Marionette Lines
Marionette lines are wrinkles on the face that run from the mouth to the jawline. They’re called puppet lines because they look like strings on a puppet’s mouth.
Symptoms
1. Dynamic Marionette Lines
Dynamic lines on your face are only visible when you move your facial muscles.
2. Static Marionette Lines
As we age, our facial structures lose collagen, elasticity, and fat, resulting in sunken soft tissues and sagging around the corners of the mouth. Treatment for drooping mouth corners should be personalized to the individual’s needs.
Causes
1. Repetitive facial movements
Facial movements like smiling and chewing food can deepen lines on the face. The rise of the corner of the mouth creates pressure on muscles in that area, which can lead to marionette lines. Smoking also contributes to the formation of lines.
2. Excessive weight loss/collagen loss
Losing weight rapidly leads to collagen and tissue loss, resulting in loose and sagging skin.
3. Natural facial profile
If you have high cheekbones, a prominent chin, or sunken cheeks, you may develop nasolabial folds and marionette lines.
4. Bone structure changes
As we age, our upper jawbone and cheekbones lose volume, along with the upper jawbone and chin becoming less prominent. This causes facial structural support to weaken and the face to sag, resulting in marionette lines and fat pockets around the mouth.
Treatment
For marionette lines caused by fat pockets and skin laxity, injection and anti-aging treatments are suggested. Skinspire Laser & Skin Clinic offers treatments to remove marionette lines.
Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance found in tissues and cells. It can be injected into the skin to fill in wrinkles and add volume to certain areas like the lips, cheeks, nose and chin. The substance is safe and effective for long term use.
How does Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Filler work
To remove wrinkles and rejuvenate the face, hyaluronic acid is injected into the skin at the nasolabial folds, nose wings and mouth corners. The injected acid blends with the body’s natural hyaluronic acid to plump the nose base and smooth wrinkles. This safe treatment gives immediate results.
Procedure
- 1. Face-to-face consultation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will determine treatment areas and dosage according to the client’s bone and face structure.
- 2. Pre-treatment preparation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will clean and disinfect the injection areas, confirm the injection solution has not been opened.
- 3. Injection: Skinspire Laser & Skin Clinic provider will inject the solution into the marionette lines, massaging the injection areas while injecting to reshape the filler into a more favorable shape.
- 4. Post-treatment care.
Who is it for
- People who have nasolabial folds caused by a dented nasal base
- People who want to smooth and fill the nasolabial lines in a natural and quick manner
- People who have shown signs of aging, sagging face, or worsen nasolabial folds
Botulinum toxin injection, offered by Skinspire Laser & Skin Clinic, can temporarily relax muscles by blocking nerve signals, releasing pressure at the nasolabial folds, and smoothing dynamic wrinkles.
How does Botulinum Toxin work
Botulinum Toxin weakens the muscles that cause wrinkles around the nose and upper lip. It can be used with dermal fillers in one treatment.
Procedure
- 1. Face-to-face consultation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will determine treatment areas and dosage according to the client’s bone and face structure.
- 2. Pre-treatment preparation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will clean and disinfect the injection areas, confirm the injection solution has not been opened.
- 3. Injections: Skinspire Laser & Skin Clinic will inject at the dynamic lines, and massage the injection areas while injecting to smooth the lines evenly.
- 4. Post-treatment care.
Who is it for
- People who have developed early dynamic nasolabial folds due to over facial movement/expression
- People who want to eliminate both dynamic and static nasolabial folds with hyaluronic acid
- People who want to smooth and fill the nasolabial lines in a natural and quick manner
Ultherapy offered by Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic, is a non-surgical treatment that uses high-intensity ultrasound to rejuvenate the skin. It can tighten skin, increase elasticity, lift, reduce wrinkles, and even out pigmentation. It also helps reduce fat deposits, such as the double chin, and creates sharper facial contours.
How does Ultherapy work
Ultherapy uses ultrasound energy to trigger the body’s self-renewal mechanism and increase collagen and elastic fibers. This results in a reversal of aging signs.
Procedure
- 1. Face-to-face consultation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will suggest treatment plan based on client’s condition and expectation.
- 2. Anesthetic: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will apply Anesthetic externally. Clean and disinfect the treatment areas.
- 3. Pre-treatment preparation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will draw markings on the face to define treatment areas, adjust treatment parameters based on the client’s signs of aging on the face.
- 4. During treatment: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will perform the Ultherapy treatment.
- 5. Post-treatment repair: Medical-grade facial repair mask + QDEL Phototherapy mask to nourish and repair the skin.
