Are there Alternatives to FACE LOFT™?
Not at LIPIDOCTOR Clinics! We believe there are no viable, alternative treatments presently in the marketplace that address both skin and muscle rejuvenation in the face and neck. A variety of treatments, which vary in efficacy, are available to treat skin and muscle independently. However, for pre-menopausal women, we are not aware of any effective and convenient skin restoration program other than FACE LOFT™. We offer our thoughts on a few of these treatments but in short, there are no ‘magic bullets’.

(i) Surgical Face Lifts:
Face lifts only reposition skin and remove excess tissue. They have no effect on skin quality, nor do they eliminate wrinkles or blemishes. Redraping skin over a sagging face rarely turns back the clock to restore the full, youthful appearance you seek. This is why a host of other procedures are usually recommended in conjunction with a face lift – laser skin resurfacing, dermabrasion, chemical peels, jaw and cheek implants, Botox®, injectable fillers, etc. – raising price and recovery time into the stratosphere. The other issue is quality of the result. Surgical skill is critical. Overstretched skin, eyebrows raised into a permanently-alarmed look, cannot be repaired. Surgical artistry is paramount. Our guideline is simple: If you can easily detect that someone has had a facelift, you don’t want yours done by his/her surgeon.

(ii) Skin Treatments:
ANTI AGING COSMETICS: Admit it! We’ve all tried countless products, promoted by scientific types in white coats, touting impressive statistics and fabulous photos, only to discover over and over again that nothing made much difference – except to our bank account! If you actually read or listen to the ‘fine print’ you’ll discover that the ‘claims’ made by cosmetic manufacturers are very carefully worded, limited to “temporary improvement in the appearance of…” the problem you’re trying to fix. This wording is specifically required by Health Canada and U.S. FDA for cosmetic products in order to differentiate them from pharmaceuticals. Cosmetics by definition can only modify the appearance of the problem, but cannot correct the problem itself. So “reducing the appearance of wrinkles by 70%” has a very different meaning from “reducing the depth of wrinkles by 70%”. In fact, the wording is meaningless! An equally deceptive aspect of cosmetic product claims is that the “science” behind their claims is based on the effects that ingredients have on living cells in test tubes in the lab. However, by law, cosmetics cannot penetrate through your skin (or else they’d be classified as drugs). Thus, no matter how wonderfully individual ingredients work in the lab, when incorporated into cosmetics, they only sit on the surface of your skin. They cannot reach the underlying tissue and attack the problem their manufacturers are claiming to treat. In our opinion, anti-aging cosmetics are incapable of deep structural repair and rarely make any significant or permanent difference in skin appearance.