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How is a Soof Lift Different from a Midface Lift?
I am looking for a minimal invasive procedure to lift my fat pads back up over my cheekbones after some descent that has given me more prominent n/l folds and eye bags. Filler and fat are not an option for me due to inflammatory reaction to both in the past.
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SOOF and Midface Lift
SOOF and Midface lift are similar. This basically just comes down to what has descended on your face and needs to be suspended at a higher level. These surgeries have their own list of complications. You should find the plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who does facial surgery hundreds of times per year and can advise you appropriately based upon exam. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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Midface lift?
Midface lifts work great for the right reason and in the right patient. There are many different ways to perform midface lifts. They are not all created equally. Unless they are performed well you will be disappointed. Make sure that you see many post op results before you sign up.
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Mid face lift or soof
Both procedure are quite similar in this regard. They are long on promise but short on delivery. If you need a facelift, you should have a facelift. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up for an expensive dissappointment. If these procedures were worthwhile, all surgeons would be doing them. Sorry, but that is it in a nutshell.
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The SOOF and a Mid-Face Lift
The term SOOF stands for Sub Orbicularis Oris Fat. This is some of the tissue that descends to give you hollow cheek bones and nasolabial folds. One has to deal with this tissue whenever a Mid-Face Lift is done. By releasing the arcus marginalis, the tissue separating the SOOF from the ocular fat, one can combine the two fatty areas and elevate the orbicularis muscle and other tissue to correct the deformity with a blepharoplasty or a full cheek lift. This is relatively invasive....
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Highlands Plastic Surgeon
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Soof Lift & Facelift
Generally speaking, both procedures are actually fairly similar variations of same concept. A Soof lift is usually done through the lower eyelids while a midface lift is performed through the temple region and gums. It's best to schedule a consultation with an expert facial plastic surgeon to determine the best option for yourself.
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SOOF lift vs. Midface lift
The SOOF is the sub-orbicularis occuli fat (pad). This fat compartment is an important part of the youthful volume of the midface. It is lifted typically through a lower blepharoplasty incision (lower eyelid lift approach). This works well in some patients, but can cause unexpected changes in the shape or tension of the lower eyelid. A midface lift is performed via incisions behind the hairline, and the entire soft tissue envelope is elevated off of the cheek bone. While this does include...
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Difference between SOOF lift and Midface Lift
SOOF lift describes a lower eyelid lift that usually involves freeing the attachment of the muscle to the bone under the eyelids, lifting the skin and muscle, and anchoring this thick flap of tissue to the bone on outside of the orbit. It is a good way to smoothen out redundant skin/muscle bulges of the lower eyelid. For many of us, it is a standard way of performing a lower eye lift (along with the transconjunctival or internal approach).
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SOOF Lift
Thank you for your question about the SOOF Lift. It is a kind of mid-face lift.
SOOF stands for sub-orbicularis oculi fat lift,
It smooths lower lid fat and lifts cheek tissue with an incision inside the lower lid or through the lower lid skin, results can be dramatic but -
it is not a minimally invasive procedure - bruising, swelling can last month. Scarring and distortion of the lower lid are a real risk,
Less invasive? lower lid...
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SOOF lift is a type of midface lift
A SOOF lift is a type of midface lift. For more information you can check out the link below
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Midface/soof lift
Soof lift and midface lift are essentially the same. However, you should not rule out fat or filler as they are usually non-inflammatory.
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How should I address my mid face?
There are a number of ways to rejuvenate the midface. Recently, volume restoration has been a very popular method to create a more natural, youthful look in the midface.
Surgically, there are a number of methods of lifting the midface. A trans-blepharoplasty approach allows exposure to the sagging fat and muslce which can be suspended in order to lift the midface. This would be one of the less invasive approaches.
An endoscopic approach is accomplished through an incision in the...
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Midface augmentation
Rather than trying to lift the mid face, it is better to augment the volume loss with a small Silastic cheek implant. Placing a cheek implant over the maxilla gives very consistent results without bunching up mid-face tissues with a SOOF or mid face lift
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Soof or midface lift?
I need to see photos to answer this question properly. Otherwise it would just be a guess of which if either is right for u.
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Midface lifts including SOOF lifts are not minimally invasive procedures.
A SOOF (suborbicularis oculi fat pad) has evloved to be a type of midface lift. However, the concept is the result of an anatomic misunderstanding. Surgeons thought that the fat present at the orbital rim was separate from the malar fat pad and named this fat the SOOF. In fact the SOOF is actually the deep continuation of the malar fat pad. A SOOF lift is just a type of a midface lift. There are surgeons who still labor under the anatomic misunderstanding about...
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