New Frontiers

Forget “forever young.” The new name of the game is aging gracefully. And thanks to a spate of new products and technology—from wrinkle removers that actually let you smile to fat blasters for the subtlest of smoothing—that objective is more attainable than ever.

- Megan Deem

GOLDEN LOBES: HOLLYWOOD’S NEWEST SPOT TREATMENT

We can thank the trend of “ear parties” (those constellations of earrings that dance up the sides of each ear) for alerting us to an entirely new body part about which to have a complex—our lobes: specifically, those that are too thin (due to genetics orto aging) and cause Noor Fares wings to droop or Jemma Wynne solitaires to point in wonky directions. “Studies have shown that if your earlobes look saggy, droopy, and kind of aged, it can negatively impact how others perceive you,” says Laurel Naversen Geraghty, MD, a dermatologist in Medford, Oregon, citing research such as a 2015 paper in the Journal of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery that found drooping lobes contributed to making a person appear more tired, older, and generally less attractive. Geraghty uses Juvéderm to plump up anemic ears. “We can give a youthful curvature to the earlobe, plus fullness and support.”

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: A SAFER WAY TO FILL UP