Table 1.
Typical Age-related Changes in Facial Appearance and Their Common Decade of Occurrence
| ≤20s | 30s–40s | 50+ |
|---|---|---|
| Smooth, glowing skin | Onset of fine rhytids and photodamage | Deepening static and dynamic rhytids with significant photodamage |
| Continuous contours | ||
| Onset of facial grooves and foldsIncreased soft tissue laxity | Volume/projection loss at all tissue levels | |
| Defined facial borders | Deepened folds | |
| Gravitational descent from significant tissue laxity and volume loss |