What Causes Jowls?
• Skin Laxity-As our skin ages it loses elasticity and the skin along the jaw line begins to sag. • Loss of Facial Volume-As we age or facial fat atrophies, the face is less full, and the skin envelope becomes lax and sags. • Repeated Mouth Movements-Smiling and facial expressions pull at the corner of the mouth and create a fold or line over which sagging facial skin can fall. Above the mouth this fold is called the nasal labial fold. Below the mouth the line is called the marionette line-also called the pre-jowl sulcus. How to Remove Jowls. Traditionally jowls have been removed by performing a facelift. More recently new non-surgical methods have also been developed: • Facelift-The facelift is still the “gold standard’ for jowl removal. A properly done facelift can create a beautiful youthful jaw line. See my facelift patient before and after below: • Filler injections-Liquid Face Lift-Soft tissue fillers such as Restylane™, Juvederm™, Radiesse™, and Perlane™ are biodegradable semi –
