As we age and lose facial volume, your face actually looks a little fuller and rounder. But facial fillers can make your face look slimmer again by restoring the volume lost since youth. In fact, a V-shaped face is the embodiment of youth and beauty, and the width of the eye area is its most dominant feature. When skin laxity caused by aging makes everything move downward, your mid-face and lower third of the face become wider and make your face look fuller.
In the rest of this article, we talk about how to slim and contour the face with dermal fillers. Stay with us.
Why does the face get fuller with age?
Unfortunately, it seems that the appearance of our facial features "changes" with age. In fact, if someone looks at two photos of your face taken 30 years apart, they may not recognize them. The irony is that our face often looks fuller as it loses volume. This is exactly why adding a little filler makes the face slimmer. Here are the common changes in facial shape and contour that occur with age:
- Reduced definition in the jawline
- Eyes appear sunken in/smaller
- Appearance of shadow patterns
- Double chin
- Puffiness of the cheekbone
- Sagging or laxity of the skin
Many factors are responsible for the changes we see in our face with age. Some of them are entirely genetic. In addition, things like sun exposure, smoking, lack of sleep, underlying health problems and stress can cause sudden or more severe changes. Loss of bone mass volume, changes in bone structure and muscle weakness can affect our facial lines. However, the loss of collagen and elastin is often responsible for the deep lines and small lines we see when we look in the mirror. Reduced production of collagen and elastin leads to sagging skin, which takes away the beauty and freshness we enjoyed in youth.
The loss of fat pads just below the skin surface is also one of the main factors in the loss of facial contour. Most people do not consider having "fat" in the face a good thing. However, fat pads are what give us a youthful, defined and healthy appearance. In fact, fat pads help prevent excess skin or a double chin because they create structure and visible definition. This definition is what makes our face look slim and smooth. Dermal fillers are effective in slimming and contouring the face because they rebuild the structure that has been lost over time. Of course, even a younger person may achieve the desired results through face slimming with filler. This is an inclusive and suitable choice, especially among people looking for semi-permanent alternatives to "contouring" makeup.
How can you slim your face with filler injection?
As explained, dermal fillers are very useful for restoring the contour and definition that give the face a slimmer look. The main way to achieve this goal is to lift and highlight the cheeks using precise injection techniques. Focusing on the cheeks is the most effective way to "slim" the facial composition without surgery. Correcting the cheeks to create a slimmer face is a two-part process. First, we use shaping of the upper part of the face to add very subtle width to the cheeks. Next, mid-face contouring is used to narrow the area under the cheeks. In fact, focusing on injections that form the cheekbones is enough to create a much slimmer and more defined look. However, there is more that can be achieved with fillers.
Dermal fillers can be used to sculpt the chin to create a slimmer look. In fact, a refined chin can create a great apparent weight-loss effect. Dermal fillers are also effective in reducing the appearance of a double chin. Even a person who is at their ideal weight may feel that their face looks fuller because of a sagging chin. A double chin or sagging skin is often the result of reduced collagen and elastin production. This means that diet and exercise alone cannot fix the problem. Filler injection along the jawline can create a beautiful, firm look that also takes the weight off. Injections performed in the lower half of the face are effective for lengthening and slimming the chin and lower face.
Treating the eye area with dermal fillers can also help create a slimmer look. Injection into the eye area, when combined with cheek filler injection, helps greatly with defining the upper part of the face. One of the benefits of adding eye fillers to your slimming plan is that you look more refreshed and energized.
What happens when slimming the face with dermal fillers?
During dermal filler injection, it is important for your doctor to assess three main elements of the face: the foundation area, meaning the middle of the face, which includes four aspects of the cheek; the facial lines, which include the temples, jawline and chin; and finally the lower part of the face, including the lips, marionette lines, neck and nasolabial folds.
Dermal fillers rely on something called hyaluronic acid to add structural volume beneath the skin surface. Unlike a procedure such as liposuction, face slimming with fillers does not actually remove fat or volume from your face. The face slimming method using fillers is usually performed in the office in less than one hour. Some patients experience mild swelling or bruising at the injection sites after the procedure. However, the discomfort and visible signs resolve on their own almost immediately. One session is often enough to produce very satisfying results. Some patients also prefer to modify or enhance the results over several visits.
How long does face slimming last?
Your skin's initial condition and how your skin responds to filler injection contribute to the longevity of your results. It is very common to enjoy stable results for six months to 18 months. Face slimming using fillers is a long-lasting option that offers much more satisfying results than using contouring makeup to create a slimmer face. Unfortunately, face-correcting creams, powders and highlighters require you to keep using them constantly to maintain short-term results. In addition, with makeup you only create an optical illusion that washes off. Facial contouring through dermal fillers allows you to enjoy slimming effects that do not go away when you swim, sweat or clean your face.