Non-Surgical Options to Reverse Signs of Aging

The field of Facial Cosmetic Surgery is undergoing a tremendous change. A much greater understanding of the aging process has led to the development of many non-surgical techniques that can remove years of aging with minimal downtime.

Let’s look at three of the largest components of early facial aging.

• Facial Fat Loss
  As we age we loose the youthful fullness of our face. This is literally from a loss of the normal subcutaneous fat throughout the face. The loss of this fat causes a deflation of the skin much like taking air out of a balloon. This deflation results in sagging skin, thickening facial folds, and a hollowing appearance.
• Dynamic Wrinkles
  At the same time as our facial volume is deflating we begin to show the deep lines of facial muscular expression. These result from strong muscles in the forehead, around the eyes, and around the mouth. Vertical lines between the eyebrows, horizontal lines in the forehead, crow’s feet at the side of the eyes and upper cheek, and vertical lines around the mouth become increasingly visible.
• Skin Texture and Pigmentation Changes
  The facial deflation and lines of facial expression are then accentuated by fine wrinkling, pigmentation changes, and fine dilated vascular spots throughout the skin that occur secondary to sun exposure. This is associated with mild laxity secondary to solar weakening of the skin’s collagen.

Solutions

Instead of addressing these three areas surgically we can now offer specific non-surgical techniques to reverse these signs of aging.

The loss of facial fat is naturally reversed by transplanting some of the patient’s unwanted fat that has accumulated in their thighs, bottom, or low back. Tiny cannulas are used to remove the fat and transplant the fat back to the areas where the facial volume has been lost. This restores the youthful fullness, lifts the sagging skin, and flattens the facial folds.

BOTOX® Cosmetic can be used to weaken the strong muscles of facial expression and erase the associated frown lines, forehead wrinkles, crows feet, and smile lines. This is done with a deep understanding of the facial musculature resulting in a very natural appearance.

Radiesse™ for lower eyelid bags:

A new approach to fillers is available from the physicians of Renu - Facial Cosmetic Center in Austin, Texas. Facial plastic surgeons have been using Radiesse™ for instant wrinkle correction for quite some time. It has been well known that it is an excellent filler for correcting smile lines but many are unaware of the exciting uses throughout the aging face. In the hands of our experienced facial cosmetic surgeons this filler can be layered deeply onto the facial skeleton to provide amazing improvement in the lower eyelid bags. Results can mirror those of lower eyelid surgery. This filler can also be used to elevate the cheek, lift the mid-face, and restore youthful volume to the central face. It can be used to reduce jowel formation and elevate the downturned corner of the mouth.

The physicians of Renu - Facial Cosmetic Center have many exciting non-invasive techniques such as Radiesse™ filler to restore your natural youthful look.