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Recent Examples of laxity
There comes a point, experts agree, where patients essentially age out of submental lipo, since stripping fat from a mature neck can exacerbate skin laxity and drooping and expose cord-like bands in the platysma muscle.
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Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
These lasers are an all-purpose skin refresh, mitigating sun damage, smoothing fine lines and wrinkles, improving skin laxity, tightening the appearance of pore size, and brightening the skin.
—Amber Gibson, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2024
Key Ingredients: Ginseng, peptides, caffeine, squalane Best For: Skin laxity, fine lines, wrinkles, dark circles
Size: 0.5 oz.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
Lately, there’s increasing chatter among aesthetic doctors on social about the true impact of volume loss on the aging face, with some surgeons arguing that deflation has been overemphasized—and, thus, fillers overused—when, in fact, tissue laxity and descent tend to be greater contributors.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 24 Sep. 2024
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Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
These lasers are an all-purpose skin refresh, mitigating sun damage, smoothing fine lines and wrinkles, improving skin laxity, tightening the appearance of pore size, and brightening the skin.
—Amber Gibson, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2024
Key Ingredients: Ginseng, peptides, caffeine, squalane Best For: Skin laxity, fine lines, wrinkles, dark circles
Size: 0.5 oz.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
Lately, there’s increasing chatter among aesthetic doctors on social about the true impact of volume loss on the aging face, with some surgeons arguing that deflation has been overemphasized—and, thus, fillers overused—when, in fact, tissue laxity and descent tend to be greater contributors.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Laxity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laxity. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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