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Hollow Temples
Most people worry about lines, jowls or a heavy neck long before they ever think about their temples. Yet the temple is one of the first places I look at when someone comes in asking why they “look tired” or “just look older” without being able to say why. Hollowing here changes the whole architecture of the upper face, and it is far more common than patients realise.
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What causes Hollow Temples?
The temple region sits between the eyebrow, the hairline and the top of the cheekbone. It is not a flat area at all. Underneath the skin there is a layer of fat, muscle and, deeper still, bone. All three of these can change with age.
As we get older, we lose fat volume in the temple, the temporalis muscle can thin slightly, and the bone of the temporal fossa itself remodels and loses density. The result is a sunken, concave appearance where there was once a smooth, gentle curve running from the brow into the hairline. I see this most often in patients who are naturally lean, athletic or have a low body fat percentage, since they have less padding here to begin with. Genetics plays a part too. Some of my patients in their thirties already have noticeably hollow temples, while others in their sixties still have reasonable volume.
Temple hollowing rarely stays in its own lane. Because the temple sits at the top of the mid-face, losing volume there takes away support from the structures below it. This is one of the reasons I tell patients that a saggy lower face or heavy jowl cannot always be fixed by treating the jowl alone. If the temple has collapsed, the brow drops, the upper eyelid can look hooded, and the whole face reads as tired or older than it is.
Why the temple gets overlooked
In over a decade of practice, the temple is probably the area I have to point out to patients rather than the other way round. People come in fixated on a nasolabial fold or thin lips, and I end up bringing the conversation back to their temples because that is where the real change would make a difference. It is not a glamorous area and it does not photograph as an obvious “before and after” in the way lips or cheeks do, so it gets far less attention on social media than it deserves. That does not make it any less important. If anything, I would argue it is one of the most undertreated areas in aesthetic medicine.
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Dermal fillers
My preferred approach for the majority of patients is a hyaluronic acid dermal filler placed carefully into the temple. This is not an area for a soft, cushioned filler used elsewhere on the face. The temple needs a firmer, more structural product injected deep, close to the bone, to rebuild the support that has been lost. Done well, this restores the natural curve of the temple, lifts the tail of the brow slightly, and eases the load on the mid and lower face. Many patients are surprised at how much softer and more rested their whole face looks after treating an area they had never even considered.
This is also one of the more technically demanding areas to inject. The temple has an intricate blood supply, including branches of the temporal artery, so precise knowledge of the anatomy and a careful injection technique matter enormously. This is not an area I would ever recommend having treated by someone without proper medical training.
Biostimulators and skin quality treatments
For patients who are not yet ready for volume replacement, or who want to slow down further loss, skin biostimulators such as Julaine of Sweden can help support the tissue and improve quality in the area. These will not replace lost volume in the same way a filler does, but they have their place, particularly in younger patients starting to notice early changes.
What to expect at consultation
I never treat temples in isolation without seeing the whole face. During your consultation, I will assess your temple, brow position, cheek volume and skin quality together, because these areas all influence each other. We will talk through your concerns, what a realistic result looks like for you, and build a treatment plan around your face rather than a generic template. Some patients need temple treatment alone. Others need it alongside cheek or jaw treatment to get a balanced, natural result.
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