Lee's Summit Facelift doctors

When most people use the term Facelift they are referring to a lower facelift.  With that surgery,  the vast amount of improvement will be in the neck, the jowls (lower cheek tissue) and the marrionette lines.  You may see some improvement in the the nasolabial lines and upper cheeks but that is more variable.  A midface ift and brow lift will give more improvement to their respective areas.  Add on procedures can be done at the same time as a facelift to tailor your surgery further and address any particular problems.  Good luck!

As you can see by the large number of responses, this is a hot topic among plastic surgeons.  That's because there are so many claims being made of the benefits for using stem cells in cosmetic medicine and very little evidence to support those claims.  Do your research and avoid procedures that claim superiority based on unfounded data.  

I leave with these words of wisdom:

   -"There is a sucker born every minute."-P.T. Barnum

   -"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."-Mom

   _"Remember the marketing director never sleeps."-Lund

As others have stated; please consult with a board certified plastic surgeon and also look at the information on the websites of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and The American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Hope this helps.

In the past, facial aging theories believed that as the skin aged, it stretched and everything under it sagged and fell as it lost the support of the skin.  That is why the old facelift techniques really just pulled on the skin, using the skin to lift and support the underlying structures.  However, since skin stretches easily, the results of these procedures did not last long and with frequent revisions, gave that "pulled, windblown" look.

Over the past years, plastic surgeons have come to understand that aging of the face is far more complex that we ever imagined.  As we age, some of our tissues deflate, some inflate, and some migrate.  We also understand that with migration of the deeper tissues, the skin can stretch and sag but not as much as we used to think it did.  The modern facelift is a combination of procedures including lifting and tightening the deeper structures-though usually not the muscles-, filling in the deflated areas such as lips and tear troughs, and even liposuction in areas such as the neck if needed.  What this means is that the modern facelift is really a rejuvenation procedure which has to be customized for each patient and their individual areas of aging.  

Please consult with a board certified plastic surgeon who has experience in facial rejuvenation procedures to learn what options may be best for obtaining the results you desire.

Hope this helps.