
Meet Nurse Katie
A full-time intensive care nurse and one of the wonderful Founder’s at the Enhance Your Beauty salon - Click below to learn more about Nurse Katie’s journey…
Nurse Katie
“Starting your aesthetic journey can be daunting for some, but you are in safe hands with my level of expertise and knowledge. There is something special about aesthetics, it brings out a new confident you. I’m a big believer in, if you feel good on the outside you feel good on the inside.”
Treatments
From anti-wrinkle treatment to dissolving, skin boosters to lip filler and everything in between, learn more about what Nurse Katie has to offer you!
The Ageing Process
Ageing of the face can start as early as 20 and continues throughout your life. How fast your face ages and to what extent differs from person to person. The ageing of a face is a gradual yet constant process that involves evolving of the bony facial structure and overlying soft tissues. This natural and uncontrollable ageing process is called internal or intrinsic ageing, whereby soft tissue maturation, the effects of gravity and the constant activity of facial muscles, changes the appearance of the face.
Visual differences as the soft tissue matures, include a change in the colour and texture of the skin and the formation of lines and wrinkles. This intrinsic ageing process is affected by hereditary factors to a degree and is largely beyond our control. In comparison, extrinsic ageing is the result of our lifestyles. Factors such as smoking, sun exposure and dietary choices all influence how we age.
Most of us would like to have healthy, glowing and youthful skin for as long as possible. However, with time, skin undergoes a number of predictable changes that affect its texture, volume and thickness.
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The most visually prominent age-related changes in the skin result form chronic exposure to the sun; changes in colour (hyperpigmentation), tone (age spots) and texture (lines and wrinkles) are a result of photo-ageing.
Anatomically as skin ages:
Collagen production slows down (collagen contributes to the firmness of skin)
Production of elastin decreases (elastin contributes to elasticity of skin)
Fat cells start to diminish (resulting in sagging skin)
The skin’s ability to retain moisture decreases
Frown lines appear due to repetitive contraction of small muscles
The shedding of superficial dead skin cells slows down (leading to a dull appearance)
The turnover of new skin cells reduces
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A youthful face is characterised by appropriately filled facial fat compartments in their anatomically correct places. Due to progressive ageing, the subcutaneous fullness of the forehead region, brows, temple and upper eyelid region is lost. This makes the bony structure of the skull, supra-orbital rims, brow muscles and the temporal blood vessels more pronounced. Fat redistribution, accumulation and atrophy cause loss of facial volume.
Facial areas lose fat such as the forehead and cheeks
Facial areas gain fat such as the mouth and jaw
These changes in fat pads cause contour deficiencies
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The shape of the face is determined by the underlying anatomy of the muscles and their supporting ligaments. Ligaments are the fundamental supporting structures of the face. As the ageing process progresses the lack of structural support for the face, combined with the pull of gravity leads to ptosis of the soft facial tissues and the “drooping” aged appearance.
Hyaluronic acid is present in our skin and is one of the essential elements that is lost as we age. Due to its outstanding and unique ability to bind and retain water, it is invaluable for effectively restoring volume to the skin, as well as improving the skin’s hydration and texture.
Dermal fillers are a hyaluronic acid that is used to treat lines created by lost collagen and fat. By restoring this lost fat, the treatment area is plumped to create a lift and rejuvenate areas that need more volume. This also improves the structure of the face and texture of the skin by also restoring hydration.
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