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"Considered the best way to treat marionette lines & folds"

 

What causes marionette lines and folds?  -  Three main factors: "gravity", your face is affected by gravity every day. Over time you get downward and inward movement of your cheeks and face. This results in your cheeks folding over to create marionette folds and nasolabial lines. "Volume loss"  is the second biggest contributor, both soft tissue loss and mandible bone loss. The final contributing factor is when the "depressor muscles" of your mouth corners are constantly activated. Many people use this muscle unintentionally, causing their mouth corners to pull down creating a “sad face” look.

 

What is the best way to treat marionette folds and jowls? – Over time filling this area constantly with dermal fillers can start to distort some patients face shape. Some patients can start to get thicker around the bottom half of the face rather than having the desired face shape of fullness in the cheeks and thinness and sharpness around the jawline.

 This shift of direction recognises that this area of the face cannot significantly change unless you undergo face lift surgery. So how do we treat this area non-surgically? –We focus on your facial shape and contour while using anti-wrinkle Botulinum Toxin injections and dermal filler contouring to enhance a more natural facial shape.

 

“While many patients are concerned about upper lip lines, crow’s feet and forehead wrinkles we know what really makes them look and feel more youthful is improving their facial shape and contour”.