“I have researched and practise skin tightening for more than two decades now and I have to say that for fast results nothing beats deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency offered competently while for prevention and maintenance polyphenols, dynamic (i.e. non-static) exercise and hydrolysed collagen are essential. Read full details below.”
Three natural ways to tighten skin skin and boost elasticity
How to boost firmness/tightness and increase skin elasticity, naturally
Skin firming with nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes
Skin tightening with aesthetic treatments
Improving skin firmness and elasticity with skincare products
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How to boost skin firmness/tightness and increase skin elasticity, naturally
In a previous article we discussed what is the difference between skin elasticity and skin firmness (also known as skin tightness) and what gives skin those qualities.
Here we offer the most important tips on how to improve skin elasticity and firmness naturally.
1/ Skin firming with nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes
Both skin firmness and elasticity are known to be maintained and even increased with exercise and a healthy diet, especially one rich in polyphenols and carotenoids (think veg, berry fruit, herbs and certain spices), protein (most women do not have enough protein in their diet) and omega-3 fatty acids (flax seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, oily fish)
Supplements rich in polyphenols, carotenoids and fish oil can also help with firmness and elasticity
Concentrated body creams with multiple polyphenols, carotenoids and peptides can also help with skin elasticity and firmness
Vibration plate training is also a good way to boost tightness / elasticity
Regular dynamic exercise (walking, running, anything to do with bouncing about) helps maintain and slowly boost skin firmness and elasticity; these exercises cause slight, momentary connective tissue deformation/stretching, which is repeated thousands of times during an exercise session and stimulates collagen/elastin production and collagen tightening
Static exercise, such as yoga and pilates do not help with skin elasticity and tightness, as they do not cause frequent and significant connective tissue deformation/stretching
Smoking, drinking, sugar, fried food, trans fats and high temperature cooking are all known to damage and diminish your collagen and elastin, via the production of damaging AGEs (advanced glycation end-products) and ALEs (advanced lipoxidation end-products)
Supplementing with collagen or vegan “collagen” powder (5-10g a day) is also proven to help with skin tightness and elasticity. Normal whey protein powder, egg protein powder or vegan protein powder (10-20g a day) are also helpful.
2/ Skin tightening with aesthetic treatments
High-power, deep-tissue radio frequency is the most effective and fastest acting SAFE treatment to boost both firmness and elasticity (low power. RF or superficial RF doesn’t help though). A course of 6-12 sessions is needed in most cases.
On the other hand, extreme power RF or extreme power HIFU (those usually ultra-expensive, one-session “miracle treatments” that only benefit those who provide them) actually cause skin hardening, rather than skin tightening. The end result is hardened, inelastic tissue that feels like scar tissue, so keep away from extreme intensity one-off treatments.
All other treatments or technologies are just not that effective for skin tightening, despite all the marketing hype on instagram, tiktok and the web.
For the face only, low level red and infrared LED treatment does help a bit, but only after something like 20 sessions taken over several weeks.
3/ Improving skin firmness and elasticity with skincare products
Natural actives used in skincare can stimulate either elastin, collagen or both.
Some natural actives also protect elastin and/or collagen from degradation:
Certain peptides, for example, can boost only elastin or only collagen, while others are "‘all-rounders’
Furthermore, most phytochemicals (typically polyphenols) can:
Protect either elastin, collagen or both from damage
Boost elastin and collagen synthesis
Some phytochemicals, e.g. green tea extract or cocoa extract help more with elastin protection and production, while others such as pine bark extract or centella asiatica help more with collagen
Different collagens play different roles in the body. There are currently 29 known collagens. The most important ones for skin are collagen I, III, IV and VI. Some herbal extracts and peptides focus more on specific types of collagen, so there is huge potential in exploiting the wealth of the natural world to improve skin health and appearance, with well-designed skin formulations. For example, EGCG boosts collagen type IV, asiatic acid boosts collagen type I while madecassoside boosts collagen type III.
So find a good concentrated cream with the above actives and apply religiously twice a day for 6-12 weeks for best results.
Have a treatment in London with the cellulite experts
At LipoTherapeia we have specialised 100% in skin tightening and cellulite reduction for more than two decades and 20,000+ sessions.
This is all we study and practise every day and have researched and tried hands-on all the important skin tightening equipment and their manufacturers.
As strong, deep acting radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation are the technologies of choice for skin tightening and cellulite reduction, we have invested in the best RF/ultrasound technologies in the world.
(Of course, we keep looking for new technologies every day and if/when a better technology materialises we will be the first to provide it. However, we will never follow the latest ineffective gimmick, just because it’s good marketing to offer the latest hyped up - yet ineffective and/or unsafe treatment.)
Furthermore, over the last two decades we have developed advanced RF and cavitation treatment protocols in order to make the most of our technologies, for maximum results, naturally and safely.
And for even better, faster results, we now combine our RF/ultrasound treatments with high-power red/infrared light LED treatment.
Our radiofrequency/ultrasound/LED treatments are comfortable, pain-free, downtime-free, injection-free, 99.5%+ safe and always non-invasive.
(No unsafe and ineffective RF microneedling or HIFU and no safe but ineffective acoustic wave therapy, superficial RF (bipolar/tripolar/multipolar etc), low power RF/cavitation, electrical muscle stimulation, lymphatic massage, cupping, dry brushing and no ridiculous bum bum creams.)
Our focus is on honest, realistic, science-based treatment, combined with caring, professional service, with a smile.
We will be pleased to see you, assess your cellulite, skin laxity or fibrosis, listen to your story, discuss your case and offer you the best possible treatment.
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Why train with The Cellulite School™?
We all know that training in cellulite reduction and skin tightening is as basic as it gets. It is typically a 4-6 hour training, involving only basic instruction from the manufacturer on how operators can use the machine; lots of myths, erroneous information and misconceptions; and some basic health and safety on how to use the machine.
There is no proper, real training in the science or cellulite, skin tightening, radiofrequency, ultrasound and all related technologies is non-existent - worldwide.
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