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In my research into Kybella and fat dissolvers, I joined a lot of Facebook groups and subscribed to a lot of YouTube channels dedicated to aesthetics, because that's where you can find people talking about the subject. But they don't only talk about fat dissolvers, etc, they also talk alot about skin care, wrinkles, teeth, as well. Since I've been following interacting with this material, I've taken more of an interest in my own non-muscle related appearance. Some things I've picked up and started doing...
(1) Microneedling. This is skincare, to reduce wrinkles, increase smoothness and tightness, reduce scarring and uneven tone, etc. It works by creating a million little needle holes all over the skin, causing the body to respond by ramping up collagen production to remodel the surface. I've been using dernarollers - cheap little $10 devices that have a cylinder with 100-200 small needles on it that you roll over your skin to create all the punctures. But electric dermapens and dermastamps do the same thing, perhaps a little better. So far I have definitely noticed a reduction in scarring.
(2) Daily moisturizer. I use Cetaphil. It makes the skin look healthy, prevents aging, and helps promote healing from the microneedling.
(3) Once a week use of things like DMAE (skin tightening), retinol (promotes cell turnover and skin renewal/remodeling), etc. I can't use these every day because they dry my skin out. But I can definitely tell the skin around my eyes/eyelids has less wrinkles and looks tighter, and the retinol is fading some scars.
(4) daily use of a combo whitening/strengthening mouthwash after brushing, and upgrading to a very stiff bristle toothbrush. Also, about once every two weeks using a whitening pen or whitening gel. My teeth are significantly brighter and whiter now.
I thought about sharing some of this on here with you guys after watching a video today about how vitamin k2 is good for anti-aging, knowing that k2 has been discussed on here for it's ability to reduce arterial plaque, and thinking about how most everyone on here is concerned with their appearance and spends alot of time working on improving it.
(1) Microneedling. This is skincare, to reduce wrinkles, increase smoothness and tightness, reduce scarring and uneven tone, etc. It works by creating a million little needle holes all over the skin, causing the body to respond by ramping up collagen production to remodel the surface. I've been using dernarollers - cheap little $10 devices that have a cylinder with 100-200 small needles on it that you roll over your skin to create all the punctures. But electric dermapens and dermastamps do the same thing, perhaps a little better. So far I have definitely noticed a reduction in scarring.
(2) Daily moisturizer. I use Cetaphil. It makes the skin look healthy, prevents aging, and helps promote healing from the microneedling.
(3) Once a week use of things like DMAE (skin tightening), retinol (promotes cell turnover and skin renewal/remodeling), etc. I can't use these every day because they dry my skin out. But I can definitely tell the skin around my eyes/eyelids has less wrinkles and looks tighter, and the retinol is fading some scars.
(4) daily use of a combo whitening/strengthening mouthwash after brushing, and upgrading to a very stiff bristle toothbrush. Also, about once every two weeks using a whitening pen or whitening gel. My teeth are significantly brighter and whiter now.
I thought about sharing some of this on here with you guys after watching a video today about how vitamin k2 is good for anti-aging, knowing that k2 has been discussed on here for it's ability to reduce arterial plaque, and thinking about how most everyone on here is concerned with their appearance and spends alot of time working on improving it.
