I'm a 33 year old female and I feel I have really lost a dramatic amount of tone in my face in the last 2 to 3 years. I am interested in surgeons views on Botox and then filler in the cheeks and chin to try to even my face back out, or going for a thread lift. I cannot at the moment afford expensive and drastic treatments unfortunately & would welcome any advice. I was once told filler in cheeks will just make my face look fatter but I miss having cheeks, there's just no shape at all any more!
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December 11, 2015
Answer: Facial Aging and Lasers, Peels, Fillers, Skin Care, Fat Injections/Sculptra, RF skin tightening
Jason Emer, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
Hi thereThanks for the question. Botox will start working pretty quickly in terms of relieving symptoms and controlling grinding. However, the atrophy of the muscle will take months to make a dramatic effect.....but it will happen. Eventually the muscles will slim down as they are...
Dear whatisbeauty:So sorry for your disappointing results!The use of Botox and similar injectable muscle relaxers are art and science. The molecule is the same, the dilution and injection sites will be different. Injection techniques and the understanding of the anatomy and muscle balancing is...
Hi kerrybennettThank you for your question and photos. When Botox is injected it relaxes muscle movement which in turn makes everything appear a lot softer. With that being said you are now seeing your veins that have been there but are more prominent due to the muscles being relaxed...