A good "soak" in the fountain of youth

 It has long been said – and with more than a certain amount of truth – that girls try to look like women, while women try to look like girls. When we were little, we wanted to look like grown-ups, but now that we are grown-ups, we want to turn back the clock and look young again.
And there is a good reason why we want to look young. A few years ago, researchers found that signs of ageing give others the impression that we are angry or sad even when we are not.
In a US study, researchers found that signs of ageing – wrinkles around the eye, a furrowed brow, other lines on the face – can change the way other people interpret our emotions.
Participants of this study were asked to look at images of people with a neutral expression, and thought that the older looking ones looked less happy than the younger ones.
According to the lead researcher, wrinkles in different places on the face caused emotions to be misread differently. Wrinkles at the side of the face, for example, may cause the mouth to droop, making us look sad. A wrinkled forehead could make people think that we are frowning.
Think of emoticons we use to chat online. Here too drooping eyebrows and eyes are used to convey a sad feeling.
Thankfully, sagginess of the skin can be easily improved with today’s technology and Ulthera is a good option for fixing drooping eyebrows and eyes. Approved by FDA in Thailand and the US, Ultherapy is a safe, non-surgical ultrasound treatment that counteracts the effects of time and gravity on the skin. Ultherapy uses the body’s own regenerative response to gently and gradually lift skin.
Ultherapy is the only FDA-approved non-invasive device that uses micro-focused ultrasound to lift skin on the face and neck.
It uses ultrasound energy to lift, tone, and tighten loose skin on the brow, face, neck, and under the chin. It works by delivering focused ultrasound energy deep beneath the skin at the optimal temperature for collagen regeneration. The treatment stimulates a natural process, known as neocollagenesis, to produce fresh, new collagen, resulting in the skin looking fuller and smoother, thereby reducing the lines from inside out.
Ultherapy has been around since 2009, and it keeps improving to deliver better results. So far, it has been used to successfully improve laugh lines, double chins, and loose decolletage skin.
Another tip for looking younger is to smile and look happy. That doesn’t cost any money and research has proved that smiling makes us look younger. In addition, smiling has been shown to make people look more attractive. What’s not to smile about?

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]