Sinkers & Saggers
This article will help you to understand the categories of face ageing, and which you fall into. This is helpful when choosing the right anti-ageing treatment for you and your personal requirements & goals.
There are three characterised ways in which people age, the sinker, the sagger and the wrinkler.
For women, especially as we age, three structural changes come into focus as we approach menopause and beyond.
1 - Bone reabsorption: which increases within the first five years of menopause. Our faces show this mostly around the eyes, the mid face and jaw line.
2 - Significant changes to the dermis, your skin layer, resulting in reduced collagen elastin and hydration. Our skin thins, is drier, and becomes more wrinkled.
3 - The fat compartments that support our face structure reduces leaving our faces deflated, less contoured, more boxy shaped and less plump.
The Sinker
Is your face losing volume like a slowly deflating balloon? If the answer is yes, then you’re probably a “Sinker”.
Sinkers are characterised by volume loss around key areas of the face, which can cause a sunken hollowed out appearance. The temples, around your eyes, mid-face and the area below the cheekbones are the most common places where this volume loss occurs.
The natural ageing process causes us to lose about 10% of the fat in our face at the age of 35, and an additional 5-10% every 5-10 years thereafter. By the age of 55, you may have lost 40% of the fat in your face, which once gave it a plump, full, youthful appearance. Additionally the skin becomes thinner, and rougher in texture, contributing to a more severe appearance.
Rapid weight loss can often accelerate the visual effects of “Sinking”, including a hollow facial appearance and loose, wrinkly skin.
This style of ageing is best combatted with dermal fillers, bio-stimulators, and/or a fat transfer procedures. At Glo, we also offer treatments that help to support the textural changes in your skin, Vivace RF Skin Needling and the Erbium Non-Abalative Laser Resurfacing treatment. Skin therapies offered at Glo that assist in hydration and improve skin lustre, are our Hydrofacial, customised peels and personalised take home skin care which will assist in extending your results and promote overall skin health.
The Sagger
If your skin looks like it’s sliding away from the bone structure beneath, then you’re a “Sagger”.
As the skin’s connective tissues lose their integrity, your face begins to lose the battle against gravity. This saggy appearance occurs when the skin begins to lose its elasticity and becomes too lax. As we age, the skin’s connective tissues, elastin and collagen weaken and break down, so the skin loses its youthful, springy texture.
Treatments for ‘saggy’ faces involve a combination of volume restoration, bio-stimulators, and bio-remodellers. Dermal lifting threads can also give lift to the lower and mid face.
Like the ‘Sinkers’, Vivace treatment is recommended to assist in the stimulation of collagen, Erbium Laser Resurfacing is recommended to improve collagen and promote the firming of the upper skin layers. Treatments at Glo, paired with take home skin care, will help to extend your skin treatment results.
The Wrinkler
A “Wrinkler” will exhibit clearly defined patches of wrinkly skin, often located around the eyes, brows and lips. Usually these lines are caused by frequent fine motor movements of the face, repeated over many years. Examples include:
Frown lines from a brow frequently furrowed in concentration or concern.
Fine lines extending from the outer corners of the eyes, caused by squinting into the sun or poorly lit areas, or at a computer screen.
Like ‘Saggers’, the treatment options are very similar, with a focus on hydration, bio-remodelling, and collagen induction & stimulation.
Other dermal therapies include Hydrofacials, LED, Erbium Resurfacing Laser and customised take home skin care.