Do You Always Get a Mid Face Lift with Lower Blephoplasty or Are They 2 Seperate Percedure

You can do the lower bleph by itself ($2500-3500) and the mid facelift by itself or both together quite easily.  It all depends on what your doc recommends and what you want.  Good luck.  David Hansen,MD

Mid facelift and lower blepharoplasty are two separate procedures.  However, they can be done together. You will need to have a consultation with a plastic surgeon to determine if you only need one or both of the procedures. A mid facelift addresses the hollowness under the lower eyelids and improves the position of the nasolabial folds. A lower blepharoplasty is a great procedure to correct under eye puffiness that is caused by an accumulation of fluid within the skin and excessive fatty deposits.

No, a lower eyelid lift or Blepharoplasty addresses the small bulges directly underneath the eye while a midface lift lifts the cheek area.    Both are common procedures and can be done together.  Consult further with your surgeon.  Good luck!

The lower eyelid area continues with the midface and cheek area. Some surgeons consider them as one unit, while other plastic surgeons consider them as completely separate. The goal of facial rejuvenation is to reduce the separation of the lower eyelid and midface, ie. eyelid bags & cheek sagging, that occurs with natural aging. One may be able to obtain some lift of the cheek with a lower blepharoplasty alone, but more commonly a separate procedure is required for adequate cheek lifting. 

Only after a comprehensive evaluation can a surgeon help determine appropriate options for you. Best of luck.

Dr. Chaboki

 

Lower mid face lift  is totally different procedure from lower lid blepheroplasty.

When doing lower lid blepheroplasty ( If the surgeon have the knowledge) one has access to the cheeck fat called ( SOOF) which can be dissected off the bone sparing a big nerve called the infraorbital nerve, then pulling the SOOF will improve the mid face . The pull of the SOOF can be from the lower lid or from a hailine incision in the temple and through an endoscope the SOOF can be pulled and results in a mid face lift.