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Mini Facelift at 41, a Good Idea?

I am 41 years old and in excellent shape. I'd like my lower face to look more defined as I am starting to have too much fullness in that area. I had Restylane in my nasolabial folds /mouth area about 1year ago and I can still feel it under my skin.

Would a Mini FaceLift help my jaw line or perhaps filler in my cheeks to lift the area slightly? What I do not want is any more fullness in my lower face. My pic is with no smile so you can see me best. Thanks!

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12 Doctor Answers | Asked by kellyfish in Gulf Coast

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A MiniLift with Liposuction does great for fullness/sagging in the jawline/neck areas in 40 yr olds.

The fullness of the jowls/jawline does great with just liposuction alone for $2500 on special. But if there is sagging as well, then a minilift with liposuction is a great procedure with dramatic results for $6,000-8500 and can all be done safely and easily under local anesthesia. Sincerely, David Hansen,MD

David Hansen, MD

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Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

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Cheek lift for early aging

I can't see your neck in the photo so I will assume it is fine. A cheek lift or customized minifacelift would elevate the deep tissues vertically back up in your cheeks, make your face look more heart shaped rather than elongated and square. Your jawline wil be more tapered and jowls will be eliminated. As Dr. Moelleken has said, this is NOT a canned branded mini lift like a Lifestyle lift.

Minifacelift for women in their 40's

There are minor signs of aging in your face and jawline, and in the volume distribution of your face as a whole. There is no better way to correct those than with a mini-facelift (with some deep layer restructuring). Not an out-of-the-can variety, but one tailored to your face performed by an experienced facelift expert. There are other minor tweaks that can also be performed in other areas of the face as well (volume addition in select areas; eyelid area, etc to complete the picture). ... more

Mini Facelift at Age 41

Age is less important than the amount of facial aging. It appears that a mini facelift with underlying SMAS elevation will improve your jawline and minimize any early jowling. Adjunctive procedures such as fat augmentation or the injection of fillers can be used to refine the facial rejuvenation.

Richard W. Fleming, MD

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Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Mini face lift

If the neck is good then a mini face lift is ideal for you. You do nnot need any thing to your eyes. Cheeks are narrower than the distance from one angle of the jaw to the other. this shoud be the opposite where the cheeck bone to cheek bone distance should be wider than the cheeks. During the mini face lift this can be achieved by moving the fat up to the cheek bones. Choose a Board Certified PS with experience.

Minor Indications: Minilift

As already noted, you have early signs of aging in your lower face and jawline. Although you could certainly wait several years before considering doing anything at all, a properly performed mini-lift will help to improve the appearance of your lower face and jawline. However, it is important to note that this will help you "stay ahead of the curve"; it is not likely to produce a very dramatic result. As Drs. Moelleken and Rand noted, don't allow this opportunity for... more

Mini-facelifts for younger and older patients

I think more filler will add to fullness of your face. If you can pull your jowl up with your hand then you are probably a candidate for a minifacelift. Facial aging has more impact on surgery than your chronological age does. Some are ready for a minilift in their early 40s and some in their early 60s. Best, Dr. S.

Mini Facelift at 41, a Good Idea?

I agree with what has been stated. You would notice an improvement with a minilift to give you a more heart shaped facial appearance. If there is still a slight lack of volume in your cheek/zygoma unit then a modest fat transfer to this region superiorly would definitely augment that look and distract away from the lower half of your face creating a more youthful rosier look to the cheeks. This "camoflauge" maneuver works great in patient's who have to work... more

Mini lift at 41

It appears as if you have early jowl formation and some loss of volume of the mid face region. You would be an excellent candidate for a mini facelift provided the SMAS is addressed. Fat grafting would augment your mid face results.

Mini facelift

From one photo it is difficult to say what would be best for you. Certainly fillers are an option for some things. The mini-lift is usually good for early jowls and loose skin in the neck.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Mini lift at age 41 is common

In your particular case a min lift with liposuction of the jowls would be an excellent procedure. Filler or fat in your cheeks would not lift the jowl at all. If anything it would make it look fuller. Everyone is different as to when they start needing plastic surgery. 40 is not an unusual age for a mini lift. The ideal time to do procedure is when you start seeing issues and not 20 years later. Do a consultation with the board-certified plastic surgeon experienced in facial surgery and... more

A mini facelift can be good for a patient in their forties...

A mini Facelift in your forties is a good idea for patients who have lower facial problematic areas such as a droopy jowl. The procedure corrects sagging skin and tissue due to the effects of gravity. As long as the neck area is not to heavy a mini Facelift would be an ideal procedure. It is an easy procedure to go through and can be done under a local anesthetic. Your surgeon will let you know if you would be a good candidate for... more

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Jowly Josie 4 Aug 2012

Hi there, at 44 I started with the same problem, had 2 "skin" lifts done in the rooms, LOL, but that can't correct Jowls. Then I finally at 47 went to a "plastic Surgeon" who did the SMAS deep tissue lift and told me my jowls will go away and I will have a more heart shaped face and look a lot younger, we spoke of lifting my Jowls and cheeks. When I woke up, he had just done the jowl area and gave me a brow lift on the sides of my temples (what for, I don't know), guess he got his procedures mixed up. No 5 months later my face is even more loose and more jowly than before and this cost me R40 000.00, to look worse. He has also left me pouches of sking going into my eye area and cut on my right side is an inch lower on my cheekbone with a nicel little pouch of excess skin for all to comment on. I have told him I am unhappy, but he apparently does not know how to fix my face as the one side came out more lopsided than the other....which I never had before. Technically, I went looking ok, with jowls, came out with a lopside face, skin looser and jowls hanging worse with to excess skin puches on my face for all to comment on. Do Plastic surgeons really know what they doing, how can you loosen a persons face worse than before. The wonderfull part is that all my friends tell me I look tired , my father commented I must stop stressing as it is ageing me, (LOL he does not know I went for a Face liftand neither does the friends who tell me I look tired), just thinks I have aged.......... I I'm sure a butcher would have cut me open and sewed me back looking better than I do. But then we talking about South African Surgeons here...so maybe the training is not so good here in this 3rd world country.

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