Best Skin Tightening Treatment To Lift Your Face & Body 

Are you searching for a bit of lift and sculpt? And looking for the best skin tightening treatments for face and body to solve the sagginess? 

We have the lowdown here. Firstly, what’s to blame? Well, you’ve got gravity as you age, the sun, genetics, lifestyle choices, exercise routines – there are a whole host of reasons for the sagginess. Skin changes are among the most visible signs of ageing. Sagging skin, for one, is a common concern. It’s not harmful, but some people may dislike how it looks. If it bothers you, there’s hope.  

We need a more realistic and holistic approach to reduce skin slackening and revive skin elasticity and bounce.   

We consulted with top experts on how to tighten skin. In this guide, we have listed the best skin tightening treatments, advanced skin tightening creams, and dietary and lifestyle habits to adopt to treat skin sagging.  

What causes sagging skin?

Before we discuss your options on how to tighten your skin, it’s beneficial to understand the causes of sagging skin.  

“Sagging skin is inevitable. As we age, we lose collagen and elastin, which are the proteins that help keep our skin tight. In addition, hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring substance in our body, also decreases with age. Hyaluronic acid helps the skin retain moisture and appear plump.” As a result, skin sagging usually occurs in the early 30s,” US-based cosmetic dermatologist Dr Karan Lal tells us.    

Certain factors we can’t control when it comes to skin ageing result in saggy skin.  

Firstly, the inevitable ‘intrinsic ageing’, also called chronological ageing. It is something we can’t control and is caused by internal factors.  

As we mature, our skin cells biologically age and hormones drop; midlife oestrogen levels fall for women and testosterone for men diminishes. The cell’s slow regeneration in the epidermis (the outermost layer of skin on your body) leads to thinner, drier, and saggy skin.  

Then there’s ‘extrinsic ageing,’ triggered by environmental aggressors and unhealthy lifestyle choices.  

“External factors that result in saggy skin include sun and UV damage, environmental stressors such as pollution, smoking, alcohol, refined sugars, and poor diet,” explains Dr Paris Acharya, a London-based aesthetic doctor.  

Can sagging skin be tightened?

Absolutely. However, there’s no possible way to prevent the appearance of saggy skin altogether. But there are plenty of ways sagging skin can be tightened and its appearance reduced. 

Examples include undergoing the non-surgical route, such as in-clinic skin tightening treatments, incorporating high-tech skin tightening creams, wearing SPF religiously, engaging in certain exercises to tone and firm the skin, staying hydrated and taking dietary supplements, and consuming collagen-boosting foods.  

How to tighten eyelid skin without surgery?

If you desire more lifted eyes sans eyelid surgery, try Total Eye Lift. It’s formulated with plant-based retinol, organic harungana, making it safe around the eyes.

“You would never dream of putting retinol around the eye because it is too delicate and it’s never advisable. Unlike retinol, the alternative organic harungana is safe around the eye”, says Charlotte McHale, Clarins Training Manager.

This silky gel-cream texture glides onto the eye area and visibly lifts the eyelids while reducing puffiness and dark circles in only 60 seconds.

Body firming cream to use when losing weight

“Losing weight slowly and steadily is a better way to keep the skin on the muscle than when people lose it suddenly and get a lot of excess skin. Your skin can’t keep up with dramatic weight loss,” says McHale. 

McHale recommends using the reformulated Body Firming Extra-Firming Gel, £48. Apply to areas especially prone to slackening: stomach, hips, thighs, buttocks, and arms.

Follow this by lathering Body Firming Extra-Firming Cream, all over the body. This duo combines two plant ingredients with powerful firming and tightening benefits; new organic petasites and organic mitracarpus extracts.  

Products to use when in pregnancy and postpartum

If you are pregnant, your skin is undergoing many changes too. The moment you know you’re expecting, make sure to apply Tonic Treatment Oil – Firming/Toning to help your ever-expanding skin.

This will help improve skin elasticity. Apply daily after showering on damp skin. Make sure to include the body-firming gel and cream in your postpartum routine and to exfoliate regularly (once or twice a week) to help with product absorption.  

Face tightening treatment to use for perimenopause and menopause 

“Major concerns of people going through perimenopause and menopause include sagging skin,” says McHale. These stages significantly impact oestrogen production, leading to a slower production process within vital skin cells, such as fibroblasts. Fibroblasts are responsible for producing collagen and elastin.  

You can boost this by using face tightening treatment products from the Super Restorative range. “To help the fibroblast hold on to collagen, we pair harungana (plant-alternative to retinol with organic gorse extract in the Super Restorative range,” explains McHale. “Organic gorse extract increases the strength of a fibroblast by up to 89%,” McHale adds.  

As a result, it restores density to the skin at all levels and combats sagging. 

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