Wrinkles and firmness: two signs not to confuse
Wrinkles mark the surface; laxity affects the skin’s support. These are two distinct concerns, and they aren’t treated the same way.
Two signs, two answers
Wrinkles and laxity often appear together, but they are two different things. Confusing them leads to the wrong treatment: a neuromodulator doesn’t firm the skin, and firming won’t erase an expression line.
Wrinkles
These are folds and lines: dynamic when they follow your expressions, static when they stay visible at rest.
By the type of line: we relax the muscle or fill the fold
Firmness (laxity)
The skin and tissues lose support and bounce: the jawline softens, jowls appear, the neck goes lax.
We restart collagenWhy skin changes
Several factors act at once, and not all on the same sign.
Collagen and elastin
Their production drops over time, and the skin loses density and bounce.
Sun and UV
Exposure speeds up collagen loss and deepens wrinkles earlier.
Expression movements
Repeated muscle contractions mark mainly the forehead, between the brows and around the eyes.
Gravity and volume loss
As fat and tissue descend, it’s mainly firmness and the facial oval that change.
Hormones and age
Hormonal shifts and time weaken the skin and its support.
Skin is firm and bouncy. This is the age of prevention.
- First fine expression lines, mainly around the eyes
- Collagen is still at its peak
- The right time to protect: sun, routine, habits
Wrinkles settle in and collagen starts to slow.
- Expression lines more visible, even at rest
- The complexion loses some of its glow
- Ideal time to act early, before lines deepen
Laxity becomes the real topic: the oval and neck change.
- Visible loss of firmness: oval, jowls, neck
- Static wrinkles more pronounced
- We combine: restart collagen and treat wrinkles
Treating wrinkles
We relax the muscle, fill, or resurface the skin depending on the type of wrinkle.
Neuromodulators
They relax the muscles behind expression lines. From $11.50 a unit, taxes extra.
See the treatment →Dermal fillers
They fill static wrinkles and deeper folds. Results vary.
See the treatment →LaseMD Ultra
This laser resurfaces the skin and softens fine lines and surface irregularities.
See the treatment →Chemical peel
It renews the skin’s surface and helps smooth texture and fine lines.
See the treatment →DC-Tox
Our neuromodulator and ZO peel duo works on both expression lines and skin quality.
See the treatment →Firming the skin
Firmness calls for restarting collagen with energy or biostimulators, not neuromodulators.
XERF
Our go-to for firmness: an advanced radiofrequency that tightens and firms the skin at depth, while improving its quality and radiance.
See the treatment →TempSure Envi
Radiofrequency heats the skin to tighten and firm it, with no needle.
Potenza
It combines radiofrequency and microneedling to firm at depth.
DP4 microneedling + exosomes
Fine micro-channels and exosomes restart collagen and firmness.
PRF for under-eye circles
Your own blood, prepared without anticoagulant, to thicken the thin skin under the eye instead of filling the hollow. No filler.
See the treatment →Biostimulator (facial redefinition)
Injected, it stimulates your own collagen and restores support to the facial oval. Results build gradually.
In aesthetic medicine, the cheapest often costs more.
How to choose, and combine
Wrinkles and firmness are most often treated together, in steps. We set a plan after an evaluation, based on your skin and your priorities.
We aren’t the cheapest, and that’s deliberate: the cheapest often costs more. Three nurses and three medical estheticians, seven years of experience and more than 700 reviews in Sainte-Rose, Laval.
Your questions
We start with your skin.
An honest evaluation, then a step-by-step plan. You decide, we advise.
