Peter Attia· MD
Uh, and then as Susan said, of course, the fat compartments are a critical component of our facial aesthetics. And as we lose all that volume, the reason why people start to look more skeletal as we age,
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Uh, and then as Susan said, of course, the fat compartments are a critical component of our facial aesthetics. And as we lose all that volume, the reason why people start to look more skeletal as we age,
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And you see about 11 different fat compartments in the youthful face that on each side of the face that are plump, they're robust, they're giving volume and they're giving a padding between the skin and the muscle and the underlying bones. And then you look at someone who's in their late 60s and you peel the skin away and you see a dramatic atrophy in all those fat pads.
the role of the fat compartments in the face are to allow muscle glide. So the muscles can move over each other when you smile, talk, eat, chew, all of that.