Oval of the face and jowls

With time, the facial contours become less clearly defined, less smooth and the first signs of skin sagging to appear. This is when patients tend to look for a way of “firming up” their face without undergoing surgery.

Our role, as aesthetics practitioners, is to advise our patients as soon as these signs of sagging appear, or even earlier, to prevent them appearing.

This is just one of the reasons why “jawline contouring” has become so popular among young people over the last five years.

There are various techniques available that can improve the oval of the face:

“Non-invasive” procedures, using techniques that heat up the skin tissue in depth: radiofrequency and high intensity focused ultrasounds. These procedures are good preventative measures, especially on thicker skin, because they promote collagen synthesis. However, a number of sessions are required, and carried out fairly close together.
Injecting filler products such as hyaluronic acid and/or calcium hydroxyapatite (Radiesse) allows us to restore any lost volumes in the areas of the face that are responsible for the appearance of jowls (temples, cheekbones, tear trough, angle of the jaw, marionette lines).
The insertion of resorbable or non-resorbable tensor threads (a procedure not offered in our practice) if injections are not suitable and the patient does not want to undergo surgery.
A full or mini lift (not offered in our practice) which lifts the oval of the face and neck through surgery.

It is only after a comprehensive clinical examination that Doctor James Schinazi will be able to set the correct medical indications and guide the patient towards the right surgical indications, if required.

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