31/05/2022
Facial Harmonisation with cosmetic fillers, anti-wrinkle injections and medical-grade skincare (images taken 3 months apart)
Often patients will say to me that they do not want to look “different” after a treatment. They really mean that they want to look better but natural, without obvious signs of having had any work done. The aim of facial aesthetics should always be about bringing out the best version of a patient’s face by enhancing their existing natural beauty and reducing the visibility of any distracting or negative features.
This case is a good example of this principle where the patient’s appearance was improved without radically changing how she looked. Her face appears less harsh, becoming softer and more refreshed after treatment while still looking very natural. The subtlety of this elegant transformation is deceptive because her procedure required careful planning and a significant amount of work (see the third image). A chin augmentation was performed to reduce the groove between the chin and lower lip, increasing her chin height and the overall length of her face to optimise her proportions. A degree of dynamic muscle discord was evident before treatment, apparent as “tension” around her mouth; this was also reduced by attenuating her mentalis strain. Her mid-face was also treated to improve the cheek contours and smoothen the transition between her medial and lateral cheek zones. Finally, the lips were reshaped and augmented.
A second principle in facial aesthetics is that the treatment must not disturb the patient’s natural facial movement and that their appearance is enhanced both at rest and during expression through careful placement of fillers (see the fourth image). Her upper and mid-face wrinkles were softened with toxin through dynamic mapping, which greatly reduces the risk of developing unnatural expressions.
This case also highlights the importance of taking a comprehensive approach to facial aesthetics that integrates advanced professional skincare. To improve her overall skin complexion, the patient was started on medical-grade antioxidants, corrective serums and a broad-spectrum sunscreen from
