How Our Faces Age - Skin

Skin is one of the most important factors in determining whether Endoscopic Facial Surgery is right for you.  There are two types of problems that may affect the skin; skin wrinkles and skin sagginess due to excess skin.  Generally, people with fairly light skin are more likely to have these signs of aging be more pronounced than others, due mainly to the lack of enough melanin in the skin. Melanin, a brown or black pigment, helps protect the skin against environmental factors that may attribute to "sagginess" and wrinkleling.

Since endoscopic facial surgery does not involve the "pulling" upward of the skin directly, patients with skin excess might need to use the open approach of the procedure, possibly in conjunction with the endoscopic approach.

*Note, some wrinkles may be caused by muscle activity making them good candidates for endoscopic 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.