An Overview of the Signs of Aging

Signs In The Mirror

Sign of Aging	Treatment
Laxity of Skin around the Jawline and Corners of the Mouth, Appearance of Fine Lines and Thinning of Lip	Minilift
Accumulation of Fat in the Neck and Under the Chin	Liposuction or Laser Liposuction
Deepening of the Nasolabial fold (line between the corner of the mouth and the outer corner of the nostril)	Mini-Lift Laser or Plasma for Skin Tightening
Wrinkles at the corners of the eye (Crow's Feet) and adjacent to the nasolabial fold and frown lines start to appear between eyebrows and along forehead.	Botox, Non-ablative Laser Resurfacing, Fractional Resurfacing, Plasma Skin Resurfacing
Mild textural and pigmentation changes in the skin	Non-ablative Laser Resurfacing, Fractional Resurfacing, Plasma Skin Resurfacing and microdermabrasion

Sign of Aging	Treatment
Increased Laxity of Skin at Jaw and Corners of the Mouth as well as redundant skin along cheek and neck.	Facelift
Progressive loss of definition of mandible with fat accumulation in the neck.	Liposuction or Laser Lipolysis with possible tightening of skin and muscle in the neck
Early vertical bands appear in the central portion of the neck (platysmal bands). Nasolabial fold becomes deeper, lines of animation of forehead and adjacent to the eye become longer and increase in number	Surgical Correction of Bands with hyaluronic gel injection to nasolabial folds and botox to forehead. Possible subperiosteal midface lift.
Eyebrow starts to sag below lower edge of forehead	Endoscopic Brow Lift or Temporal Brow Lift
More wrinkles and frown lines increase in number and deepen both on the face and on the neck	Botox, Hyaluronic Gel, Non-ablative Laser Resurfacing, Fractional Resurfacing, Plasma Skin Resurfacing
Pores increase in size (especially in "T-Zone")	Glycolic Peels, Non-ablative Laser Resurfacing, Fractional Resurfacing, Plasma Skin Resurfacing
Areas of hyperpigmentation (brown spots) increase in size and number	Non-ablative Laser Resurfacing, Fractional Resurfacing, Plasma Skin Resurfacing, glycolic peels and microdermabrasion
Small capillaries appear more prominent around nostril, top of nose and along cheeks	Laser ablation

Sign of Aging	Treatments
Significant Laxity of Skin of Cheek, along mandible, under chin and neck	Face lift with liposuction of neck and tightening of muscles of neck and fascial layers of cheek
Edges of mandible barely or not discernible with prominent fat deposits beneath chin	Face lift with liposuction of neck and tightening of muscles of neck and fascial layers of cheek
Significant platysmal bands and prominent lines along entire face including nasolabial fold, forehead, and crow's feet	Face lift with liposuction of neck and tightening of muscles of neck and fascial layers of cheek with possible subperiosteal midface lift and hyaluronic gel injection
Eyebrows are completely below bottom edge of frontal bone	Endoscopic or Temporal Brow lift
Wrinkles, Lines, Folds, Brown Spots, and Spider Veins are extensive and prominent in color	Non-ablative Laser Resurfacing, Fractional Resurfacing, Plasma Skin Resurfacing