This action increases collagen, making the skin thicker and plumping out small wrinkles. In addition, acids smooth out the clumps of melanin which develop naturally, improving skin color, and remove rough areas. These should be administered by professionals. Mechanical methods remove the top surface of the skin and new smoother skin grows from the skin appendages. Laser, which burns off the skin and does not cause bleeding, is the more modern method, but it is very expensive.
Dermabrasion scrapes off the outer layers of skin, but gives similar results to laser treatment.
For ten days following either treatment, the skin is weeping and crusty, followed by redness for three to four months. To remove contours, liposuction is a surgical technique used to shape the body by removing unwanted areas of fat. Patients undergoing liopsuction may be given general anesthesia or merely sedated to undergo liposuction and generally do not need to remain hospitalized overnight. Improvements in body contour are usually permanent with this procedure. In the tumescent technique, large amounts of fluid are injected into the areas of fat.