I've always looked young for my age and still sometimes gets mistaken for a 22 year old but recently i've noticed i am getting jowls!!! i absolutly hate this as i'm a beauty therapist myself and notice everything. i look after my skin, don't smoke, don't drink alcohol. my mum still looks young so feel i've formed these jowls quite young and don't understand why? it depressing me as i know these jowls are only going to get worse, by the time i'm 40 i'm going to look horrendous!!! What can i do to help?
Answer: Double Chin / Laxity / Jowls -- SmartLipo/VASER/ThermiRF, Botox, Venus Legacy, Kybella I treat this everyday in my practice. You may be a surgical candidate but you do not need surgery for improvement. Properly performed liposuction with energy based devices and physical fat removal will do fantastic to remove the fat, lift the skin, and contour the jawline. I pretreat everyone with Botox 1-2 weeks before surgery to relax the neck muscles, allowing for better retraction of the skin after surgery. Then after treatment we do skin tightening with Venus Legacy to improve the results and decrease the neck swelling. I suggest you only see an expert for treatment of this area as a meticulous surgeon is required to get great results and complications in this area can be devastating both medically and cosmetically. A new medication that is used to remove chin fat with injections called Kybella may also be an option, as it secondarily allows for skin tightening/lifting as well. Fillers can be used to contour the area and skin tightening devices like ultherapy/thermage to tighten. A formal consultation is needed to determine what are the best options for you. Best, Dr. Emer.
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Answer: Double Chin / Laxity / Jowls -- SmartLipo/VASER/ThermiRF, Botox, Venus Legacy, Kybella I treat this everyday in my practice. You may be a surgical candidate but you do not need surgery for improvement. Properly performed liposuction with energy based devices and physical fat removal will do fantastic to remove the fat, lift the skin, and contour the jawline. I pretreat everyone with Botox 1-2 weeks before surgery to relax the neck muscles, allowing for better retraction of the skin after surgery. Then after treatment we do skin tightening with Venus Legacy to improve the results and decrease the neck swelling. I suggest you only see an expert for treatment of this area as a meticulous surgeon is required to get great results and complications in this area can be devastating both medically and cosmetically. A new medication that is used to remove chin fat with injections called Kybella may also be an option, as it secondarily allows for skin tightening/lifting as well. Fillers can be used to contour the area and skin tightening devices like ultherapy/thermage to tighten. A formal consultation is needed to determine what are the best options for you. Best, Dr. Emer.
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Answer: RE: Treatment for Jowls Jowls develop as a result of facial volume loss which may be what is responsible for your situation. You may be interested in a similar case involving a patient from my office at the Dr. U Clinic who also wanted to get rid of early jowls. See the link below. She received treatment with a dermal filler called Radiesse. Radiesse is used for a wide range of non-surgical facial contouring applications. This includes the nose, cheeks, chin and the lifting/reshaping of mild to moderate jowls. The calcium-based particles also stimulate the formation of your own collagen, instead of just dissolving as it is metabolized by your body.
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Answer: RE: Treatment for Jowls Jowls develop as a result of facial volume loss which may be what is responsible for your situation. You may be interested in a similar case involving a patient from my office at the Dr. U Clinic who also wanted to get rid of early jowls. See the link below. She received treatment with a dermal filler called Radiesse. Radiesse is used for a wide range of non-surgical facial contouring applications. This includes the nose, cheeks, chin and the lifting/reshaping of mild to moderate jowls. The calcium-based particles also stimulate the formation of your own collagen, instead of just dissolving as it is metabolized by your body.
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July 25, 2021
Answer: Jowls respond well to liposuction under local. Liposuction of the jawline/jowls would improve the problem very easily and quickly with only 1 day downtime and you can drive yourself home.
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July 25, 2021
Answer: Jowls respond well to liposuction under local. Liposuction of the jawline/jowls would improve the problem very easily and quickly with only 1 day downtime and you can drive yourself home.
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October 27, 2015
Answer: Jowls Great Question. Jowls are a very common complaint we receive in our office on a daily basis. If you are specifically concerned about the Jowl area, I would recommend getting a consult for a procedure called Ultherapy which uses Ultrasound technology to deliver heat to the tissue. The heat stimulates collagen rebuilding. The lower face is a great area to do this as it provided lifting and tightening of the skin and help correct jowl formation. There are also various filler such as Restylane Lyft or Juvederm Voluma that can be placed in your mid face that can provide lifting of the aging skin. I would recommend you see a board certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon who has experience in these procedure.
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October 27, 2015
Answer: Jowls Great Question. Jowls are a very common complaint we receive in our office on a daily basis. If you are specifically concerned about the Jowl area, I would recommend getting a consult for a procedure called Ultherapy which uses Ultrasound technology to deliver heat to the tissue. The heat stimulates collagen rebuilding. The lower face is a great area to do this as it provided lifting and tightening of the skin and help correct jowl formation. There are also various filler such as Restylane Lyft or Juvederm Voluma that can be placed in your mid face that can provide lifting of the aging skin. I would recommend you see a board certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon who has experience in these procedure.
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October 27, 2015
Answer: Lower 1/3 of face MFL Thank you for your question and photos.It looks like you started getting early signs mid-facial fat compartments deflation and gravitational ptosis (sagging). Every individual will have those changes of face depending on their life style, weight fluctuations, genetics.You might consider following: Volume re-balancing with filler or Sculptra injections - those will reinforce you face at so called 'anchoring' points to support sagging tissues.Tissue/collagen retracting treatments like radio-frequency or ultherapy -technology based treatments.More radical solution would be MFL using pulling threads and re-positioning sagging fat and soft tissues. This obviously more of a surgical procedure and has more risks, but more likely to help the problem.
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October 27, 2015
Answer: Lower 1/3 of face MFL Thank you for your question and photos.It looks like you started getting early signs mid-facial fat compartments deflation and gravitational ptosis (sagging). Every individual will have those changes of face depending on their life style, weight fluctuations, genetics.You might consider following: Volume re-balancing with filler or Sculptra injections - those will reinforce you face at so called 'anchoring' points to support sagging tissues.Tissue/collagen retracting treatments like radio-frequency or ultherapy -technology based treatments.More radical solution would be MFL using pulling threads and re-positioning sagging fat and soft tissues. This obviously more of a surgical procedure and has more risks, but more likely to help the problem.
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