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This week on Health Watch, we’re talking about getting a younger-looking face. Previously, we discussed research that helps doctors better understand how the face is structured. Fat in the face is in separate compartments around the forehead, eyes, cheeks and mouth.
In a young face, there’s a smooth transition between these compartments. With age, these compartments may gain or lose volume or reposition. That causes sagging, hollowed skin or wrinkles. Dr. Rod Rohrich, chairman of plastic surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center, says this information helps explain the aging process and will allow doctors to do more to make faces look younger. Doctors can better plan how to use injectible fillers to add volume to certain areas of the face, and plastic surgeons can develop more effective surgical techniques.
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September 2007
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