The result you want
Hollowing in the cheeks, temples and under the eyes is a change in the structure under your skin rather than a change in the skin itself, which is why creams and tightening treatments do not touch it. We assess facial volume at our Boca Raton med spa and restore it with dermal filler or a collagen stimulator, depending on your face. Book a consultation.
Hollowing in the cheeks, temples, and under the eyes is a structural change, not a surface one. Hyaluronic acid filler replaces the lost volume immediately, while collagen stimulators like Sculptra and Radiesse rebuild support gradually over a series of sessions for a result that does not read as filled.
Which of these suits you is decided at a complimentary consultation, from your skin and your history.
Aging is not only wrinkling. The fat pads that give a young face its curve shrink and slide downward, the bone underneath resorbs and changes shape, and the ligaments holding everything in place loosen. The result is flatness in the upper face and heaviness in the lower face, which is why someone can look tired without having a single deep line. Understanding it as a structural change is what makes the right treatment obvious.
Under the eyes, where a hollow reads as permanent tiredness whatever you do about sleep. In the temples, where the loss is subtle and rarely identified by the person it is happening to. Across the cheekbone, where flattening drops the midface. And along the jawline, where lost support in the chin and jaw lets the outline blur. Tear troughs are the most requested and the most technically demanding of these, and not everyone is a candidate.
Two routes. Hyaluronic acid filler replaces volume the day it is placed and can be dissolved if you dislike the result. Sculptra and Radiesse stimulate your own collagen so the support that returns is your tissue, arriving gradually over months. Filler suits a specific area you want corrected now. Collagen stimulators suit broad, diffuse loss and people who want the change to arrive quietly. Plenty of plans use both on different parts of the face.
Performed or supervised by our medical director, Marc L. Epstein, M.D.
Filling the place that looks hollow is often the wrong move. A flat cheekbone drags the midface down, and the fold beside the mouth is frequently the consequence rather than the problem. Treating the consequence means adding product to an area that was never the cause, and repeating that across several visits is how faces end up looking heavy and unfamiliar. Assessing the whole face and treating the origin uses less product, not more.
What suits you is decided at consultation, from your skin and your history. Consultations are complimentary.
Fat pads shrink and shift downward, bone resorbs and changes shape, and the supporting ligaments loosen. It is a structural change beneath the skin, which is why surface treatments do not address it.
No, and it can make them look worse. Tightening skin over a face that has lost support underneath can read as drawn. Volume has to be restored before or alongside any tightening.
Filler if you want a specific area corrected and want to see the change immediately. A collagen stimulator if the loss is broad and you would rather the change appear gradually over months. Many plans use both in different areas.
Often, but the under-eye is one of the most technically demanding areas on the face and not everyone is a candidate. That is a decision made in person after assessing your skin thickness and the anatomy of the hollow.
Treat the origin rather than the place that looks hollow, build across more than one visit, and see someone who assesses your whole face rather than the single area you point at.
This page is general information about treatment options at Salon Oasis Med Spa, not medical advice. Medical aesthetic treatments are performed or supervised by our medical director, Marc L. Epstein, M.D. What is right for you is decided at consultation based on your skin and your health history.
A complimentary consultation is the easiest way to settle it. We will personalize the option that suits your skin, your schedule and your budget.
