YOU ’ RE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO START FIGHTING FACIAL AGING - DR SHERYL SMITHIES
LIKE IT OR NOT , THE AGEING PROCESS BEGINS MUCH EARLIER THAN WE THINK , FROM AS EARLY AS OUR TWENTIES , AND THE AFFECTS ARE USUALLY MOST VISIBLE OUR FACE . FOR MOST OF US , WRINKLES , DROOPING EYELIDS , AND A LOSS OF SKIN ELASTICITY ARE THE SIGHS OF GETTING OLDER , AND WISER . HOWEVER , OTHER LESS NOTICEABLE CHANGES HAPPENING BENEATH THE SURFACE ALSO GREATLY IMPACT THE OVERALL LOOK AND FEEL OF OUR FACES .
DR SHERYL SMITHIES , A TOP CAPE TOWN BASED AESTHETIC DENTAL SURGEON AND FACIAL AESTHETIC PRACTITIONER SHARES SOME LIGHT ON VARIOUS OPTIONS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET TO HELP COMBAT FACIAL AGING .
1 . FIXING YOUR JAW WILL FIX YOUR FACE .
ONE OFTEN OVERLOOKED ASPECT OF FACIAL AGING IS THE GRADUAL DECREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE JAWBONE , WHICH LEADS TO SHIFTING OF TEETH TO ACCOMMODATE THE DIMINISHING SPACE IN OUR MOUTHS . OVER THE YEARS , THIS CAN RESULT IN TEETH BECOMING CROOKED AND MISALIGNED , AFFECTING THE OVERALL HARMONY OF THE FACE .
ADDED TO THIS , IS THE GRADUAL WEARING DOWN OF THE SURFACE OF OUR TEETH DUE TO NATURAL WEAR AND TEAR CAUSED BY EATING , GRINDING , AND CLENCHING . THIS CAUSES OUR TEETH TO BECOME SHORTER , CHIPPED , AND WORN . NOT A GOOD LOOK AT ANY AGE !
DR . SHERYL SMITHIES EXPLAINS THAT REJUVENATING TEETH BONDING , OR VENEERS , CAN EFFECTIVELY REBUILD THE WORN-OFF AREAS OF TEETH , RESTORING THEIR YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE AND BY ADDING A TOOTH WHITENING TREATMENT , YOUR SMILE CAN BE ELEVATED TO A LEVEL THAT IS BOTH APPEALING AND BRIGHTER .
“ WITH ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY , TREATMENTS LIKE THIS CAN BE ENTIRELY NON-INVASIVE , BONDING DIRECTLY TO THE NATURAL TOOTH STRUCTURE WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE ,” SHE SAYS .
DR . SMITHIES EMPHASISES THAT THESE DENTAL ISSUES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OLDER FACES APPEARING MISERABLE , TIRED , SAD , OR UNHAPPY , CONVEYING A RANGE OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS THAT DO NOT REFLECT AN INDIVIDUAL ' S TRUE FEELINGS . GENETICS , ALONG WITH FACTORS LIKE SUN EXPOSURE , SMOKING , DIET , EXERCISE , AND STRESS , CAN ALSO NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE RATE AT WHICH WE AGE . 2 . IT ’ S NEVER TOO LATE TO ALIGN YOUR TEETH .
TO PREVENT A SAGGING AND OLDER-LOOKING FACE , DR . SHERYL SMITHIES ADVISES INDIVIDUALS TO CONSIDER CLEAR ALIGNER THERAPY TEETH THERAPY AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE .
“ BY ALIGNING TEETH AT VARIOUS INTERVALS THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE , YOU CAN MAINTAIN THE PROPER POSITIONING OF TEETH WITHIN THE FACE AND POTENTIALLY REVERSE THE AGING PROCESS ON THE BONE STRUCTURE , PROMOTING BETTER QUALITY BONES AND TEETH . IT CAN ALSO IMPROVE A CHANGING SMILE BY REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF AGING AND PLACING THE TEETH IN A MORE YOUTHFUL POSITION ,” EXPLAINS DR . SMITHIES .