Jowls Or Something Else? (Photo)

I observe a slight interruption of your jawline. After appropriate examination, I likely would recommend injectable fillers for jawline balancing in conjunction with non-invasive skin tightening using Ultherapy.

Unfortunately your photo doesn't illustrate your concern well. however, at 24 you may want to consider nonsurgical treatments rather than a facelift. Fillers can smooth away folds around the nose and mouth.

An in-person exam is best to assess the anatomy of the jawline, jowl, lower face area (to get a sense of volume at different perspectives, and to feel the skin laxity and underlying soft tissue).  But, based on that picture, there is slight fullness in the jowl.  I suspect genetics would play a large role in this- compare yourself to pictures of your parents or grandparents to get a sense of that.  After an exam, I would not expect to be recommending anything as drastic as a facelift or minifacelift, but more likely be recommending conservative liposuction/liposculpting just in that area.

The photograph is inadequate to make a pronouncement. If there is some development of jowling usually fillers or the first place to start. There safe, relatively painless, and are injected with input from the patient.

Hello,  Jowl descent is best evaluated on the oblique (3 quarters) view.  Jowling tends to be an age-related process and it is unlikely that jowl descent or significant skin laxity would be present at a young age.  If you are looking to improve the contour of your jaw and neckline you may want to consider using fillers or fat transfer to create a sharper, more linear shape.  Hope this helps.