I am 34 yo and my nasoliabial folds are bothering me. Are they too bad for my age? Are there any long term fillers that can be used on annual basis or something? Bellafil?
Answer: Fillers for the Face Good Morning wishes02,I hope this message finds you well. From what I can gather your main concern is to do with premature ageing of your face - particularly the nasolabial folds region. I do see that they are pronounced even in a neutral position and I would say that can easily be corrected with Fillers. They would help you look more youthful without giving you an artificial look. Fillers do last for around a year mostly and sometimes for a couple of years as well. Although an image is a great starting point , I would recommend a video consultation / in person consultation with a board certified Aesthetic Plastic surgeon to take this forward and thoroughly answer your query.
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Answer: Fillers for the Face Good Morning wishes02,I hope this message finds you well. From what I can gather your main concern is to do with premature ageing of your face - particularly the nasolabial folds region. I do see that they are pronounced even in a neutral position and I would say that can easily be corrected with Fillers. They would help you look more youthful without giving you an artificial look. Fillers do last for around a year mostly and sometimes for a couple of years as well. Although an image is a great starting point , I would recommend a video consultation / in person consultation with a board certified Aesthetic Plastic surgeon to take this forward and thoroughly answer your query.
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September 13, 2022
Answer: Reduce the appearance of nasolabial folds (NLF) Thank you for your great question about ways to minimize the appearance of nasolabial folds (NLF). It appears from your photo that you are spending most of your sleep time on your right side (presuming the photo was not taken in a mirror). If your sleep time were more balanced on each side of the face or if there was less pressure on the skin of cheeks while you were sleeping then the creation of deeper NLF could be slower. While there is some volume loss of the thickness of the skin that is towards the nose from the NLF, there is laxity and thickening of the tissues that are from the edge of the folds out towards the ear side. Commonly at your age we will put hyaluronic fillers such as a Restylane (e.g. R. Defyne, R. Refyne) or Juvederm family of fillers along and or across the folds in the subcutaneous tissues that are on the side that is towards the nose. This can help to level up the NLF drop off. One needs to understand the vascular anatomy of the area and carefully craft a nice result for a patient so that they look like a younger version of themselves. The art is not about simply injecting some filler. At some point there is usually enough skin laxity from time, gravity and accumulated sun damage so it may be helpful to do some kind of a face lift as well. I hope that helps. I suggest that you find someone who will listen to what you are thinking, who loves what they do and whose work you like.
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September 13, 2022
Answer: Reduce the appearance of nasolabial folds (NLF) Thank you for your great question about ways to minimize the appearance of nasolabial folds (NLF). It appears from your photo that you are spending most of your sleep time on your right side (presuming the photo was not taken in a mirror). If your sleep time were more balanced on each side of the face or if there was less pressure on the skin of cheeks while you were sleeping then the creation of deeper NLF could be slower. While there is some volume loss of the thickness of the skin that is towards the nose from the NLF, there is laxity and thickening of the tissues that are from the edge of the folds out towards the ear side. Commonly at your age we will put hyaluronic fillers such as a Restylane (e.g. R. Defyne, R. Refyne) or Juvederm family of fillers along and or across the folds in the subcutaneous tissues that are on the side that is towards the nose. This can help to level up the NLF drop off. One needs to understand the vascular anatomy of the area and carefully craft a nice result for a patient so that they look like a younger version of themselves. The art is not about simply injecting some filler. At some point there is usually enough skin laxity from time, gravity and accumulated sun damage so it may be helpful to do some kind of a face lift as well. I hope that helps. I suggest that you find someone who will listen to what you are thinking, who loves what they do and whose work you like.
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