The repeated use of facial muscles throughout our lifetime causes the skin to become creased in areas of greatest use and you may start to notice the appearance of fine lines under the eyes, crow’s feet, and wrinkles on the forehead. As we age, the production of collagen and elastin slows down and these areas of overuse become damaged, and the lines become permanent.
Our face ages due to changes in several types of tissue: these include skin, fat, muscle and bone. When we age our bone is being reabsorbed causing the skull to become smaller (shrinks) creating a change to the shape of the face. Fat pads shrink and descend due to changes in structural support, hyperactive muscles, and skin elasticity. These changing factors in combination cause sagging.
The upper and lower lids have fat pads that cushion the eye. These fat pads are held in place by fine tissues which weaken with age, allowing the fat to bulge forward. With age the elasticity of the skin reduces forming eyebags, the lids can also become lax, the eyebrows sit lower and the cheeks descend slightly.
Aging
Smoking
Sun Exposure
The upper lids look tired with excess skin hanging down. The cheek area becomes droopy and under the eyes appear hollow. Both upper and lower lids can show eyebags and fat prolapse. Skin is thin, wrinkled and volume depleted.
Botox® treatment reduces the movement of facial muscles under wrinkles, preventing the skin becoming creased allowing the area to recover resulting in deep lines being softened and even helping soft lines to fade away in some instances.
Dermal fillers are a bulking agent used to create volume and correct sagging skin. Used as a filling agent, dermal fillers can help smooth out wrinkles, volumise and lift tissue to help reduce sagging and face shape changes that can happen due to aging.
The Obagi Blue Peel is a chemical (TCA) skin peel which is used to remove and exfoliate the top layers of skin, revealing a brighter, healthier looking complexion.
Lumenis M22 IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) for photodamage, fine lines and wrinkles, acne scarring, pigmentation, rosacea & hair removal.
Blepharoplasty can rejuvenate the eyelids by removing excess skin and fat, tightening lax eyelids and strengthening weak muscles.
