For the male looking to improve their skin and its appearance strategies can differ.
Healthy looking skin may be all that is required such as addressing broken capillaries and sunspots, treating redness and rosacea or acne scars.
For Anti wrinkle injections the aims can differ. A masculine eyebrow shape should be maintained or enhanced and reducing but not eliminating lines around the eye to maintain normal smile lines gives a more natural look.
Use and choice of dermal fillers can also differ.
A strong jawline and chin are best achieved by products with high viscosity and particularly those that work just above the bone. For the mid face, cheeks should not be widened but instead a strong forward projection of the cheek bone and avoiding overfilling can assist maintain an athletic look.
Biostimulatory fillers that have a slow and progressive onset of action and natural look may also be preferred.
The aims of cosmetic and laser treatments however also overlap in males and females including preventing or addressing skin laxity along with treatments targeting the jowls or a double chin.
Addressing acne scarring which can be more severe in males is also important as scars age and photoage more rapidly than normal skin. This can result in a premature aged skin appearance including sagging skin laxity. A combination of treatments to address both scarring while also tightening and rejuvenating can be considered.
The beard also needs to be considered and protected. It’s important in males that lasers using wavelength that can damage beard hairs be avoided or when utilized strategies to avoid hair bulb damage are followed.
