How to Plump Face to Look Younger?

It sounds like the swelling caused by your rhinoplasty filled out the volume loss you've experienced with age. You can have this again with fillers, which can also replace volume loss.

Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong fractional lasers such as CO2 laser, we use lighter treatments for corrective skincare and maintenance of results. Our Thulium fractional laser, clear and brilliant laser, and Ultra Thulium laser are excellent options in our clinic. We also perform CO2 fractional and erbium depending on skin tone and tolerance for downtime. Patients do have to use a Melarase cream before and after treatment to help further reduce pigmentation after laser. Dark spots can improve with these treatments. I recommend fractional laser for incisional scars as well, especially after plastic surgery.

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Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

These days, there are so many options for dermal fillers that can add volume to your face and help you look younger. Some surgeons use a combination of injectables and fillers and call it a “liquid facelift.” Since every patient responds differently, you might have to experiment a little to see which works best for you. The beauty of fillers is that they’re only temporary, so if one wears off a little faster than you’d like, you can try a different product on the next round. Fillers can be used to fill in nasolabial lines and deeper wrinkles or facial scars. Some fillers can be used to enhance the cheeks, or facial implants can be used for a permanent solution.

Sculptra is the best way to re-volumize your face - it basically adds the volume back that you have lost with age.  For optimal results you will need a few treatments.  Most doctors charge around $1,000 per vial and you will probably need 1-3 vials.  Be sure to visit an expert injector as Sculptra cannot be removed once it is injected.

Yes, you can add volume to achieve a more youthful face without surgery. If you liked the suble difference due to swelling associated with your rhinoplasty, you probably would be a good candidate for Sculptra, an injectable filler that provides long lasting resulting by stimulating your own collagen production.
In fact, one of the ways of evaluating the effect is simply to inject saline as a trial to see how you like the appearance of more volume. Fat transfer is also a reasonable alternative, but is more involved in terms of down time.

Hi Kellyr in Calrfornia,
Volume in the face is the key to youthfulness. Sculptra is an excellent filler to restore volume to the face in a natural manner. What is most important is choosing the proper injecting physician to give you the best aesthetic result.
Good luck and be well.
Dr. P

After any facial procedure you are prone to have swelling. Patients often enjoy the look of the swelling since the fine lines and wrinkles disappear - they look several years younger. As the swelling goes away, the wrinkles come back. As with aging, the volume of the face decreases and the skin becomes wrinkled. The gold standard is a facelift procedure. However, this only addresses one aspect of again - the loose skin. The other factor which must be addressed is the volume loss. This can be treated with dermal fillers or with your own fat using fat grafting. This procedures takes fat from your abdomen, buttocks or thighs and transplants it into your face to replace the missing volume. Since it is your own tissue, there is no need to worry about rejection of the tissue. In most cases, I perform fat grafting with facelift procedure. I feel this leads to the optimal result. Good luck with your procedures.

I have had many patients who have noticed the same phenomenon of improved skin, and looking younger while swollen after a rhinoplasty.
In these cases, many of my patients have been recommended facial fillers for the midface, and the area beneath the eyes (tear trough). This is sometheing we have started calling the "Thirties Eyelift" in my office.
It is a great easy low-pain procedure involving the use of Restylane in the lower lids, and Radiesse in the cheeks. In patients who require the augmentation of several milliliters of volume, a fat graft procedure works out more favorably. Although this involves the use of incisions and a liposuction technique to remove fat from the belly or thigh to inject in the face, a larger volume augmentation can be provided without having to buy multiple syringes of fillers. The results from fat grafting can make some outstanding changes in the face, especially in the cheek / lower eyelid complex. The results are long lasting, and generally considered to be "permanent". This means that the fat that is moved to your face will become a permanent part of the face, but will continue to change and age as the rest of your face ages.
See my website for examples.
Be sure to also see our TV appearance describing the "Thirties Eyelift."
I hope this helps.

You have a few ways to reproduce the same effect without surgery, as long the skin is not too loose. Over time you will have a loss of collagen, elastin, and fat tissue, which translates into the loss of volume on your face. Treating your face with hyaluronic dermal fillers like Restylane or Juvederm will give you a natural result. Also, fillers like Sculptra can be used and provide a long-lasting effect; areas like cheeks, mid-face, and jawline contour can be treated with fillers. If you are already showing skin sagging, Radiofrequency and Microneedling will produce a tightening effect and, at the same time, will work on your overall appearance.

Profound by Candela Medical answered many prayers when it came out just a few years ago. It is radiofrequency microneedling, and is the only treatment in the world that can increase Elastin by 500% and Collagen by 200% or more. These are the proteins that snap your skin back into place and build volume without fillers. It is a single treatment protocol so there is no need for packages (unlike other radiofrequency microneedling devices on the market). I have had excellent results with nonsurgical facelifts and neck lifts with Profound. It is also FDA approved for cellulite, and I use it for patients with crepey skin on arms, legs, abdomens, etc as well. A key fact is that this treatment literally rebuilds the very foundation of your skin, and continues doing so for up to a year after the procedure.