Facelift

The concept of facelifting has changed dramatically in the last ten years. The old concept of overtightening the skin to achieve a young look is way behind us. Much more sophisticated concepts have come into play which involve repositioning deeper tissues to a highter position and even filling hollowed areas with fat such as the upper cheeks, lower eyelids, and around the mouth. There is much less need to pull skin tight.

In the case above, this younger lady had early skin looseness and tissue dropping. By using an incision behind the hairline, all of the tissues were raised up and back. In addition, fat was removed from her stomach and placed in her cheeks to refill her lower lids and creating a more shapely face. Despite the make-up after surgery, the difference in the shape of her face is obvious.

In this case, a similar pattern of looseness and dropping of tissue was seen in this female who had now quit smoking after many years but was left with much wrinkling and loss of tissue around the mouth. Along with lifting the tissues, fat was used to fill in the hollow areas, particularly around the mouth. Even the after surgery make-up does not hide the definite fullness around the mouth which gives her a much more youthful appearance.

More examples of our Facelift Procedures performed