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Do I Need Lipo or a Facelift? (photo)
I am 50 years old and have noticed fat under my chin, slight jowling and some slight puckering/wrinkles in my neck. I have seen two plastic surgeons. One says I am a good candidate for neck lipo with fat injections to the pre-jowl area and a small sub-mental skin excision. The other said my skin is borderline and may sag after lipo. Both are Board Certified Plastic Surgeons. I don't know which opinion to trust more. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Happy_Girl
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Face lift or camouflage
The changes in contour that your have described are common. The laxity and descent of the cheek fat pads tends to roll around the more fixed mouth muscles which leads to jowling and submental skin excess. Performing liposuction of the submental region regardless of the method used will help remove volume but will not typically address the skin issue. Fat grafting will serve as a camouflage technique, while a high SMAS lift will reposition the cheek fat and correct many of your concerns...
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Do I Need Lipo or a Facelift? (photo)
Some type of expertly preformed mini face/neck lift. Additionally, Smart Lipo 12 t0 18 watts to treat the submental area. Fat grafting enhanced with PRP to areas of the face.
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Do I Need Lipo or a Facelift?
I have performed Face Lifts for over 20 years and IMHO, from these photos your face has excess fat and skin. A minimal incision Face Lift with micro-liposuction of the excess face and neck fatty tissues of the face would address these issues. The chin is weak which could be balanced using a chin implant placed through an incision under the chin. The same incision could be used to remove some of the excess neck skin. These limited dissection Face Lifts can be...
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Neck Lift with Lipo - New York, NY
The procedure I had was a neck lift with lipo- a small incision under the chin, all fat...
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Liposuction versus facelift
Most women that are 50 years old will need a facelift or neck lift to improve the submental area and jowls.
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Alternative plan would be lipo and a Mixto "shrink" of the neck and face
We have done patients just as you with a combination of liposuction and laser.
The new fractionated CO2 lasera in experienced hands can be used for skin tightening of the neck.
This allows us to use liposuction in the neck at the same time as the Mixto in the entire face and neck to get some very nice results. It is done under just oral sedation and some local anesthesia and is less expensive than a surgical neck lift.
However, it does not give as dramatic a...
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Lipo, facelift, or both
It's hard to determine precisely what you need from the pictures that you posted. From the picture on the far left it looks like you would benefit from lipocontouring of the neck in order to remove excess submental fat. Given your age, it is possible that liposuction alone could leave you with some skin sagging due to loss of skin elasticity due to the aging process. Because of this I think that a facelift in combination with lipocontouring of the neck would give you the best result.
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Facelift or liposuction of the neck.
A facelift with liposuction is what you need to correct the sagging skin and fat. Your skin will sag if you do not remove the excess with a facelift.
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Facelift and liposuction
Usually after the age of 40, liposuction alone won't get you your desired results. When you remove the fat, the skin will then hang. Unless you have the elasticity of younger skin, you will need a tightening procedure. A facelift is a good option. If you are mainly interested in just the neck, then our trademarked U-Lift would be a good option.
Good luck.
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Facelifting or Liposuction?
Thank you for the question and pictures.
Although it is hard to give you good advice without direct examination, based on your description of “slight gelling and puckering/wrinkles in the neck", I think it is relatively clear that you will have a better result with face lifting rather than liposuction surgery.
Liposuction surgery is very dependent on skin elasticity which may be decreased about the age of 40.
I think you will be able to make the best...
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Liposculpture and Facelift for Jowls and Sagging Skin
In my experience (performing face lift surgery in New York for more than 15 years using all techniques), light skin which is "borderline" loose needs some type of tightening. I understand there may be some hesitancy related to the shape of your face. The views show "jowls" which I treat typically with both liposculpure and facelift. It's up to you to decide if you're willing to address your concerns but also to accept skin being loose and wrinkled after "conservative" procedures. I also...
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Lipo or lift
The short answer is that it is hard to know. But if you are 50, even if you get away with lipo alone now, you will likely need a lift in a few years
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Treatment of the Neck and Jowl
Your question leads to an either/or answer regarding the need for liposuction and fat injection or jowl tightening with a procedure such as a midface lift. Noting that you have 50 year old skin, I think both of your consultants are correct and you need both liposuction of the neck, fat harvesting for fat injection in the perioral area and the marionette lines as well as a midface lift concentrating on the jawline. I believe you cannot get a nice tight jawline without surgery nor can...
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Lipo or Facelift
Judging by these photos you would benefit nicely from the combination of the procedures. Just performing one or the other will not ultimately give you the best result.
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Loose Submental Skin in a 50 year old - Facelift or Liposuction?
Every women has different needs and desires. Women start to have skin laxity in their late thirties and early forties. Your plastic surgeon will evaluate how much excess fat you have in your neck, whether you have muscle plications and weather their is loose skin.
Liposuction will help extra fat, and if their is mild loose skin.
A better result can be obtained by aperative Necklift or a Facelift - depending on how much laxity you have in the cheek and jowl region...
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