Maybe you have a relatively good body, even toned, but if you are about 30 years old you may have noticed a skin hanging around the knee cups, which seems premature to you. This gives a greater age to your feet. Are there non-radical treatments for this problem? The specialist answers.
Knee wrinkles may seem like a crazy concern, we all imagine a cream from the ones being advertised that can solve the problem, but according to Dr. Aaron Rollins, who specializes in laser and liposuction at Elite Body Sculpture in NYC, “they are a common concern, even in patients who have not yet reached the age of 30 or who have passed this age. "Often, sagging skin on the knees comes from weight loss, but also loss of elasticity and the sun plays a role as you age." But it is important, says Rollins, that "anyone who has excess skin on the knees, otherwise they would not be able to bend it and about 25% of patients who come to me with this disorder, actually have normal knees. I see patients worried about this problem, before the beach season in Beverly Hills, more than you could imagine " .
If sagging skin is not common and really troublesome, scalpel adjustment should be the last resort as it does lifting the entire thigh, not just the knee. Instead, Rollins recommends laser fixation treatments like Thermage and Ulthera, or sessions with a leather roller, a device that uses small needles to create a collecting effect. If the problem is not the fall, but the fat, " I check by asking the patient to straighten the leg and then grab the inside of the knee. That is where the fat accumulates, not above the knee," AirSculpt is a laser for fat and can done for 15 minutes while the patient is awake.
What does not work? Botox " which helps to remove wrinkles but does not lift sagging skin" , exercises, " although doing leg muscles with stretching the legs, in the gym, can help" and creams, "I have never had a patient to have told me that a cream has had any effect. "
The best preventative measure is to avoid fluctuations with foods, as " gaining and losing weight releases the skin like a balloon when the air comes out" and apply sunscreen.
