As our understanding of what causes facial aging advances, our approaches to this problem are advancing as well. Gravity as an explanation for the aging changes in the face has been discredited. Three factors are now recognized as important in facial aging: changes in the skin quality, mostly due to insults from the environment, but also due to biological changes that are not fully understood; repeated folding of the skin and loss of volume of the underlying tissues that support the skin. It is the last of these changes that I will discuss here. In you are interested in learning about “Micro blading Chattanooga“, visit this website https://www.flawlesschattanooga.com– today.
For a while we have recognized that the loss of facial soft tissue: fat, muscle and connective tissue, have played an important part in facial aging. More recently it has become clear that loss of bone also plays a very important role. The openngs for the eyes are much larger in the skull of a 50 year old, than in the skull of a 20 year old. The jaw bone of a 20 year old is thicker and wider than the jaw bone of a 50 year old. These changes not only cause deflation of the face, but change the proportions. In the young individual the upper lip occupies 1/3 of the distance from the bottom of the nose to the tip of the chin. In the elderly it takes up 1/2.
FAT INJECTIONS: A BOON OR A BUST?
The popularity of fat injections has risen and fallen, and appears to be on the rise again. The realization that many of the facial changes of aging are due to the loss of volume of both soft tissue and bone, has dramatically increased the use of fillers. Because the commercially available fillers are relatively expensive, fat grafting has been attractive as a relatively inexpensive source of a large volume of filler material, material that is native to the patient and should not cause allergic reactions.
HAND REJUVENATION: AN UNDERAPPRECIATED TREATMENT
“All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” William Shakespeare, MacBeth
Fortunately, since Shakespearean times, we have become much better at improving the appearance of hands, although perhaps not much better at washing away their sins.
If you look at the hands of children, the skin is smooth and of uniform color. No bones or veins are visible. With time the hand skin becomes sun damaged and irregular discolorations and rough spots appear. As in other areas, the deeper tissues are lost, and bones and veins become more visible. Many people put up with this because they are not aware that treatments are available. We had a patient in this week who is very attractive with clear facial skin. She regularly gets Dysport and filler. Her hands look like the hands of an 80 yer old. When I mentioned her hands, she said that she feels like she should wear gloves all the time. We discussed other options.
PAN-FACIAL FILLING: THE END OF THE FACELIFT | Micro blading Chattanooga
