Patent Application
20220015986
This disclosure generally relates to skincare processes. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a process for mimicking plastic surgery results.
A plastic surgery procedure is typically performed in an office of a plastic surgeon, often at significant expense and inconvenience for those people wanting to improve the appearance of their skin. For instance, many people typically have to travel far distances to obtain the services of a qualified plastic surgeon to perform a plastic surgery procedure. Although some people may elect to have a plastic surgery procedure (e.g., facelift, jaw lift, eye wrinkle reduction, etc.) to rejuvenate the appearance of their skin, others require plastic surgery to diminish or eliminate the effects (e.g., scar tissue reduction, burn minimization, etc.) from injuries. As a result, plastic surgery procedures are typically accessible only to a limited group, which may exclude those people who need plastic surgery procedures the most.
Furthermore, even when people undergo a plastic surgery procedure, risks are associated therewith. In some instances, those undergoing plastic surgery procedures may end up with significant disfiguration. Although the skill and experience of the plastic surgeon may play a part, other factors, such as the way the skin heals for different people, may also lead to potential disfiguration. Ultimately, plastic surgery procedures often involve significant levels of invasiveness that may injure the skin of the person to whom the plastic surgery procedure is applied.
Yet, alternative, non-invasive approaches have had questionable, if any, efficacy. For example, one alternative approach utilizes micro current technology to stimulate adenosine triphosphate (“ATP”) production in an attempt to create collagen and elastin to provide a lifted appearance of the skin. However, this approach appears to have results that do not mirror plastic surgery results. Another approach may utilize radio frequency (“RF”) emissions in conjunction with micro current emissions, but this approach may lead to results that worsen the skin, such as excessive redness. Yet another approach purports to oxygenate the skin to improve blood flow, but has led to health concerns, such as a racing heart, chest pressure, and light headedness.
Accordingly, current skincare configurations suffer from procedures that are either too invasive (i.e., plastic surgery procedures that are costly, inconvenient, and vulnerable to possible disfiguration) or too non-invasive (i.e., devices that rely solely on technologies that emit electricity, radio waves, air, or the like above the surface of the skin of a person).
In one embodiment, a three-step process performs, with a derma roller, a plurality of movements along an area of intended rejuvenation of a human user. Furthermore, the three-step process applies, subsequent to the derma roller performance, a chemical compound to one or more patches of skin at the area of intended rejuvenation. Finally, the three-step process emits, subsequent to the application of the chemical compound, light toward the area of intended rejuvenation. The three-step process may be customized to a user based on a variety of factors (e.g., area of intended rejuvenation, age, skin sensitivity, or the like).
The above-mentioned features of the present disclosure will become more apparent with reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals denote like elements and in which:
A three-step process provides users with skincare rejuvenation that mimics plastic surgery results, without users having to undergo conventional plastic surgery procedures within a plastic surgeon's office. By way of contrast with conventional processes, the three-step process may be performed from the convenience of one's own home, or other place of comfort.
In particular, the three-step process has been discovered to yield results that were not readily predictable; such results mimic the effects of various plastic surgery procedures (e.g., facelifts, jaw lifts, neck lifts, forehead lifts, lower eyelid blepharoplasty, and the like) without a user having to undergo a plastic surgery procedure at the office of a medical practitioner. In essence, the three-step process includes application of various invasive and non-invasive devices/products according to particular parameters to mimic plastic surgery results. Firstly, the three-step process includes usage of a derma roller in an area of intended rejuvenation. Particular needle lengths and movements of the derma roller have been discovered to maximize skin rejuvenation. Secondly, a chemical compound containing vitamin A1 (e.g., Retinol) is applied to the area of intended skin rejuvenation via the channels in the skin created by the derma roller. Accordingly, the chemical compound is able to reach the dermis layer of the skin, directly underneath the epidermis, much faster than would be required through prolonged exposure to the chemical compound; as a result, collagen production is increased in an optimal manner to rejuvenate (i.e., tone, tighten, and/or lift) the skin. Finally, a red light therapy device is utilized to emit red light (i.e., light having a wavelength of six hundred ten nanometers to seven hundred nanometers) toward the area of intended rejuvenation, which further increases collagen production.
