“It is possible for cheek filler to provide lift for the lower half of the face,” says Dr. Marisa Garshick, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City.
How can cheek fillers help? Facial fillers are a top treatment choice for eliminating jowls as they can be used to rebuild the structure of the face whilst rebooting the skin's natural supply of hyaluronic acid and smoothing the jawline.
What is the best filler for jowls and lower face sagging? Generally, for lower face rejuvenation we use JUVÉDERM Ultra®, JUVÉDERM VOLUMA®, and Restylane®. These are all hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers, which means they are reversible and there is virtually no risk of allergic reaction.
Fillers eliminate the need for risky cosmetic surgery and is priced at a fraction of the cost. Dermal fillers treat wrinkles, fine lines, and sagging skin anywhere on the face. Treating sagging skin in the lower face is often approached by treating the upper face first.
How do fillers work? Fillers can change your face by filling your decreasing facial volume due to aging and facial expressions. During a filler procedure, your licensed medical professional or doctor will evaluate your face to strategize the application of fillers.
When doctors inject fillers to plump and fill cheekbones, it not only lifts the mid-face but also gives a pleasing youthfulness to the upper face. Cheek fillers are highly customizable. You might want plumper cheeks if you have a thin face or a more angular look if you have a round face.
One concern that many of my patients have is whether cheek filler will make their face look wider, fatter, or give the dreaded “chipmunk” look. In actuality when placed in the right area, cheek filler can make your face look slimmer and more contoured.
Placing filler along the jawline or adding filler in your cheeks can lift your jowls, give your skin a boost, and smooth fine lines around your face. As the filler restores volume into the midface area, the skin will lift from your lower face to give you a more prominent and symmetrical jawline.
Juvederm is commonly used to create a more feminine, soft look. Boletero and Restylane are two other FDA-approved filler options.
One of the best fillers for treating jowls is Sculptra, since it instantly plumps the area where it is injected while simultaneously stimulating new collagen growth to provide a longer-term youthful appearing result.
A cheek lift can produce outcomes that last for decades. Dermal fillers are not capable of creating results that last that long, though some patients are able to achieve outcomes that last for up to two years. Sculptra®, which stimulates your tissues to produce collagen, can give results that last over 4 years.
Popular Juvéderm® injection sites in the lower face include marionette lines, lips, cheeks, and jowls.
Cheek fillers achieve lift by making your cheekbones more prominent, pronounced and perfectly shaped. Full cheekbones are a sign of youth, but as we age, our supportive fat, collagen and elastin stores deplete in the cheeks, causing them to sag and droop.
Dermal fillers are applied to the marionette lines and the corners of the mouth. This hides the shadow between the 2 areas creating a flatter shape. This smoothens out the marionette lines and reduces the appearance of the jowls.
Treatments that can add Volume to Your Cheeks
Juvéderm and Restylane are hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers that are great to add the lost volume.
Anastasia Pokreshchuk from Ukraine, boasts of having the “biggest cheeks in the world, having had numerous filler injections to achieve her extreme protrusion look.
The Results Improve Over Time
Because these injections stimulate your body's production of collagen and elastin, the final results of treatment won't be seen for several weeks. Even as the hyaluronic acid is processed by your body, healthy collagen and elastin grow at a more significant rate.
Swelling is completely normal after your procedure, so don't freak out if your cheeks look "bigger" or more lifted than you intended. Swelling can distort the shape, so give yourself about five days for the volume to settle before you assess your filler.
Fillers are a great option for patients seeking a softer, more youthful look. However, if used improperly or over used, fillers can have negative long term consequences. In fact, patients who do not properly use filler could actually speed up their skin's aging process, resulting in older looking skin.
For flattened cheeks, or if you've lost a lot of volume due to age, this area can require a considerable amount of filler. Many patients need 1cc to 3ccs per side to get the desired results.
Treating with 1ml at a time is certainly appropriate for some areas, such as volumising lips or having smaller tweakments into other areas of the face. Sometimes, however, more than 1ml may be required – in the cheeks, for example – as 1ml may not make a discernible difference.
“Proper placement of mid-face and lower face filler should not significantly affect the smile,” he shares. With that said, “if an overly firm filler is used or if the region is overfilled, an unnatural appearance can result as the lips push against stiff surrounding tissues,” he adds.
With most types of cheek filler, you'll usually see some results immediately after the procedure. But it often takes several days and sometimes several months to see full results. PLLA results can take up to two to three weeks.