Beauty without an app

I took pictures of myself at a Christmas party, and I was shocked to see how bad I looked! My make-up enhances my pores and lines, and the colour of my skin looks terrible. I can easily fix the pictures with photo editing apps, but how can I fix myself in real life?

Christmas Day is now over and while most of us enjoyed the endless parties, our skin didn’t feel quite the same way, especially if the parties involved late nights, excessive drinking and snacking on unhealthy food.
Part of the festive fun is taking pictures and with so many smartphone applications available, anyone can have flawless skin in pictures. But wouldn’t it be better to actually own that flawless skin and look good in person without relying on the apps?
When we’re young, we all have flawless skin, but once we enter adulthood, the youthful glow gradually goes away.
After 30, the skin’s natural ability to repair itself becomes less efficient, while the damage continues to occur. This is why our skin feels rough and dry, and the pores become enlarged. Fine lines start to appear and deepen more and more as time goes by.
Thankfully, apart from living in the age of smartphone and applications, we also live in the age of advanced biotechnology, which allows dermatologists today to help people restore their youthfulness and revitalise their skin. There are various programmes designed to help people turn back the clock and look young once again.
In Europe, dermatologists “feed” the skin with useful nutrients so that the skin cells can repair themselves naturally, speeding up the process and increasing the efficiency. The skin is instantly restored from within, and becomes fresh, firm and youthful again. This method of delivering nutrients right into the cells yields more instantly visible results than laser or other technologies.
But what are these nutrients? Are they safe? How are they delivered into the skin?
One example is Celeb Lift, a skin rejuvenation programme that involves delivering a cocktail of nutrients directly into the skin. This cocktail consists of 50 nutrients, such as peptides, vitamins, minerals, amino acid, hyaluronic acid, nucleic acid and antioxidants.
Peptides are naturally occurring proteins found in our skin. Their role is to alert the skin cells to repair themselves and to enhance collagen synthesis in dermal fibroblasts. While our body can produce peptides, the amount decreases with time, and the repair process gets a little sluggish. With peptides fed into the skin, the skin cells become more active and produce more collagen, which results in firmer skin and less visible lines.
Another important player in the Celeb Lift programme is the humectants. Our skin’s natural humectants are amino acid and hyaluronic acid. If we have enough of these, the skin looks moisturised and radiant. They absorb water and makes the skin cells appear fresh and hydrated.
These nutrients are no strangers to our body, so injecting them into the skin will not pose any danger or cause side effects. However, it is important to choose a reliable dermatologist who is skilled and experienced, to make sure that your will gets what it needs.
Feeding the skin with nutrients is the beauty secret of many celebrities in the US and Europe but you don’t have to travel there to get the same treatment – today Thailand has all the latest technologies and tools, and we have a lot of great dermatologists.
Biotechnology and the world of beauty have been merged, and that’s the future trend for beauty.
That will be my last advice for this year. Next year, I will talk more about technologies to help you stay fit and fabulous. Have a wonderful holiday. I wish you and your skin a healthy New Year!

Thanisorn Thamlikitkul MD is a member of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery and certified in dermatological laser surgery. Send your questions for her to |[email protected]