Cheer up love! tweakments that fix grumpy resting face

Has gravity left you looking permanently sad? Rosie Green investigates if cosmetic tweakments can make her look happier

“Cheer up love, it might never happen” has to be in the most infuriating sentence in the english language. especially if, at that precise moment, you’d been feeling quite happy because you’re daydreaming about a tryst with, say Aidan turner, or deep diving into a vat of Whispering Angel rosé. So why is your face telling a different story? Sad face is the result of our skin shifting southward, gravity taking its toll. the upside-down triangle of youth (cheekbones tapering to a chin) reverses and the cheekbones become less prominent, while the jawline gets fuller and softer.

Dr tracy mountford, the beauty editor’s go-to injector, cites gum recession and bone loss in the skull as a contributing factor, “as it reduces the support in the face.” “this means everything becomes a bit concave,” says

Dr Dondos, a cosmetic doctor known for her subtle approach. “the jaw moves back and the nose dips. also, as we age, we lose fat in our face. this is especially noticeable in the mid-cheek area.”

alice Hart-Davis, a well respected beauty journalist with a new book called The Tweakments Guide, adds that over time, “our default expressions, whether that is a quizzical frown or a pursed mouth, become indelibly etched onto our features.”

Phew, if that all makes for grim reading, the good news is you can very effectively counter this with nonsurgical cosmetic treatments and some good skincare. “a facelift would have been the drastic, old-fashioned way to address this, but now it is much smarter to start with a series of small tweaks,” says alice. If you want to tackle grumpy resting face (GRF), the treatments below are pricey, but they really work.

“Five years ago it was about focusing on a specific ‘problem area’, say erasing a wrinkle, but now it’s about looking at the face as a whole”