Top Plastic Surgeon Gets Candid About Facial Procedures

The biggest myth Dr. Truesdale wants to bust is that skincare and facial exercises can stop aging. Aging is natural, and it’s not about trying to stop it, instead the goal should be to feel good — however you chose to. Dr. Truesdale stresses that  the real changes start at the bone level. Your eye sockets widen, your cheekbones recede, your jawbone shrinks, and on top of that your collagen production drops off a cliff around 40. No serum can touch bone. He also shares that when it comes to aging and where it shows up the earliest, it’s almost always the eye area. Little wrinkles, some sagging, a bit of hooding. The mouth and jawline follow. Many changes are usually tied to hormonal shifts. Estrogen changes during perimenopause and menopause can trigger a noticeable jump in visible aging, almost like a step function rather than a slow fade.