How Our Faces Age - Muscle Activity

Smiling, frowning and squinting are among a few facial movements that help create many of the "crows feet" wrinkles that appear along certain areas of the face.  This muscle "hyper activity" may begin early on in life, even before the first signs of aging appear on the face.

With the advent of Endoscopic Facial Surgery, these "problem areas" may now be treated directly and earlier on in the aging phases before they become serious problems.  Whereas before you needed to wait until you really needed a facelift to get treatment, you may now attack these problem areas once they begin to appear.

How can you tell if your wrinkles are caused by muscle activity or by other factors?

Try this: Stand in front of a mirror and put on a straight face.  Try not to laugh, smile, frown or make any other facial expression.  Do you see any wrinkles?  If so, they are most likely wrinkles caused by sun damage, other types of skin problems, or a genetic inclination.  If not, then the wrinkles that generally appear on your face are caused by muscle activity and they are considered to be good candidates for correction with Endoscopic Facial Surgery.

|  Skin  |  Muscle Activity   |  Environmental Factors  |  Genetic Inclinations  |  Nutritional Factors  |

The Endoscopic Facial Surgery information found in this website has been provided by Nicanor G. Isse M.D., pioneer in Endoscopic Facial Surgery and founder of EPSES, the Endoscopic Plastic Surgery Educational Seminars.