Concerns

Jowls

As ageing takes its toll, you’ll be shocked to see the definition between your jawline and neck start to fade. Your jawline will become undefined, and your face will begin to look heavy.

The skin pockets that sag across your jawline are known as jowls, and are one of the most bothersome signs of ageing. They develop as your face loses collagen, elastin and volume, and are starkly visible, front and centre at all angles.

If you’ve got jowls and want to know how to reclaim more youthful facial contours, it’s time to learn how.

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Cause & concerns

Loss of collagen and elasticity

As we age, our skin makes less collagen and elastin. These proteins give your skin strength and firmness.

This results in loose, sagging skin, causing it to droop below your jawline.

Facial volume loss

The cheek fat pads decrease with age. This leaves the skin here unsupported, and it sags down into the jowls.

Over time, we also lose chin and jawline bone volume. The reduces the direct support to the jowls, significantly worsening their sagging.

Weight gain

The jowls are not just skin. They are actually a small pocket of fat, which can grow in size if you gain weight.

Smoking & sun damage

Anything that accelerates the ageing process (especially smoking and sun damage) causes jowls to develop earlier and faster.

Treatment Options

Liquid facelift

Using volume-restoring injections, you can reclaim the structure lost to ageing.

This supports your skin, and lifts and camouflages sagging jowls.

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Thread lifting

Thread lifting is a potential treatment for jowls with results typically lasting 12 months.

Fat dissolving injections

Fat dissolving injections can reduce the size of large jowls.

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    Jowls are the pockets of skin and fat that sag across the front of your jawline with age.

    Jowls cause you to look older, and give your face a heavy, undefined appearance.

    Jowls are a multifactorial process, resulting from a combination of facial fat loss, jawline bone loss, and decreasing skin collagen and elastin.

    These occur naturally with age, but factors like smoking and UV damage can accelerate the formation of jowls.

    There are a number of treatments for jowls depending on their cause and severity.

    Natural treatments for jowls include diet and exercise, which reduce body fat, causing your jowls to shrink.

    Non-surgically, dermal fillers, fat dissolving injections and thread lifting can reduce, lift and disguise jowls.

    Surgical face lifting is best reserved for severe jowls that more conservative methods cannot assist with.

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