- 6. Post-treatment caring.
Who is it for
- People who have shown severe aging nasolabial folds
- People who have deep nasolabial folds due to face sagging
- People who have shown signs of aging and deep nasolabial folds
- People who have experienced disappointing results from injection treatments and shown repeated appearance of lines
- People who want to eliminate nasolabial folds and remove wrinkles/lines in the long run
Thermage, offered at Skinspire Laser & Skin Clinic, uses radiofrequency to heat the skin, triggering a healing process. This process stimulates collagen formation, resulting in tighter, smoother skin. Thermage can also slim the face and define contours, similar to Ultherapy.
How does Thermage work
Thermage is a treatment that uses radiofrequency to heat up the dermis to around 65-75℃, which stimulates self-healing and collagen regeneration. This results in firmer skin and fewer wrinkles.
Procedure
- 1. Face-to-face consultation: Confirmation of a detailed plan of Thermage by Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider after fully understanding the client’s conditions and desired results.
- 2. Pre-treatment preparation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will clean and disinfect the treatment areas, draw treatment areas on the face, confirm the package of the new tip of the applicator has not been opened.
- 3. During treatment: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will proceed with the treatment based on the assigned treatment areas to remove wrinkles and tighten skin.
- 4. Post-treatment repair: QDEL Phototherapy mask to nourish and repair the skin.
- 5. Post-treatment caring.
Who is it for
- People who have severe aging nasolabial folds
- People who have deep nasolabial folds due to face sagging
- People who have shown signs of aging and deep nasolabial folds
- People who have experienced disappointing results from injection treatments and shown repeated appearance of lines
- People who want to eliminate nasolabial folds and remove wrinkles/lines in the long run
Thread lift, offered at Skinspire Laser & Skin Clinic, is an effective way to lift the face and stimulate collagen production. It involves embedding absorbable threads into the skin to lift and tighten. This treatment is perfect for those looking to restore lifting ability, reduce sagging, and increase collagen regrowth. Eye lifting threads are also available.
How does Thread Lift work
Thread lift treatment uses threads embedded in the skin to stimulate collagen and lift sagging areas, creating a more youthful appearance.
Procedure
- 1. Face-to-face consultation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic will develop a unique treatment plan based on the client’s condition and desired results.
- 2. Apply anesthetic: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic will apply anesthetic externally, clean and disinfect the areas to be embedded with threads.
- 3. Pre-treatment: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will check the quality and quantity of the threads.
- 4. During treatment: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will proceed with the treatment plan to embed threads.
- 5. Post-treatment precautions.
Who is it for
- People with nasolabial folds due to dented nasal base
- People who have shown signs of aging, sagging face, or worsen nasolabial folds
- People who want to smooth and fill nasolabial folds with hyaluronic acid
- People who want to smooth and fill the nasolabial lines in a natural and quick manner
RF Microneedling, offered at Skinspire Laser & Skin Clinic, is a new technology that combines microneedling and radio frequency. This treatment creates tiny punctures in the skin using fine needles, and then delivers RF energy to stimulate new collagen and elastin production. It can improve skin texture, firmness, and resurface the skin.
How does Radiofrequency (RF) Microneedling Laser work
Using non-insulated, 24k gold-plated microneedles, a sterile treatment effectively stimulates the skin’s natural healing process. Thermal stimulation from RF energy also boosts new collagen and elastin production, resulting in skin tightening, line removal, and ongoing collagen stimulation.
Procedure
- 1. Skin Test: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will provide a skin test to access skin condition or existing skin problems.
- 2. Face-to-face consultation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will develop unique treatment plan based on client’s condition and desired results.
- 3. Apply anesthetic: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will apply anesthetic externally. Clean and disinfect the treatment areas.
- 4. Pre-treatment preparation: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will draw markings on the face to define treatment areas, confirm the package of the new tip of the applicator has not been opened.
- 5. During the treatment: Skinspire Laser&Skin Clinic provider will perform the treatment as planned, precisely adjust the RF energy output and depth.
- 6. Post-treatment repair: Medical-grade facial repair mask + QDEL phototherapy mask to nourish and repair the skin.
- 7. Post-treatment care.
Who is it for
- People who have shown early sign of nasolabial folds or who want to slow down the formation of nasolabial folds
- People who have shown signs of aging, sagging face, or worsen nasolabial folds
- People who want daily skin conditioning, and gradually remove nasolabial folds
- People who do not rush into immediate results but want to improve the skin texture and firmness