Facial balancing is a minimally-invasive cosmetic procedure that uses a holistic approach to improve facial proportions and symmetry, rather than focusing on a single concern. The goal is to enhance your natural features in a way that creates overall facial harmony. Learn more about facial balancing, how it works, and whether it’s the right procedure for your aesthetic goals.
Facial Balancing Treatment
Facial balancing is a cosmetic treatment that improves the proportion, symmetry, and harmony of your facial features. Rather than treating one area on its own, our experienced facial balancing aesthetic injectors at NM Aesthetics will assess your face as a whole and strategically place filler in your temples, cheeks, chin, jawline, and lips to create more balanced facial features. Facial asymmetry is common, but when features appear noticeably disproportionate, they can affect how balanced the face looks overall.
How Does Facial Balancing Work?
Facial balancing is a customized procedure that considers your unique facial structure, quality of skin, and areas of concern to create greater harmony and proportion. You can typically expect some swelling and bruising with facial balancing, though some patients experience minimal to none and leave looking relatively normal. Treatments can be done in multiple sessions, which allows for adjustments based on your goals and results. Common facial balancing treatments include:
Dermal Fillers
Dermal fillers are made from hyaluronic acid, and add volume and definition to the face. They’re used to add volume to the cheeks, sharpen the jawline, plump lips, and to enhance other facial features.
Neuromodulators
Neuromodulators (i.e., Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Daxxify, Jeuveau, Letybo etc.), relax specific muscles to soften wrinkles, slim the jawline, or lift the brows for a more balanced look.
What Does Facial Balancing Help With?
Correcting Natural Asymmetry
Facial balancing helps correct natural asymmetry by using dermal fillers to subtly tweak facial feature proportions and improve balance.
Treatment for Aging Skin
Facial balancing addresses aging skin by restoring lost volume rather than only treating surface changes. As skin ages and naturally loses collagen and fat, facial features can start to look less defined and balanced. Neuromodulators and dermal fillers help lift and contour areas like the cheeks, temples, and jawline for a refreshed and youthful appearance while maintaining your natural features.
Naturally Enhances Facial Features
Facial balancing naturally enhances facial features by improving proportions and restoring areas of volume loss so the face looks more harmonious. The procedure works with your facial features to subtly add definition to areas like the cheeks, jawline, chin, and lips where certain areas may appear hollowed or less supported. This holistic facial approach helps avoid an “overdone appearance" by addressing features together rather than one at a time.
What Are Results from Facial Balancing?
Facial balancing results vary from person to person, and there is no way to predict exactly how long they will last. Results are designed to look natural, with gradual improvements that enhance overall facial harmony while maintaining your unique features. Dermal fillers gradually break down over time, while neuromodulators slowly wear off, and many patients choose to maintain their results with treatments scheduled annually or more frequently depending on their individual goals.
Facial Balancing Treatment at NM Aesthetics in the DMV Area
Before your facial balancing treatment, one of our aesthetic injectors will do an in-depth consultation to assess your facial proportions, skin quality, and areas of concern.We’ll create a personalized treatment plan tailored to your facial features. Contact us by filling out our form online or calling us at (571) 310-3223. We serve clients in Northern Virginia and the DMV area, and are conveniently located in Ballston Exchange.
FAQs
How is facial balancing different from filler in one area?
Instead of focusing on a single facial feature, facial balancing takes a whole-face approach to enhance symmetry, structure, and proportion in multiple areas.
What areas of the face determine symmetry and balance?
Facial symmetry and balance are mainly determined by how the eyes, midface (nose and cheeks), lips, chin, and jawline relate to each other, along with overall facial proportions.
Is facial balancing painful?
This procedure is generally well tolerated, but ProNox is also available to help patients feel more at ease during treatment.
How do I know if I need facial balancing?
A consultation with an experienced nurse injector at NM Aesthetics is the best way to determine if facial balancing aligns with your goals and facial structure.