the aim being to restore it to the inverted triangle shape characteristic of young faces. "

The solution ? "Deep injection of thick hyaluronic acids into the support areas, temples, lateral part of the eyebrows and cheekbones, forehead, chin and mandibular angle, raising the center of gravity of the face, rejuvenating it . " The result is immediate, bluffing of natural, and the effects last from twelve to eighteen months. Starting from 700 €.

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• The facelift by acupuncture

"Acupuncture offers a mild solution to women in natural search," says Dr. Isabelle Meurgey, aesthetic doctor. "Here, the needles act on the muscles to restore tonicity to the sagging faces." As an added bonus, aggressing the epidermis, but without pain with needles, stimulates fibroblasts and improves skin quality. the face is relaxed and relaxed, and with the activation of collagen, as the months go by, the results are enhanced. In case of large relaxation, do not try to tighten a sagging oval with acupuncture. effective on the neck. But in prevention or anti-release treatment, a real tensing effect is obtained. "

The right rhythm? Four sessions spaced ten days, then one per season or one semester in maintenance. 110 € the session.

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Give a new look to the oval with care in the institute

• Endermologie

When localized wrinkles such as those of the forehead, the lion or the paw-of-doy displease us, we focus on this targeted care. Its technique of mechanical stimulation of the skin wakes up the sleeping fibroblasts to reactivate the natural production of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid. In a few sessions, the wrinkles diminish and the forehead is smoothed. Endermologie Face Care Comfort Zone, 15 min, 25 €, www.endermologie.com.

• The Supreme Anti-Aging Restructuring Care

Designed for mature skin, it tackles skin sagging and wrinkles, through various expert models. The skin is smoothed, its texture is more dense, firmer, the wrinkles are attenuated. SkinCeuticals Supreme Anti-Aging Restructuring Treatment, 1 h 30, 147 €.

• The tweezers Jacquet

If the ancestor of mechanical stimulation has always been pinned on the street, it is that the fibroblast needs to be awakened to make collagen and hyaluronic acid. For an hour, the practitioner pinches the skin between the thumb and forefinger to reach the deep muscles and restart the cellular activity. It warms, but this muscular toning has proved to detoxify the skin, plump it and boost its radiance. To be carried out twice a week for one month, then once a month in maintenance. 1 hour, 89 €. Salon Lucie Saint-Clair Jena International, Paris 16th 01 47 20 53 54, www. lucie-saint-clair.com.

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• Result Spa Youth Revealed

A bath of youth with vectorized microcollagen and DNA. Here, microdermabrasion, manual modeling and electrostimulation unite their effects to energize skin firmness and lift the features. Result Spa Result Youth Resupply, 1h30, 175 €. Result Spa Hotel Square, 1, rue de Boulainvilliers, Paris 16e , 01 46 47 24 30.

Tone the skin with the devices at home

• The lifting helmet and the cleaning brush

We extend the benefit with these soft tools that rely on the same biological mechanism to excite our fibroblasts. The Slendertone helmet (169 €) and its lifting program that tones and strengthens the facial muscles in twelve weeks. Or Philips VisaPure Advanced electric cleaning brush (199 €) with a revitalizing massage tip relaxes and stimulates the muscles of the skin. It reproduces the effect that 750 fingers would make for three minutes, or 2,250 tapping.

• Light programs

A double blow is made by combining this mechanical stimulation of the fibroblasts with a therapy of light with photorejuvenation apparatuses. For a biostimulation of the whole face, we put on the light Led anti-wrinkle and firming of the Lumitherapist Filorga (129 €). Or on the new LedSonic light care by Esther Michèle, 299 €, www.esthermichele.com. And for the outline of the eye, we apply the Time Control instrument of Talika (99 €) to alleviate the signs of fatigue.