Some top cosmetic procedures are booming with innovations in 2024, meeting the rising demand for anti-ageing solutions that look natural. To retain a young, well-contoured face, people today are looking for treatments that provide subtle yet visible results.
Dr Shefali Trasi Nerurkar, Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Trasi Clinic and La Piel Skin Clinic, recounts the most popular cosmetic procedures of 2024. It becomes clear that the business is not just about looks but also about how people feel. Patients can reach their best selves using natural, safe, and effective choices that improve with each new advance.
On hottest treatments in 2024:
Currently, people have taken anti-ageing more seriously and they are taking a conscious effort to look good. Gone are the days when one would shun the idea of fillers and threads thinking it will make them look artificial. Natural-looking results are more in demand.
HiFu: The non-invasive revolution
The younger generation wishes to look good, have a beautiful face, and have a feel-good factor. Recently an interest in HiFu has been seen among patients, which is high-intensity ultrasonography technology. It is a non-invasive stimulation of the deeper dermis with long-lasting beautiful results.
One can get a beautiful jawline, get rid of a double chin and a good skin tightening with almost zero side effects. One can also observe a reduction in fine lines and wrinkles.
Trending treatments: Semi-invasive threads
Nowadays, patients do not want a fuller face but a contoured one. Hence, face-lifting semi-invasive threads are currently trending amongst practitioners and patients.
It is an office procedure, which involves the usage of poly L-lactide caprolactone threads to not only lift the face but also revitalise it naturally.
New advancements: Thermage and beyond
Thermage, which is an age-old monopolar radiofrequency energy technology, provides a wrinkle-free, rejuvenated face. When done in patients for wrinkling around the eyes, it has promising results.
Along with it, low-frequency Q-switched pigment lasers, nano-fractional needling, skin boosters for overall glow, and demands for intravenous glutathione and lip fillers are on the rise.
Under-eye fillers for hollowing known as tear troughs are trending. Dermatologists can also use botulinum toxin for wrinkles and fine lines, and meso botulinum toxin for overall skin glow.
Innovations in hair restoration and body contouring
For hair growth and maintenance, practitioners use injectable botulinum toxin, conventional PRP with advanced techniques, hair exosomes, and hair threads.
Cryolipolysis for stubborn body pouches and high-intensity electromagnetic technique for muscle stimulation are the newest emerging techniques for body contouring.
Practitioners use multipolar radiofrequency to generate thermal heat, stimulating natural body healing and regularly maintaining skin tightness. It regulates blood circulation and lymphatic drainage of the body.
Full interview featured in Aesthetic Medicine India magazine: https://mag.aestheticmed.in/magazine/reader/265786?pageNumber=41