The Skin The skin is the largest organ in the body and is our wrapping paper.  Although we cannot control many aging changes, we do have a lot of input as to how our skin will age.  Sun and wind damage, smoking, excessive drinking and heredity can prematurely age the skin. Skin aging is manifested by […]

The Lower Face & Neck Although all the above changes make us look older, there is nothing that makes us look like grandparents more than lower facial aging changes Sagging muscles, fat, and sun damaged skin produce bulges at the side of the jawline called jowls. The same changes occur under the chin and on […]

Lips & Smile Lines The lips also undergo significant aging changes from youth to senior.  These changes include atrophy of the skin, mucosa, fat, muscle and glands.  The natural loss of tooth structure also affects the form of the lips.  Younger females have plump lips with an S- curve from the bottom of the nose […]

Midface Of all areas, the midface is one of the largest contributors to facial aging.  The youthful midface is all about volume and plumpness.  Young people have full and volumized midfaces and this is one reason they look young.  In youth, we have the proper amount of fat in the correct places.  As we age, […]

Lower Eyelids The lower eyelids also make patients look older and tired.  The fat that normally cushions the eyeball begins to protrude with age and produces pouches on the lower eyelid.  These tend to look worse in the morning or when we are tired.  These pouches also produce a shadow under the lower lid which […]

Upper Eyelids The upper lids begin to change in the mid third decade and this is manifested by excess and droopy upper eyelid skin with protruding fat deposits.  The upper lid skin can obstruct vision and the excess skin, muscle and fat can make the eyes look smaller. Upper eyelid blepharoplasty(eyelid tuck) is one of […]

Forehead & Brow Aging changes in this region include ptotic (drooping) brows with excess skin on the top and side of the upper lids as well as frown lines and horizontal forehead wrinkles.  The bridge of the nose becomes thickened and the excess forehead and lid skin may obscure vision.  Brow and forehead lifting and […]