Liquid Facelift: Q&A
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What is a Liquid Facelift?
Is a liquid facelift safer then facelift surgery? Can i get almost surgery-like results from one?
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Liquid facelift- what is it?
A liquid facelift involves placing large amounts of fillers into the face. The benefit is temporary. To achieve the effect of a facelift, it is not uncommon to spend $5000- $6000 in injectables, only to have them completely disappear in 6 months. Then the patient can come in for another "liquid facelift"...
A "liquid facelift" is not a true facelift, and is really a misuse of the word. Well-done facelifts offer permanent benefits to patients and look natural in the...
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Liquid face lift vs Surgical face lift
Liquid face lifts tend to camouflage the effects of aging without achieving a true anatomical repositioning of aging tissues. The results tend to be short term and need to be repeated. They are excellent methods of accomplishing rapid, minimal down time corrections with relatively low risk. Over the long term, it may cost more than surgery.
Liquid face lifts utilize injections to achieve the appearance of a more youthful face. Generally, it involves a combination of fillers and...
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Is a liquid facelift safer and as good as surgical facelift?
Is a "liquid facelift" safer than facelift surgery? Short answer: Yes.
Can I get almost surgery-like results from one? Short answer: No.
The so-called "liquid facelift" is use of one or several injectable fillers (Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm Ultra, Juvederm Ultra Plus, Radiesse and others, though these are the most common) in conjunction with Botox or Dysport (muscle paralytics helpful in reducing dynamic skin wrinkles, but not static ones) to restore facial...
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Liquid facelift is NOT a facelift
Let me repeat that. a liquid face-lift is not a facelift. It is the use of fillers to round out the face and give a more youthful look. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but it will not do what a facelift will do and you will spend a fair amount of money to get 6-12 months of limited correction. Fillers and botox /Dysport are great products but they have limitations that must be discussed with you before you undergo a procedure.
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Liquid facelifts
A liquid facelift does not substitute for a facelift and especially won't do anything for a loose neck. Some young patients with volume loss and early signs of facial aging can have a nice improvement with fillers and Botox but eventually will need a real facelift.
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A 'liquid facelift' can mean different things to different plastic surgeons.
A 'liquid facelift' can mean different things to different plastic surgeons. Generally speaking, it would involve injecting some form of dermal filler such as Juvederm, Restylane, or Radiesse and perhaps adding some Botox. This type of treatment would be more ideally suited for the type of patient that truly doesn't need a true facelift. It's all marketing. The term is 'catchy'.
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To the surgeon, sounds like an annuity!
In response to some of the other doctor's coments, I must agree.
I would encourage you to consider your finances, your goals, and what is bothering you. Put that into the context that you may consider the face in segments and have rejuvenation in a "modular fashion". In other words rejuvenate the area that bothers you the most, and when you have time, money, desire, etc. go after the next area of concern.
This modular approach allows you to treat the worst trouble area now, and...
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Liquid facelift works well in the right patient
Liquid face lift is a term used for the synchronized use of Botox and fillers to reverse some of the facial aging signs.
It does work in the proper patient. Mild skin laxity, minimal or moderate sagging of the midface, deep glabellar lines etc...Asking for these techniques to deliver a face lift result in a patient with marked facial aging is not proper.
It requires less time and no open surgery. It is less risky compared to a full face lift.
It is difficult to know whether you can have...
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The liquid facelift removes a tired, gaunt look with full plump cheeks
Do you look in the mirror and see your mother or father staring back at you? We all inherit our facial features and we all at some point begin to age and our face reminds us of one or both of our aging parents. That’s OK, but not when we are in our late thirties or early forties. We all want to stay young looking but most of us do not want to go through a face lift-it is scary, we lose time from work, and we do not want to look like a different person-we want to look the same just...
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Liquid Facelift, Temporary Results w/ Little to no Downtime
Surgical or even non-surgical treatment of facial aging changes must be carefully individualized to match each patient's aesthetic needs and desires. In helping a patient to make decisions about plastic surgery or non-surgical options for facial rejuvenation, I always examine and assess how each aesthetic area or 'unit' of the face contributes to an individual's overall appearance: the brows and eyelids, the cheeks or 'midface', the lower face and chin, and the neck....
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