Conclusions

31 Conclusions



Jean Carruthers, Alastair Carruthers




Summary and Key Features




• Age is no longer a defining number


• Maintenance therapy with modern fillers will affect society norms and behaviors


• Future uses of filling agents will potentially extend beyond volume replacement


• The filler revolution has altered the aesthetic treatment paradigm


One of our dear friends, who is in her sixties, said recently, ‘I’m genuinely surprised when someone offers me his seat on the bus.’ She is not one to avoid new challenges; indeed, she embodies the new way of thinking about age: you are only as old as you choose to look and feel.


The social consequences of our new understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and treatment of facial aging with fillers and neurotoxins are highly significant. Age is no longer a defining number, but instead represents one’s outlook on and approach to life. It is impossible to ignore the significance of genetics and the damage inflicted on the skin (through either trauma or photodamage), but it is how one responds to these factors – by using fillers, neurotoxins, and energy-based devices and cosmeceuticals – that will determine the projected age of the face one presents to the world.


How will this affect societal norms and behaviors? With maintenance therapy, the lines between young and old will begin to blur or even cross. The 40-year-old who smokes, does not use sun protection, and hates to exercise will begin to look older than the 60-year-old who does

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Mar 12, 2016 | Posted by in General Surgery | Comments Off on Conclusions

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