Give me bigger lips. Take away my dark under-eye circles. Hide the hump on my nose. All of the aforementioned are common, I-want-to-inject-this-very-specific-area requests—and all of the aforementioned can be achieved with dermal filler. Make me look better. Tell me what to do, I trust you, is a different ask. It requires a holistic approach to dermal filler, and thanks in part to the wild before-and-afters shared on social media, has been dubbed facial balancing. The hashtag has 8.3 billion views on TikTok. And, as a result of the I-can’t-quite-put-my-finger-on-what’s-different-about-your-face transformations, it's being asked for by name more and more in practice. But to be frank: The technique itself is nothing new.
“Facial balancing is an approach that seeks to create a pleasing and balanced facial appearance by addressing facial asymmetry and proportions,” says board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Ira Savetsky, who specializes in aesthetics of the face, nose, body, and breasts. “The concept involves evaluating and adjusting different facial features to achieve better balance. This includes considering the relationship between facial elements like the eyes, nose, cheeks, chin, and lips to create overall harmony.”
