How can I add volume to my face? (Photo)

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I had ultherapy done six months ago and my face looks scrawny and older. I don't know if it's volume loss or the tightening made the volume loss more noticeable. I am in my thirties and was trying to do something preventative. My upper face and lower face seems hollow, compared to what it looked like before. I thought it was sagging at first, but my elasticity is very good. I have attached a pic from my younger days to compare the difference in my face. What do you suggest?

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

It is best to find someone who can strategically place fillers to lift and recontour rather than just line fill.  Using cannulas helps to make the injections painless, less risk of complications and meticulous.  Find a physician with experience who does facial rejuvenation with fillers and lasers often.  Best, Dr. Emer.

Michael I. Echavez, MD · Answer

It is difficult to compare your two pictures because you are smiling in one and not in the other.  If anything, it appears to me that you may have more volume in your face now than you did before.  I would not recommend adding volume to your face at this time.

Hratch Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Volume can be addressed with facial fillers.Ultherapy is used to treat facial laxity.Read the Ultherapy ebook on the link below.BestDr Karamanoukian

Michael Law, MD · Answer

Volume can be added to the face a number of ways. If the concern is the eye area, I use fat grafting exclusively. Fat grafting is a surgical procedure that can provide permanent, beautiful and natural looking results. I am not aware of any formal studies that prove fat loss can be caused by Thermage, IPL or Ultherapy, but I have treated people successfully with fat grafting after they believe they experienced fat loss following these procedures.Choose your fat grafting surgeon carefully. Take time checking credentials and ensuring that the physician you select has hospital privileges to perform the procedure of interest to you. Also, be sure to look at many, many before and after images of work performed by your doctor.

Sugene Kim, MD, FACS · Answer

Unfortunately as we age, volume loss is inevitable. the best way to replace volume loss Is with injectable fillers.

How can I add volume to my face? (Photo)

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