JOWLS
ABOUT
In humans, jowls are excess or saggy skin on the neck, just below the jawline and chin. Almost everyone develops at least minor jowls as they age and their skin becomes less elastic. Several factors, including heredity, stress, repetitive facial habits, and lifestyle choices, can cause more pronounced jowls at almost any age.
Though several factors are known to increase the likelihood and severity of jowls, their ultimate cause is aging. As the skin ages, it starts to lose some of the compounds that help keep its shape, specifically fat and the connective tissue proteins elastin and collagen. The skin also tends to become drier and thinner, making it more difficult to maintain its form. As the skin becomes less resilient and full, it becomes more vulnerable to gravity and slowly begins to sag. Sagging skin around the cheeks and mouth falls to the area around the chin and jawline, creating jowls.
OUR RECOMMENDATION
At CK Plastic Surgery we have several options to reduce the appearance of jowls and sagging skin:
Ultherapy
Ultherapy is the only non-invasive procedure FDA-cleared to lift skin on the neck, under the chin and on the jowl area.
Ultherapy harnesses the power of ultrasound to transform the jowl area to a more youthful appearance. Ultrasound, of course, has been used throughout the medical field for more than 50 years—and Ultherapy has been established as effective in clinical studies* and in over a million treatments worldwide.