Facial Balancing

Facial balancing is an advanced aesthetic approach to enhancing the harmony and proportion of facial features.

Dr. Jennifer Levine is double board-certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology. She leads her practice with extensive experience, a deep knowledge of the intricacies of facial anatomy, and a commitment to safe, patient-focused care. By focusing on the overall balance of facial features rather than isolated areas, she creates natural-looking results that enhance each patient’s unique beauty. This comprehensive method can address asymmetry, volume loss, and other concerns to achieve a more balanced and aesthetically pleasing appearance.

Contact us online or call our office at (212) 517-9400 to schedule a consultation and learn more about facial balancing!

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About Facial Balancing

Facial balancing involves the strategic use of dermal fillers, neuromodulators, and other non-surgical treatments to enhance the overall symmetry and proportions of the face. Rather than focusing on the individual areas, facial balancing considers the face as a whole to bring the cheeks, chin, jawline, lips, and more into harmony. ⁽¹⁾ This approach can address various concerns, including:

Candidates

Facial balancing treatments may be ideal if you are seeking non-surgical ways to improve natural facial proportions, symmetry, and youthful contours. Candidates typically have mild facial asymmetry, feel that certain features are disproportionate, or have mild volume loss due to natural aging. If these concerns resonate with you, then you may benefit greatly. ⁽²⁾ To qualify for these treatments, you must also be in good general health, have no allergies or sensitivities to the ingredients of certain injectables, and hold realistic expectations for your results.

Available Facial Balancing Treatments

Facial balancing employs precise injections and advanced technologies to enhance facial proportions. These can deliver impressive results as standalone procedures, or they can combine to become more than the sum of their parts.

Dermal Fillers and Biostimulators

Dermal fillers, such as Juvederm, Restylane, and Radiesse, restore volume, enhance contours, and improve symmetry. Juvederm and Restylane are made with hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring substance with strong moisture-binding capabilities. Radiesse is made from calcium hydroxylapatite, which stimulates collagen production. These ingredients help to plump, volumize, and hydrate the skin. Dr. Levine can strategically place these fillers in areas like the cheeks, temples, jawline, and chin to achieve a balanced look.

Neuromodulators

Neuromodulators like Botox, Dysport, and Xeomin relax targeted muscles, reducing the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. These treatments can help balance facial expressions and refresh your appearance.

Emface

Emface combines radiofrequency (RF) and high-intensity focused electrical energies to lift and tighten the skin while enhancing muscle tone. These modalities gently heat underlying tissues to boost collagen and elastin production, which tightens and smooths the skin.

Evoke

Evoke uses bipolar RF energy to remodel and tighten the skin. It is particularly effective for facial contouring and skin tightening, providing a more youthful appearance. It achieves this by reducing submental fat to define jawline contours while also stimulating new elastin and collagen production.

Ultherapy PRIME

Ultherapy PRIME uses micro-focused ultrasound energy to stimulate collagen production deep within the skin. It is a non-invasive treatment that lifts, tightens, and enhances overall elasticity and firmness.

PDO Thread Lift

A PDO thread lift places special threads into the face, which then pull and reposition the soft tissues of sagging facial skin. Dr. Levine will place barbed threads into deep dermal layers, anchoring them to sagging tissues. Over time, these will raise tissues and stimulate collagen production to redefine contours.

BBL Hero

BBL Hero is an advanced light therapy treatment that addresses fine lines and wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, redness, and poor skin texture. It targets deep skin layers with broadband light, which then stimulates collagen production and enhances skin health.

Exion

Exion is an innovative, non-invasive skin rejuvenation device that can significantly tighten and rejuvenate the skin. Exion also employs radiofrequency and ultrasound energies along with microneedling to boost collagen and hyaluronic acid production, thus improving hydration, volume, and radiance.

Dr. Jennifer Levine’s Expert Approach to Facial Balancing

Dr. Levine’s approach focuses on achieving natural-looking and harmonious results through attentive care. She carefully assesses each patient’s facial structure, skin condition, and aesthetic goals to create a comprehensive treatment plan for their unique concerns. By combining advanced techniques and treatments, she ensures that the final results remain in balance and enhance the patient’s natural beauty.

Combining treatments enhances the effects of facial balancing. Common pairings include:

Dermal Fillers and Neuromodulators

As neuromodulators relax wrinkles, dermal fillers restore lost volume. This combination addresses static and dynamic wrinkles and sunken features, enhancing overall facial harmony.

Dermal Fillers and Ultherapy PRIME

Ultherapy PRIME will tighten and lift the skin, and dermal fillers will replace volume. This combination can also create significant collagen growth.

Dermal Fillers and PDO Threads

Receiving dermal fillers alongside a PDO thread lift will provide an immediate volume increase and long-term improvements in lift and collagen growth.

BBL Hero and Exion

Combining BBL Hero with Exion can enhance overall facial rejuvenation. BBL Hero targets pigmentation, redness, and fine lines, while Exion’s radiofrequency energy stimulates deeper collagen production and tightens the skin. This combination enhances skin health at the surface level and in deeper layers.

Personal Consultation

During your personal consultation, Dr. Levine will evaluate your medical history and examine your facial appearance. She will look for features that appear asymmetrical or out of balance, also carefully examining wrinkles, sagging, uneven skin tone, scarring, and hyperpigmentation. With the information that comes from this evaluation, she will create a personalized treatment plan that targets your concerns and aesthetic goals. She will also address any questions or concerns you may have, as her goal is to make you feel comfortable and confident approaching your treatment. Contact us online or call our office at (212) 517-9400 to schedule your personal consultation.

Procedure

During your consultation, Dr. Levine will have mapped your facial features to identify the areas to treat. When you arrive for your procedure, you and she will reconfirm these details. Next, she will apply a topical numbing agent to your face to reduce any discomfort. For injections, she will mark precise injection points to enhance accuracy, then she will administer either your dermal fillers or neuromodulators. She will place neuromodulators into targeted muscles to slim the jaw, reduce frown or glabellar lines, lift features around the eyes, or more. She will inject dermal fillers using a blunt-tipped micro-cannula to minimize scarring and target the deeper layers of the skin. Dermal fillers usually target the cheeks, temples, or chin to lift the lower face. Non-surgical treatments like Ultherapy PRIME, PDO threads, Exion, and BBL Hero require topical anesthesia and use ultrasound waves, fine needles, threads, intense pulsed light, or radiofrequency energy to target deep skin tissues and stimulate collagen, lift the face, and improve skin quality. These are all in-office treatments and typically take 30-60 minutes.

Results

Facial balancing treatments enhance your natural proportions and symmetry. Under Dr. Levine’s expert, double board-certified care, you can redefine your natural facial contours, soften fine lines and wrinkles, and achieve a rejuvenated, balanced, and harmonious look across facial features. Results are long-lasting, but not permanent. You may require touch-ups to preserve the effects of injectables and certain other treatments.

Cost of Facial Balancing in New York City, NY

The cost of your facial balancing treatment(s) varies depending on the complexity of your concerns, the procedures you undergo, and your overall aesthetic goals. Dr. Levine will provide a detailed cost outline during your personal consultation, ensuring you understand all associated costs and feel confident entering treatment. Contact us online or call our office at (212) 517-9400 to schedule your personal consultation!

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References

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2. Moradi A, Montes JR, Humphrey S, et al. A Unified Approach to Facial Contours and Volume Correction: The Role of the Cheek and the Chin. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2024;12(10):e6219-e6219. doi:https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000006219