Effects of Aging on the Face

Unfortunately, youth lasts from 18 to 25 years of age. After 25 the effects of aging start to become visible. However, every person ages at different times and in different ways.

A youthful face is defined by clean lines, thick skin that is well supported by facial tissue, full lips and round cheeks. The fat in your face is called Buccal fat. You are born with buccal fat and most is found in your cheeks. Yet with age, this buccal fat begins to slip or else become absorbed by your skin, giving your face a more hollow appearance.

Furthermore, as you age, your skin thins and your mouth and lips loose their shape, and begin to sag. Also, there are more noticeable and defined wrinkles. Many people have a lot of wrinkles at their eyes and as lines extending from their nose to the corners of their mouth. These are the nasolabial lines. A facelift cannot correct fine lines but it can give your face a more youthful appearance by tightening loose skin.