Esthetic medicine in seniors

Czech version

Authors: Daria Ivaničová; Martina Valentová; Jarmila Jánošiová
Authors‘ workplace: I. klinika geriatrie, Lekárska fakulta, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave a Univerzitná nemocnica Bratislava, Slovenská republika
Published in: Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2025, 14, č. 1: 28-32
Category: Review Article
doi: https://doi.org/10.61568/geri/50-6457/20250217/139907

Overview

For several decades, there has been an increase in the proportion of seniors in developed countries, one of the reasons of which is the prolongation of life expectancy. In accordance with one of the basic principles of geriatrics, it should be one’s aim to „add life to years“, meaning improving the quality of life of the elderly. Quality of life is evaluated differently among people and in the scientific community – it is multi-dimensional. Among a considerable number of elderly people, we observe a rising tendency of an „aesthetic component“ in the perception of the quality of their life – even seniors pay more attention to their aesthetic appearance. In the so-called Western world this trend has been observed for a long time, and in recent years so have we in Slovakia. Modern medicine offers several approaches to meet the expectations of seniors who want to improve perception of their appearance. From a medical point of view, we will prefer noninvasive or mini invasive methods for seniors. The presented work deals with the possibilities and limitations of some commonly available minimally invasive „anti-ageing“ procedures for seniors.

Keywords:

geriatrics – Quality of life – aesthetic procedures – mini invasive methods

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