The Neck and Jawline Move Perceived Age Most

Researchers in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal built an aged three-dimensional facial model, rejuvenated one region at a time, and asked a hundred and one observers to rank the results from youngest to oldest. The neck and jawline variant was ranked youngest most often; the perioral region was ranked oldest most often. It is a perception study on a digital model, not an outcomes study on patients, so it speaks to where attention goes rather than to what any operation achieves. It is still a useful argument for treating the face and neck as one unit.