Something new to be neurotic about- temple hollowing. Among facial reconstruction professionals, this is not news. It hardly ranks as a disfigurement, just one of many effects of aging.

Just when I thought I’d heard of everything, along comes the aesthetic condition of temple hollowing. This condition results from the underlying tissues of the temple thinning to produce a hollowed-out effect. The result is an older, more peanut shaped or skeletal appearance to one’s head.

It is a normal consequence of aging or excessive exercise. By injecting a filler, temple hollowing can be filled in to produce a more youthful appearance.

I’ll place this in either the “Who knew?” or the “Who cares?” basket.

Now that I am aware of this aesthetic anomaly, I suppose I will see it everywhere.