| Volume loss/Sagging facial skin As intrinsic aging or the natural aging process (which is a continuous prose’s) starts to happen in our mid 20s the skin starts to thin and it loses its ability to maintain its firmness. Within the skin, collagen production slows, and the elastin, the substance the enables skin to snap back into place, has a bit less spring in it. Changes in the underlying support structures appear as sagging, deep creases, folds and wrinkles Wembley Clinic in Cape Town can help you with aging. As facial aging take place the sweat and oil glands become less numerous and smaller in size that causes the skin to lose moisture and to dry out. The skin around the eyelids, jaw and neck is especially thin and therefore more naturally prone to aging. External causes of facial aging skin are determined by the health and lifestyle decisions you make on a daily basis. Unhealthy choices can cause premature aging skin which will make you look older faster. Exposure to the sun with an unprotected skin makes the skin becomes more mottled in appearance. Freckles turn into brown sun spots and the skin takes on a dry, leathery appearance and cause the increase in wrinkles and sagging of the skin. Dead skin cells do not shed as quickly and the turnover of new skin cells may decrease slightly. The signs of natural facial aging are typically not visible for decades and these signs can be fine wrinkles, thin transparent skin, loss of underlying fat, leadery to hollow cheeks and eyes sockets, Bone shrinks away for the skin due to bone loss, dry skin appears that might itch and an inability of sweat sufficiently to cool the skin. Sagging Brows This process occur when your facial muscles lose tone and elasticity causing the skin to droop. Sunken cheeks Full cheeks are classic signs of a youthful beautiful face. Sagging d sunken cheeks make your face look older and create a tired look. When skin age it causes sagging of the facial skin. Gravity pulls the face skin down as we age, and the malar fat pad that is attached to the cheek bone descents down and into the face. The effect is a sunken cheek on and below the mid face where the fat pad used to be. Naso Labial Folds Our reflection in the mirror change over the years and the most striking change is dark lines, or folds of sagging skin around the mouth or mouth line. Technically these lines that run from your nose to the corner of your mouth is called the Nasal Labial Fold line. There are several major events occurring in the middle of the face which causes and facial age your face. We loose collagen (the supporting structure) of the skin and because of that the loss of elasticity of the facial skin. The lost of elasticity allow the skin to sag and pulled downward by gravity. As the lax of skin falls, skin folds are formed over the lips and mouth creating the mouth lines. Down Turned Mouth This little baby’s are the ones that run from the corners of your mouth down to your chin. Also called puppet mouth. It is the result of sagging skin below the mid face closer to the nose and mouth. This facial aging and fullness also creates a fold of skin that hangs over the mouth. These lines need some filling at the doctor to make them look better because no amount of make-up of creams will sort them out. Double Chin Is a subcutaneous fat around the neck that sags down and created a wrinkle, making the owner appearing to have a second chin. It is most common op people who are elderly or obese. A person of average weight can bear a double shin as well, depending on their bone structure and amount of loose skin. It is more visible when the bottom jaw is lowered or the head is tilted down. |