Cheek Wrinkles After Lower Face Lift

Dear Lower Facelift Patient from Illinois, According to your description you had a lower facelift and it has given you a great result, correcting your jowls and neck. Remember aging process affects the entire face. At this point your lower face is rejuvenated, yet your mid face is still showing signs of aging. To treat this area, you need fat grafting to fill the area or you may choose to have laser resurfacing to correct the mid face creases. Good luck and good healing   more

Hello Mary Lou, This is a very good question. I will try to answer it taking into account various reasons you might be experiencing these wrinkles and providing possible solutions to them. Scenario #1: You had your facelift recently It is not uncommon that in the early recovery process of a facelift that there is swelling of skin and underlying tissues. As a result wrinkles, puckering of skin, lumps and bumps, folds, etc. are common and in majority of cases go away as the healing... more

I understand this fantastic question. At times, the vector of lift is too horizontal and less vertical. I have seen this in many post-operative patients. This can be corrected, but it can usually be avoided by carrying the incision slightly higher in the temple. Obviously you need to see a qualified surgeon. I would start by communicating with your previous surgeon. I would also ask for a second opinion. I think you will likely require a second... more

I would recommend see a doctor that has access to multiple techniques such as laser, fillers, and possibly an Aesthetician. I think with the combination of all these possibilities one can find an answer that would fix what you desire. It is hard to give you an idea on line with no pictures. Best of Luck!

Deeply etched lines in the face and neck can be redistributed and re-oriented based on the vector of elevation of the original Facelift procedure. Sometimes this is correctable and sometimes not, but will likely require facial resurfacing (fractionated or fully ablative CO2 laser).

A lower facelift is a powerful and effective procedure to recontour the lower face, the jaw, and neck. During this procedure, the deep tissue of the neck is identified, the excess fat is treated, and this tissue is resuspended to be stronger tissue around the ear and skull. It is possible that you may be seeing are some of the underlying structures that have been resuspended to help contour the lower portion of your face. At this time, it is best to wait to see if these lines will... more

You perhaps should have had a full facelift.  However, deep wrinkles after a facelift will probably demand laser resurfacing, as unpleasant as that can be.

It is difficult to tell you what to do about this lines without seeing them. Many times this is from the positioning of the skin when redraping it during  a facelift.

A facelift will re-drape the skin, fat, and muscle and correct jowls but it doesn't do anythign to change the quality of the skin itself. Without seeing you, it's hard to know for sure what the best way to treat your horizontal cheek wrinkles are, but it sounds like you might need laser resurfacing or a chemical peel to improve your skin. This is particularly likely if you have alot of prior sun damage and/or if you are a smoker.

There can be many reasons for the wrinkles and without seeing them one can only guess. You would be smart to get a second opinion as well as discussing this with your original surgeon.