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Beauty
Are these up-to-the-minute
treatments for you?
B
eauty’s not just for the face. Award-winning River
Aesthetics talks TLL through six life-enhancing trends
for women on the quest to feel better about every area
of their bodies.
According to Dr Charlotte
Woodward and Dr Victoria
Manning, demand for treatments
which help us look and feel our
best has never been higher. But
while surgical procedures are still
sought-after, the demand for non-
surgical treatments and therapies
is very much on the rise. By 2018
demand for surgical cosmetic
treatments had declined by 40%
since 2015, with non-surgical
procedures rising significantly over
the same period, and this upward
trend looks set to continue.
Threading
Believing that prevention is
better than cure, the number
of women under 40 seeking
ways to pre-empt any decline
in their youthful appearance
is increasing. Historically, anti-
ageing treatments, such as
thread lifts, have been seen as the
domain of the over 45s. Thread
lifts with Silhouette Soft achieve
immediate, natural looking results
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which actually improve
over time as the body
is stimulated to create
youthful new collagen.
With the increase in the
desire to gain likes through
attractive Instagrammable
images, it is perhaps unsurprising
that younger women who feel
minutely scrutinised want to nip
the earliest signs of ageing in the
bud. The results achieved with
thread lifts, and other collagen-
stimulating treatments, mean
women in their mid- to late-30s
will be increasingly likely to seek
out these non-surgical treatments.
Contouring
The wealth of online tutorials
teaching us how to contour with
make-up, create dimension and
more defined facial structure
can produce fantastic results;
however, many women are
looking for longer-lasting, less
time-consuming ways (which
don’t wash off at the beach or