Is my face too big? Try these 3 tricks to achieve a V-shaped face: pull, pinch, and bite to test your facial slimming potential!
Are you troubled by a large face? Have you tried every possible method to slim your face without any results? As the saying goes, there are no ugly women, only lazy women. Not everyone is born with a delicate, small face. A large face is not a problem. Many beautiful women and handsome men have found the right way to "slim down" their faces to achieve their radiant beauty. If you want to slim your face, you can seek help from cosmetic procedures.
However, before attempting any facial slimming techniques, it's recommended to test your facial features at home using the following three methods to ensure you still have the potential for improvement. This will prevent you from blindly pursuing a perfectly small face that doesn't align with current aesthetic standards and could actually detract from your overall appearance.
Pull, pinch, and bite – test your potential for improvement if you have a large face!
Pull it out! Confirm the extent and severity of skin sagging and drooping.
From age 25 to 30, as we age, we lose collagen in our faces, and our skin doesn't feel as supple and plump as before. Gravity can also cause it to sag noticeably, leading to a less defined facial contour and a double chin, all of which make the face look bigger.
To find out if your large face is due to skin aging and sagging, you can test it yourself in the mirror at home. Touch the hollow area below your cheekbone with your finger and press the skin back and forth (or up and down). If the skin has room to move and you can see that lifting and lifting has improved the nasolabial folds or wrinkles around the mouth, it means that the skin has sagged and shifted. It is different from the firm skin condition and position when you were young, making your mid-face look longer and your face look bigger.
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Pinch it! The thickness of facial fat also plays a role!
Besides sagging and loose skin, signs of aging are often accompanied by tissue depressions, making one appear much older. Generally speaking, with sufficient fat, the skin tissue has better support, the face is relatively plump and elastic, and it doesn't sag, giving a youthful appearance. However, if there is too much fat, it can create the illusion of flat features and a round face.
Although facial hollowing can change the shape of the face as fat is lost with age, making the face appear smaller at first glance, the aged look caused by the hollowing is often haggard and aging, which is hard to accept. At this time, it is necessary to use hyaluronic acid or autologous fat to fill the hollows, so that the facial fat is just right, plump but not fat, avoiding the problem of too much fat making the face look big and too little fat making it look old.
Common areas requiring facial sculpting include the forehead, cheeks, eye sockets, temples, and tear troughs. For more details on facial sculpting, please refer to the explanation provided by Arsty Clinic.Autologous fat grafting for facial sculpting – filling in sunken cheeks, forehead, and tear troughs to create a full, plump, and healthy-looking face.
Testing the thickness of subcutaneous fat can assess whether there is room for facial slimming. Try pinching the widest part of your face; if you can pinch more than one centimeter of flesh, there is obviously too much fat, making your face look chubby. Further cosmetic procedures may be considered.Fat-reducing injectionsOrFacial liposuctionTo slim your face.
△Local bulges are difficult to eliminate through exercise. Liposuction surgery can reshape a V-shaped face with a short recovery period and high efficiency. The slimming effect is better than cosmetic fat reduction injections that require 2 or 3 treatments.
Take a bite! A chewing muscle test: can botox help?
If the chewing muscles are overdeveloped, the face may become asymmetrical, and the facial lines may form obvious angles on the sides of the face, making the face look bigger.
To test the size of your chewing muscles, gently place your hands on your jaw and try clenching your teeth. If you feel hard muscles on both sides of your cheeks, that's where your chewing muscles are. When you clench your teeth, the chewing muscles will push outwards, which means your chewing muscles are very developed. You can try using Botox to slim your face to improve this.
△Experienced doctors can understand the reasons for a person's large face through pre-operative consultation, and then recommend a suitable V-face treatment based on individual circumstances.
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Further reading:
▍【Dr. Wei-Cheng Ching's Viewpoint】On Facial Reshaping Surgery
Why do some people experience sagging and loosening of the face after jaw reduction surgery? 3 key preventative measures to avoid premature aging!
▍Saving a Sunken and Tired Face: Facial Filler [Plastic Surgeon - Dr. Hsin-Yu Chen]
