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Q: What youth-enhancing procedures do you recommend for women who are just beginning to notice initial signs of aging?
A: While everyone ages at different rates, it’s never too early to start taking care of your skin, preventing and slowing the signs of aging. Using an SPF of at least 30 on a daily basis, as well as topical antioxidants, helps promote skin integrity and preserve youthful elasticity. Regardless of your age, it’s important to maintain proper at-home efforts, which will help augment any in-office procedures you undergo. Initial signs of aging, like dullness, rough texture and a lackluster complexion, can be addressed through microdermabrasion and photorejuvenation procedures. Fractional laser treatments can help address acne scars plus the color, texture and tone changes that result from photodamage, as well as fine lines and wrinkles. For loss of volume, fillers restore fullness. Over the years, I have found that a combination of treatments, tailored to each patient’s specific aesthetic concerns, coupled with sound at-home efforts, contributes to an effective long-term plan that not only reverses the signs of aging but prevents them as well.