‘How to prevent the formation of nasolabial folds?’

‘How to prevent the formation of nasolabial folds?’ -@anna_charlize 👩🏻‍⚕️#askdrnatalia

Nasolabial folds are a natural part of everyone’s face (imagine what your face would look like without them!! Weird!!). Over time due to aging and gravity, the folds become more pronounced which some people don’t like the appearance of. Depending on the patient, I sometimes suggest a little bit of hyaluronic acid filler placed in the upper cheek to lift the lower face.

I rarely if ever inject hyaluronic acid into the fold itself because of the high risk of skin necrosis in this area but also because I don’t ever want to get rid of the fold entirely – that just looks weird.

If cheek filler doesn’t give enough of an improvement to your folds, the next step would be a face lift with a plastic surgeon potentially.