Highlands Cheek Lift doctors
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Robert T. Buchanan, MD
Highlands Plastic Surgeon
209 Hospital Dr Suite 202, Highlands |
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I am 31 years old. I have extremely hollow flat cheeks, hollow eyes, and now pre jowls and lots of new lines forming and dents on chin. My skin is very much lacking elasticity as it feels loose and no firmness. All of this happenend within 1 year (ever since I turned 30). I believe I have prematurely aged (8 to 10) years sooner than normal as I have been a smoker. I am extremely depressed about these changes. I used to have a heart shape face and now it looks long & flat, pre jowls. Help?
You are right, smoking can add 10-15 years to your face. This can be reversed in a number of ways. For the flat central face, the best initial treatment is use of a filler, either something like Radiesse or fat. With more advanced aging, accompanied by changes around the eye, then a lower Blepharoplasty with cheek lift would be ideal. To get rid of the “pre-jowls,” fillers may be effective now. With more changes, only a type of Facelift will correct the problem. I prefer the MACS Lift for someone like you, as it can be done with, probably, no post-auricular scar. I am sorry I can not be more specific, but the picture does not have enough resolution to allow any real evaluation of your problem.