To Cut or Not to Cut?
Posted By Angelina Drennan on April 8, 2011
As Mother Nature marches across your face, will you be tempted to have the hands of time surgically removed in hopes that by eliminating the offending sags and bags you will look younger?
For some, looking in the mirror takes its toll on the psyche as self-confidence diminishes. Looking old and looking tired while seeing a practically unrecognizable face will send even the most hopeful scurrying to locate something or someone to help them with their plight.
Drugstore cosmetics, high-end department store cosmetics, skincare, and cosmetics from the physician or dermatologist all present one constant theme: urging the user to try and buy their latest concoctions. Now skincare is important and mineral cosmetics are wonderful for evening out pigmentation flaws and disguising fine lines and wrinkles, but do they really go to work to combat the real cause of an aging face?
The real cause of an aging face is soft, droopy, sagging facial muscles. Consider this: eyebrows drop with age, so if you see hooded eyes, a lined forehead, crow’s feet, and even puffiness under your eyes, this is a clear indication that your forehead is compromised because you are wearing muscles that are soft and mushy.
The mid-face can also suffer from slackness. This is evident when the cheek muscles elongate and the apples of your cheeks are positioned somewhere near your nose. Usually a fold or line develops near the nose—this is called the nasal labial fold—and it’s tell-tale evidence that your once taut, youthful face is losing its distinctive edge as the muscles that are anchored in the hairline begin to lengthen and slacken.
The lower face shows signs of age when there is a loosening of the muscles around the mouth and outward into the lower cheeks. Perhaps there are pouches and jowls developing on or near the jawbone, the mouth corners may turn downward, and a little line can form under your bottom lip. The mouth muscle, the obicularis oris, is a circular muscle that surrounds the lips; when atrophy affects this muscle, lines above the lips can form while the soft-tissue of the lips deflate.
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