Accordingly, the positioning of the chemical compound within the channels created by derma roller, combined with the sequential step of red light emission toward the area of intended rejuvenation, has been discovered to have an enhanced collagen production effect that mimics plastic surgery results.
Furthermore, the same three-step process may be utilized in a universal manner with respect to various portions of the face to mimic plastic surgery results corresponding to different plastic surgery procedures (e.g., face lift, jaw lift, etc.), but with the same process. In other words, one process may be utilized in different zones of the face of a user to mimic plastic surgery results that would typically require different plastic surgery procedures, associated with potentially different visits to a plastic surgeon's office.
Furthermore, in one embodiment, the three-step process may be utilized to simultaneously mimic the results from multiple plastic surgery procedures during one application. For example, the user may apply the derma roller to both the skin around the eyes and the skin around the jaw during one application, followed by application of retinol to the skin around the eyes and the skin around the jaw, and followed by red light therapy emission to the skin around the eyes and the skin around the jaw. Accordingly, the three-step process allows a user to simultaneously mimic plastic surgery results corresponding to multiple plastic surgery procedures at the same time, and by using the same process, without necessitating any variation thereto.
Of particular note, in one embodiment, the three-step process utilizes needles that are 0.5 mm in length, since this particular needle length has been discovered to be an optimal minimum needle length for skincare rejuvenation—especially for beginning users of the three-step process. As users progressively utilize the three-step process over an extended period of time (e.g., weeks, months, and/or years), users may utilize a needle length ranging between 0.5 mm and 2.0 mm at an intermediate level, and ultimately 2.0 mm for maximum skincare rejuvenation at an advanced level. (The foregoing parameters are provided only as examples of particular needle lengths. Slight variations (e.g., one to thirty percent differences in needle lengths) of these parameters potentially may be utilized to obtain similar results.) In an alternative embodiment, a micro needling apparatus may be utilized instead of the derma roller 101 to puncture the skin of the user via direct vertical movements. Various other apparatuses having one or more needles attached thereto may be utilized instead.
Furthermore, at step two of the three-step process, a chemical compound 103 may be stored in a container 102 for use after the user performs movements with the derma roller 101. In one embodiment, the chemical compound 103 is applied to patches of skin substantially equaling (i.e., without exceeding a thirty to forty percent additional size threshold) four inch by four inches in size. Application of the chemical compound 103 to patches of these particular sizes of skin has been discovered to be a factor in the three-step process of skincare rejuvenation. In essence, the application of the chemical compound 103 is utilized for wrinkle repair and smoothing out the texture of the skin. The use of the derma roller 101 in the first step allows for increased efficacy of the chemical compound 103 because it is better absorbed via the channels created by the derma roller 101.
Finally, at step three of the three-step process, as illustrated by
Finally, after applying the chemical compound 103, the user 200 may utilize the red light therapy emission device 120, as illustrated in
Although, the three-step process is illustrated in
Furthermore, the three-step process may be adapted for use on the body of the user 200.
As another example, the three-step process may be utilized to reduce pores of the user 200, on the face 201 or the body by utilizing caffeine in addition, or in the alternative, to the retinol, as well as assorted light therapy. As yet another example, the three-step process may be utilized to remove rosacea by utilizing a moisturizing agent as the chemical compound 103, and blue light therapy instead of red light therapy, to reduce, minimize, or dissolve surface level capillaries. Additionally, another example is the three-step process being utilized to remove melasma (e.g., dark spots on the face and body) by utilizing a spot removing agent as the chemical compound 103, and assorted light therapy.
In addition to the chemical compound 103 described with respect to
It is understood that the processes, systems, and apparatuses described herein may also be applied in other types of processes, systems, and apparatuses. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various adaptations and modifications of the embodiments of the processes, systems, and apparatuses described herein may be configured without departing from the scope and spirit of the present processes and systems. Therefore, it is to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the present processes, systems, and apparatuses may be practiced other than as specifically described herein.
