As we age our facial shape changes. This is more apparent when we look at younger pictures of ourselves. Generally speaking in youth we have a fuller triangular face and with age we loose volume (deflation) and our face shape becomes an inverted triangle.
One of the reasons we develop this inverted triangle is because of loss of bony support in the cheek as well as the jaw bone. This is in combination to loss of facial fat and also a loss of collagen and elastin in the skin which reduces its elasticity.
As we age our facial shape changes. This is more apparent when we look at younger pictures of ourselves. Generally speaking in youth we have a fuller triangular face and with age we loose volume (deflation) and our face shape becomes an inverted triangle.
One of the reasons we develop this inverted triangle is because of loss of bony support in the cheek as well as the jaw bone. This is in combination to loss of facial fat and also a loss of collagen and elastin in the skin which reduces its elasticity.
These elements cause a sunken cheek with more heaviness in the hollow of the cheek (saggy cheek), a deepened line from the nose to the mouth (nasolabial fold) and also from the mouth to the chin (marionette line). There is also commonly heaviness in the jaw line (Jowl) with a saggy appearance, which can extend to the neck (saggy neck).
Combined these features are often referred to as a saggy face and can occur variably from person to person with age, factor such as sun damage, weight loss, smoking and genetics.
Treatment for sagginess ranges from non-surgical face lifting by replacing volume using MD codes and Juvederm dermal fillers to formal surgical face and neck lifting techniques.
