What Causes Facial Fat Loss and What Can Be Done About It?

Most people would be excited about fat loss, but there’s an area where you definitely want this volume: your face. In your face, fat cells plump your skin and provide youthful contour. The bad news? We lose those fat stores as we get older. 

Fortunately, you’re not stuck with this fat loss. With treatments like hyaluronic acid fillers, platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) fillers, and Sculptra®, Elaine Phuah, DO, MBA, FACOI, can help you replenish any volume you’ve lost through the years. Visit her here at Hanami Medspa in Fort Worth, Texas, so that she can tailor a treatment for your specific face. 

Why we lose facial volume

As we age, our bodies make less of key components. Collagen — a protein throughout your body — serves as a prime example. By the late 20s, the body slows its collagen production. 

Collagen serves as the scaffolding for your skin, keeping it firm and supple. This contributes to volume loss in the face. But that’s not all.

As the years tick by, your body also redistributes fat. You might notice less volume in your face but more under your chin, for example. 

Ultimately, time can be cruel, particularly to our faces. Fortunately, Dr. Hanami offers a solution for the fat and collagen you’ve lost in your face. 

Reversing fat loss and restoring youthfulness

Dr. Hanami uses dermal fillers to replenish the volume where you’ve lost it. These cosmetic injectables allow her to add volume right where you need it. The results can last a year or longer, depending on your chosen filler.

Here at Hanami Medspa, we offer four different filler options.

Hyaluronic acid fillers

These are the most common type of injectable fillers. Your body makes hyaluronic acid naturally. By injecting a synthetic version, Dr. Hanami can give you a volume boost in your lips, cheeks, or anywhere else you’ve lost facial fat. 

PRF filler

Dr. Hanami makes this filler from a small sample of your own blood. The PRF doesn’t just add volume. It also delivers platelets, growth factors, and cytokines, which help drive skin regeneration. This works to increase collagen production, giving your skin a natural support structure to help it look its best through the years. 

Sculptra

Sculptra gives you another way to stimulate collagen production, this time with a solution called polylactic acid. The results from Sculptra can last two years or longer, depending on your unique skin. 

Radiesse®

While most dermal fillers use hyaluronic acid to increase volume, Radiesse uses calcium hydroxylapatite. This naturally occurring mineral gives Dr. Phuah a way to improve the contours of your face and replace volume loss where you need it.

While facial fat and collagen loss are natural parts of aging, you don’t have to sit by and what your skin sag. To find out which filler best aligns with your cosmetic goals, call Hanami Medspa or make an appointment online today.