How to enhance facial features ? Can the shapes and angles be altered in adults ?
Insights into what’s a FAST n FURIOUS way to look great at any age!
For many years plastic surgery was the only route to tweak or augment ones facial features to achieve beauty proportions. Science and medicine have progressed far beyond the cutting edge of a scalpel. The quest for beauty has led to many innovative treatments be it invasive or noninvasive. There has been tremendous interest and a great deal of research in the field of non-invasive face contouring treatments. Be it changing ones face angles to create a younger heart-shape or V-shape look or enhancing face volume to restore the youthful looks lost to the “aging story”, noninvasive treatments have clearly taken lead in delivering transformational results and excellent customer satisfaction.
Aesthetic Medicine has long been the pet peeve for Hollywood celebrities and Asian stars alike. With growing awareness and improved technology more people are benefitting from the non-surgical aesthetic treatments. Understanding the racial and cultural beauty standards, beauty trends and delivering tailor made treatments is my forte. Using the principles of physics we can alter the way light and shadow interface, effectively altering the dimensions of the face. Make up contouring uses the same principles to create the face shape illusions. While surgical face contouring is permanent and has it’s advantages, the advances in biomedical sciences has allowed for less invasive yet effective non invasive alternatives.
Face contouring via non invasive and minimally invasive methods is not only effective but extremely safe in comparison to invasive surgeries. The simplest treatment uses Botulinum injections (Botox or Dysport or Xeomin) to target facial muscles. This either smoothens or sharpens the face angles depending on the technique.
Be it moulding a square face to a V-Shape face or adding sharper angles to a round face, we can achieve it using injections to strategic points of the face ( Jaw muscles or jawline) .
The best part of this treatment is the absolute “NO DOWNTIME”. Another one of our popular treatments is the “Nefertiti Face Lift”, which is named after the famous Egyptian queen who was admired for her beauty especially her facial features. This accentuates the jaw line and creates a clear demarcation between the neck and face.
Thread Lifts have transformed the way face contouring is delivered. They come in different shapes and sizes for different indications. We can shape the face by lifting or volumizing certain areas of the face. This technique effectively does the opposite of what aging does to the face. Many women seek a V-shaped face; popularised by the Korean tv series and music industry, leading to the famous Korean V-face thread lift technique. Other similar requests are oval face (Taiwan and PRC) and narrow face (Korea and Thailand).
Dermal Fillers can also be used for the same effect. Different fillers can be used to achieve different end points with effect lasts anywhere between 1 year to 5 years. Enhancing the cheek projection, jawline, nose bridge, Chin, forehead/brows and lips are possible applications using fillers. Unlike surgery, this is reversible and transient, allowing the body structures to change naturally. We can re-explore once the effect has waned to optimise the treatment to suit the individual’s expectation and to match the prevailing beauty standard at that time. This would be a rather arduous task to do in surgical treatments due to the permanent alterations.
For those concerned with the stubborn double Chin, persistent despite the various diet changes and hours at the gym, lipolytic injection Deoxycholate (Kybella) is a good option. This when combined with MFU/HIFU (ULTHERAPY, ULFIT), Radiofrequency skin tightening ( like Thermage, ENDYMED, Venus) or Cryolipolysis (CoolSculpt, Cool4D) provides the perfect Chin definition. Few people have a protruding jaw, either upper or lower. This often alters the landscape of the lower third of the face. Using dental aesthetics and fillers we can permanently correct this anatomical short coming.
One of the most popular treatments across the aesthetics field is nose shaping or non-surgical rhinoplasty using nose threads and fillers. The choice of treatment is based on individual facial features. The shape of the nose could be re-defined from several angles, be it lifting the nose bridge for a sharper nose or reducing the alar width for a narrow, higher and smaller nose using threads or fillers or a combination of both.
More men are tapping into the aesthetic advancements to enhance their natural features too. Many physicians now offer simulation for face contouring treatments to empower clients with the choices and decision making. Looking young and feeling young has never been easier.
You can’t help getting Older, But you don’t have to get Old — George Burns
