Sun damage, wrinkles, and age spots can accelerate the aging process, leaving those beyond their 30s looking far older than they care to appear. However, the severity of aging-related changes is greatly accentuated by the loss of volume in the cheeks, lips, and chin, lending our features a gaunt look. Volume loss in these areas is a telltale sign of aging, characterized by hollow, sunken cheeks; deflated, thinned lips; and diminished chin prominence. This is where facial augmentation procedures can help.
At her boutique plastic surgery practice in Westport, CT, Dr. Ellen Mahony offers personalized facial augmentation procedures designed to enhance facial balance, definition, and overall harmony. Whether addressing naturally recessed features, age-related volume loss, or asymmetry, Dr. Mahony uses a refined, artistic approach to create subtle, natural-looking enhancement that complements each patient’s unique facial structure.
Why Facial Proportions Change
The reason for this shift in proportion is threefold:
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Bone resorption causes a reduction in the projection of the key facial landmarks: cheekbone, upper/lower jaws, and chin.
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Fat volume loss and downward shift: the curved features (shaped by fat) of the face, representing youth, are similarly resorbed. And since these pleasing features are no longer well supported by the bony framework, the residual volume slides downward, contributing to nasolabial folds, “puppet” creases around the mouth, and lower face heaviness.
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A reduction in skin collagen and elastin reduces the skin’s strength and elasticity, contributing to laxity and to both deep and fine lines.
This trifecta of aging changes is well represented in the lips, where all three factors contribute to lip inversion, deflation, and loss of projection.
What is Facial Augmentation?
Dr. Mahony’s goal with facial augmentation is to restore the face’s aesthetic proportion and unify it, without disjunction among the various facial components (upper, mid, and lower face). For women, this restores the feminine curves of the face and offers a softer look, as opposed to the masculine features women unfairly acquire with aging: a chiseled look, a squared-off jawline, angular lines and crevices, all key features of a “manly” look. And for men, facial augmentation reduces the sunken, hollow, drawn look that we associate with advancing age, low energy, and poor health.
Benefits of Facial Augmentation
Augmentation of the cheeks, chin, and lips can be performed surgically using bone grafts and synthetic implants. Although these procedures were the mainstay for many years, Dr. Mahony now offers nonsurgical options which provide a variety of benefits, including:
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No downtime
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Minimal risks and complications
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Adjustment over time, accommodating the evolving aging process
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Use of correctable filler materials
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Dermal and fat grafts combine the use of your natural soft tissue as well as regenerative cellular material from microfat, for long-lasting volume and rejuvenation
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Regenerative aesthetics heralds in the use of biologic DNA-directed tissue to both augment and rejuvenate the face, including platelet-rich plasma and stem cell materials.
Why Choose Dr. Ellen Mahony for Facial Augmentation
Facial augmentation requires both technical precision and an artistic understanding of facial balance. Dr. Ellen Mahony takes a highly individualized approach to facial enhancement, carefully evaluating each patient’s facial structure, proportions, and aesthetic goals to create results that look refined and natural.
Patients choose Dr. Mahony because of her:
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Board certification in plastic surgery
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Extensive cosmetic and reconstructive surgery training
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Sophisticated, natural-looking aesthetic approach
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Attention to facial harmony and proportion
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Personalized, boutique patient experience
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Compassionate and attentive patient care
Her refined surgical philosophy focuses on enhancing natural beauty rather than creating an overdone appearance, helping patients achieve balanced facial contours and renewed confidence.
Enhance Facial Balance and Definition With Facial Augmentation in Westport, CT
Facial augmentation can help restore volume, improve facial contours, and create better balance between your features for a naturally enhanced appearance. Dr. Ellen Mahony combines advanced surgical expertise with a refined artistic approach to help patients achieve elegant, natural-looking facial enhancement tailored to their individual goals.
To learn more about facial augmentation procedures in Westport and Fairfield, contact Dr. Ellen Mahony, MD, at 203-221-0102 to schedule your private consultation.
