19 Year Old and Want a Facelift! Suggestions? (photo)

Dear sjhsjh,


My suggestion is to relax on the vices and focus on eating well, exercising...I bet your the way your face looks will improve dramatically

You have already said why you think you look so old....smoking and sun tanning are the worst things for your skin

It looks like you do your fair bit of partying as well based on your pics

And to be honest, whenever you decide to get elective cosmetic surgery (years down the line), you will need to get ready for it...no smoking, eating right, etc if you want to have the best results


Best regards,

Nima Shemirani

 

At your age, you'll find a healthy lifestyle and skincare regimen may dramatically improve your appearance. Stop smoking, stay out of the sun and eat a balanced diet.

    Due to the fact that you do not have any skin laxity, a facelift will create scars without providing you a significant benefit.

There is no best age for facelift surgery.  Genetics, environment exposures and lifestyles have a significant impact on the appropriate time for surgery. I agree with the other plastic surgeons, 19 years old is quite young for this type of surgery.   It is a perfect time though for you to recognize the impact that smoking and sun tanning have on your overall health and facial skin appearance.  These two agents can prematurely create wrinkles, collagen loss and even skin cancer.   You would see a significant improvement in your skin over just a few months by avoiding smoking and limiting sun exposure.   In addition I would recommend starting with a good skin care regimen and some light chemical peels or laser peels.

 

There are several issue why you do not need a facelift. 

1.  You are not a candidate because you do not have laxity of facial skin/musculature

2.  You smoke and mistreat your skin by sun bathing

3.  Your age (maturity level) may be a factor

 

Dr. ES

I do not think that you need a facelift. The features that you are seeing on your face are normal. The abscence of the features that you are seeingwould actually be abnormal.

Thank you for the photos. I see nothing in the photos that would suggest the ned for a facelift. Nineteen would be an unusual age for a facelift to be expected to be needed. There are some other things that could be done to help however. The first and most important would be to stop smoking. Smoking ages the skin prematurely and will certainly make you look older faster. The other would be to stop tanning. The use of a tanning bed also changes your skin significantly. You may want to consider working with an aesthetician to use topicals to treat some of the damage that has already been done.

Maybe someday a facelift will be needed. For now, there are better options.

Surgery is not the treatment for smoking and sun at your age- the treatment is to stop smoking and start protecting yourself from the sun.  A good skin care regimen will help, and a healthy lifestyle will do more for you than surgery will at this point.  Save your money and use it for a gym membership and some skin care and... think of all the money you will save once you stop smoking!  Smoking is the single worst thing you can do for your appearance, and as long as you are smoking, you are not a candidate for a face lift at any age!

Nine previous expert posters have in differing writing style stated that a FaceLift in a 19 year old is no only inappropriate but could cause you harm. Guees you need to reconsider this idea as a very poor choice. 

Based on your photos, a facelift would not be the right choice for you.   There are plenty of options to address your appearance if you desire to intervene.  You do have significant volume loss, especially in your anterior cheek.  There are multiple options to address this and other problem areas.

 

Seek consultation with a local facial plastic surgeon who will give recommendations to fit your face.  Don't seek out a certain procedure...instead, identify the areas of your face which concern you, and your doctor will be able to identify the best way to address those concerns.