Kennewick Lower Face Lift doctors

A chin implant is placed through a submental incision and is used to augment the mandible.  The implants are made of solid silicone and come in many different shapes and sizes.  If needed, they can easily be removed.  A lower face/neck lift is best performed on patients with significant jowling and/or laxity in the neck.  A midfacelift will not raise the corners of the mouth.  Consider cheek implants to augment flat cheek area rather than fillers in the lower face area.  

A comprehensive face/neck lift will lift the jowls, so a mid-facelift is unnecessary. If the cheeks are quite flat, lifting will help, although if more of a contour augmentation is preferred, then consideration for cheek implants inserted through an intraoral approach to augment the cheek area can be considered. A comprehensive lower face/neck lift will address jowls, any facial laxity, fat removal above and below the platysmal muscle, and tightening the neck muscles both the front and the posterior portion of the neck. Both procedures can be done at the same time as a brow lift. Low-set eyebrows must be present in order to undergo a brow lift.  

The incision for a neck lift is approximately a one inch incision in the submentum at the submental crease and two one-half incisions behind the ears. A lower face neck lift incision involves placing incisions on each side at the sideburn area, behind the tragus around the postauricular area of the ear, down at the hairline at the postauricular area, and weaving the incision back up into the hairline to prevent any stepoff or moving the hairline. Placement of the incisions are very important in a lower facelift in order to have natural results. Slightly longer incisions do have to be made when there is much excess skin that has to be redraped.