Understanding Your Aging Face and Treatment Options

Everybody wants to age gracefully, but with so many options available it can be difficult to know which treatments will most effectively combat signs of facial aging.

How to Combat Facial Aging?

With age comes experience, understanding, accomplishments, and wisdom…as well as some potentially unwelcome changes to our appearance. Our faces are the most visible part of our body, and the face is also one of the first parts of the body to show signs of aging.

Each person ages differently, and we’ve found that by helping our patients understand the underlying causes of facial aging, we can help them identify the best treatments to target their individual concerns.

Sources and Causes of Facial Aging

If you are considering cosmetic treatments to rejuvenate your facial appearance, it is important to understand the causes of your concerns so that you can address them most effectively. Layer by layer, from the skin on the surface to the underlying structures, the most significant causes of facial aging are:

Skin: As the skin ages, it produces less collagen and elastin. This causes mature skin to retain less moisture, making it thinner and less supple and leading to uneven texture, discoloration, and, yes, wrinkles.

Fat: In younger individuals, fat pads located under the skin of the face are plump and high, but these areas thin out and descend with age. This can create a hollow appearance to the eyes and a loss of volume in the cheek, chin, temples, and forehead areas, aging a person’s appearance. Additionally, excess fat may accumulate at the bottom of the face and beneath the chin, causing the appearance of a double chin, enhanced jowls, and a loose, saggy neck.

Muscle: The muscles beneath the fat on the face are responsible for all of our facial expressions, and the repeated formation of these expressions eventually causes the skin to crease and form wrinkles.

Bone: The gradual loss of facial bone structure is a natural part of the aging process, and eventually brings about changes in the dimensions and contours of the face.

Treatment Options for the Aging Face

Now that you understand the underlying causes of the most prominent signs of facial aging, it’s time to investigate how anti-aging treatments and procedures are beneficial in targeting specific signs of aging at their source:

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How The Oculoplastic Surgeons at CEI Can Help

When seeking help to combat signs of facial aging, an oculoplastic surgeon should be at the top of your list. The oculoplastic surgeons at Cincinnati Eye Institute are uniquely well-qualified to help our patients reverse signs of facial aging.

Unlike plastic surgeons who are trained as generalists to address cosmetic concerns for every part of the body, oculoplastic surgeons are solely focused on the eyes and the delicate facial tissues that surround them. Our intimate knowledge of facial anatomy and extensive experience in manipulating the very fragile tissues of the face promote a level of expertise that generalists simply aren’t able to achieve.

At CEI, each of our oculoplastic surgeons has dedicated his or her career to perfecting the artistry and technical skill necessary to perform both functional and cosmetic procedures to the eyes and face.

Schedule a Cosmetic Consultation

To learn more about the array of anti-aging treatments and procedures we offer, please contact us to schedule a consultation with an expert oculoplastic surgeon who will customize a treatment plan to help you meet your unique goals.