How Fillers Can Address Age-Related Volume Loss

Facial aging is about more than those lines and wrinkles you see in the mirror. It involves deeper structural issues beneath the skin’s surface. As you age, collagen production slows down, skin becomes thinner, and the fat that once supported your youthful contours starts to decline or shift.

Because these changes typically happen slowly, you might not notice them initially. But eventually, you see a face that looks older, more worn, and more tired, regardless of how restful, healthy, or young you may feel. That’s when it’s time to consider dermal fillers.

At Luminary Dermatology, our team uses a variety of fillers combined with advanced injection techniques and a deep understanding of facial anatomy to achieve beautiful, natural-looking results that help our patients feel more confident and more attractive. If you’ve been wondering if fillers can restore your diminishing facial volume, here’s the scoop.

Aging and your face

Many factors contribute to facial aging: Genetics, sun exposure, and even stress and illness can affect your skin, and so can personal habits like smoking and excess alcohol use. 

Over time, age-related changes in your body are responsible for the wrinkles, lines, and sagging skin you see as you get older, including structures that support your skin and help it look full, plump, and resilient.

As fat stores decrease and collagen production slows down, your skin slowly drifts downward, creating lines and causing other changes, like hollows in your cheeks and under your eyes and drooping skin around the jowl and lower face area. These changes also affect your facial contours, creating a softer, less toned appearance that makes you look perpetually fatigued.

While it’s true that regular and vigilant use of sunscreen when you’re young decreases this progression, it doesn’t halt it, and no matter how much you’ve perfected your skincare routine, age-related volume loss and the changes it causes will still occur.

Fillers to the rescue

Dermal fillers are injectable treatments designed to replace that lost volume. A wide range of filler types and formulations are available, depending on the amount of volume you want to replace, what area of the face you’re treating, and other factors unique to you. 

Fillers plump up areas of reduced volume in your cheeks, lip area, under-eye area, and other locations. In addition to reducing the appearance of wrinkles and lines, filler injections provide a gentle lift to the surrounding areas for even more benefits. Some fillers also help improve collagen production for long-lasting results.

Many fillers contain hyaluronic acid, a substance naturally found in the body that helps retain moisture and maintain skin’s healthy structure. Others contain ingredients like calcium hydroxylapatite microspheres for areas requiring more structure. 

Our team evaluates your goals as well as your facial structure to recommend the most appropriate filler and map out injection placement focused on achieving beautifully natural results. 

Anti-aging tailored for you

While fillers offer plenty of benefits, their results don’t last forever — most offer results lasting from about six months to more than a year. The good news: You can repeat treatments, so you can continue to enjoy your results as long as you like. 

Filler injections can also be combined with other treatments, like Botox® injections, for a combination so popular, it’s often referred to as a “liquid facelift.”

Aging happens to everyone, but it doesn't have to make you feel less confident or less attractive. To learn more about dermal fillers and how they can help you look and feel your best, book an appointment online or over the phone with the team at Luminary Dermatology in North Miami Beach, Miami, Homestead, Sarasota, Venice, Longboat Key, Bradenton, and North Port, Florida, today.