Florida Eye Center

Florida Eye Center

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Medical Director

Dr. Mark Sibley

Mark A. Sibley, MD, FACS
LASIK, Refractive, Cataract,
and Laser Specialist

Board Certified Eye Surgeon

 

Florida Eye Center
Phone: (727) 895-2020
1515 9th Avenue N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33705

 

Area Served
Tampa Bay Florida
Pinellas County Florida

Hillsborough County Florida
Manatee County Florida

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Beautiful skin from head to toe!How to Treat Wrinkles Without Cosmetic Surgery

Wrinkles are caused by damage from aging and especially sun damage.

Wrinkles are not attractive and can be downright ugly. They make your face look old and no one wants that.

So how can you remove wrinkles? Well, there are two ways to treat wrinkles: Cosmetic surgery and non-surgical treatment.

So the real question is, "Can it even be done without surgery?"

Regardless of the treatment, the choices have to address the causes of wrinkles. Let me tell you the leading causes of wrinkles. When we are young, our metabolism is constantly producing new skin cells that are abundant with collagen and elastin. Collagen gives the skin its plump, smooth fullness, and elastin keeps it firm and supple. With aging, we lose this collagen "filler" and skin cells are not as rapidly replaced. It is the loss of this natural filler that allows wrinkles to form on the surface layers. This, along with the effects of the sun and environmental pollutants, keeps us fighting a constant battle to keep our skin healthy and attractive.

So, the real goal of any treatment is to prevent the problem as early as possible, before it happens, which can now be done.

The second treatment is to restore the damage, which can also be done now.

The third treatment - the secret - is to decrease the chances of this happening again, and this can be done now.

Every lotion or potion or treatment must address these 3 basic issues.

Think of the fillers that we are born with in our face. They are like strong scaffolding under a roller-coaster ride that gives support, shape and smooth curves. As we age the scaffolding support shrinks and collapses and new dips and wrinkles are formed and starts to sink in places. If it gets worse the scaffolding just collapses and it is lying there like a pile of straw and everything is sunken and more wrinkly. The treatments must keep the scaffolding collagen support both strong and stable.

Those collagen scaffolds of support are attacked every day by damage from aging. The aging is caused by free radicals inside your body and sun damage on the outside of your body. The first defense against wrinkles is to stop the damage. Sunscreen only decreases the external sun damage. Damage inside still occurs and that treatment is now also possible, available, and successful.

The internal damage happens from the free radical molecules that attack, damage, and kill cells. The damage is dramatically decreased and prevented by antioxidants that act like internal, protective sunscreen protecting each cell. We offer cosmetic facial surgery at Florida Eye Center. Cosmetic facial plastic surgery works. But cosmetic facial plastic surgery alone, when we wait until we are older, only tightens the old, loose, wrinkled, and sagging skin., Cosmetic facial plastic surgery by itself does not restore normal thickness, elasticity, or fullness to the old skin, and the old, thin skin just gets thinner, shrunken, and the wrinkles recur.

Collagen fillers work. We also do this treatment at our office. But collagen fillers work by plumping the thinning layer with fillers. Fillers are safe and successful, but do not rejuvenate the skin with its own youthful layers and natural firmness. We need to do a better job to prevent the problems sooner. That's what we also offer now.

If you are like me, then the signs of aging and wrinkles are starting to appear. They may have already set in more than you would want or like to admit. The feeling of getting old and wrinkled is not pleasant. We all want to be as young as possible for as long as possible, and look and feel the best we can. Looking old can cause a lack of confidence and decrease in self-esteem, which may even jeopardize our professional life, our job or our relationships with others.

I have been a medical doctor for over 30 years and have watched thousands of people my friends, family, and patients throw their money down the drain on skin care products that do not work and will not work.

I have studied and researched this and finally found that there are effective treatments. I feel that these products dramatically improve your skin by reducing and preventing wrinkles, eliminating bags under the eyes, and imparting a healthy glow to a smoother, more youthful, beautiful skin.

Since I discovered it, my staff and I have started using this for ourselves and sharing with our friends and family.

Whatever you do, if you smoke, stop smoking. If you are a sun worshipper, protect your face and body skin to prevent premature aging and wrinkles.

Using cold cucumber slices does not work. Using the back of a frozen spoon does not work. Applying Preparation-H does not work. For more information, visit us at  DefyAgeToday.com or call us at 727-895-2020 for your confidential evaluation and consultation.

Contact us today to schedule your appointment.

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