Facelift after weight loss in young patient. Am I a good candidate? (Photo)

Anonymous173 Thank you for the picture and question.  A complete consultation is necessary to determine your best course of action.  Congratulations on your weight loss.  From your one picture, it appears that sculpting around your chin and neck may improve your youthful contours.  A precision laser treatment can help tighten the skin and reduce the submental fat.  Kybella can also be used for the submental area with skin tightening using the venus system.  You have many oprions that need to be discussed in person

FaceTite can internally tighten the skin in the lower face and neck. After all the skin has been heated and contracted, we shape the neck with liposuction to give definition and remove stubborn pockets of fat. In one quick treatment, we can tighten skin, remove fat, and contour the lower face, jawline, and jowls with only a weekend of downtime.​ Keep in mind that combination approaches will give you a more significant improvement as opposed to a single procedure. I recommend getting a consultation with a board-certified cosmetic dermatologist and facial sculpting expert. Best, Dr. Emer

A facelift of some type is common  #cosmeticsurgery procedure after weight loss at any age“Mini Facelift” is a generalized “catch all” term that can mean different things depending on the doctor you ask. This often makes the real definition difficult for a patient to pin down. It typically only addresses the skin. The, LiteLift™, however, addresses the deeper muscle layer providing the patient with a thorough, natural, long lasting result.How does the LiteLift™ differ from a mini facelift?The LiteLift™ provides:

less
scaring (short scar technique)

a
quicker recovery

no need
for general anesthesia

a more
natural look (pull is vertical in direction)

Not everyone requires a traditional facelift to
provide beautiful, long lasting results. The LiteLift™ is a minimally invasive
option that addresses aging of the face and neck. Patients are offered a
personalized experience from their first consultation, through recovery and on.



Who are the best
candidates?

Any healthy individual wishing to address the signs of
laxity oraging in the lower face and neck. Anyone interested in a refreshed
look. This can be from weight loss, genetics and family traits, or aging.

Congratulations on your weight loss. An in person consultation would n=be needed to do a facial exam and see what options really would help in your case. Your alternatives could be from:* PrecisionTX laser liposuction - this treatment removes fat and tighten skin at the same time.* Standard Liposuction* Neck Lift* Mini FaceliftHope this helps,Dr. Gus Diaz

Congratulations on your recent weight loss. A mini-facelift may be an option to address excess skin around the neck area as well as improve the fullness remaining in the neck. 

A short-scar facelift is possible, but in a male, the beard can get altered and the short hair in men makes it difficult to hide even a small scar.Rebuilding the volume loss with fillers, fat grafting, or Sculptra can help as can thickening the skin collagen.A consult with a surgeon is in order to get some options.Good luck.

Hi, I have performed many facelifts over the past 30 years and
many on patients in their late twenties and early thirties. The presence of
"jowls" is the primary indication for some type of a facelift and the
photo included does seem to show signs of jowling. The cheeks are flat
anteriorly (in the front) and there is evidence of a double chin that may indicate a weak chin.  The mandibular angles do appear to be weak.  Following the beauty principles outlined in my book on face and body
beauty, male faces look ruggedly handsome when there is angularity in
the cheeks, chin and mandibular angles.  Chin augmentation,
using a chin implant, will add projection to the chin creating harmony and
balance to the lower face. I have found placing a silastic chin implant
through a small, curved, incisions under the chin to be very safe, quick,
highly effective and far less invasive than a sliding genioplasty that requires
bone cuts with placement of screws and metal plates.  In addition to chin augmentation,
cheek augmentation with either a dermal filler or cheek implants (for a
permanent enhancement) will add angularity to the cheeks.  Mandibular
angle augmentation with a dermal filler (jaw implants IMHO have too many
unwanted side effects) will add volume, angularity and flare to the jaw line. If you do have
"jowls" on examination, this is sagging facial tissues and an
indication for some form of a facelift, not Cheek Augmentation. I have
performed many Cheek Augmentations over the past 30 years and the notion that Cheek
Implants or dermal fillers alone to the cheeks will lift tissues is an urban
myth. Filler to the cheeks or cheek implants will shape the cheeks but will not
lift up the jowls. The underlying SMAS layer, of the face, must be dissected,
lifted, trimmed and re-sutured. The excess skin is then removed and the
facelift incisions closed.



My most popular facelift is the minimally invasive, short
incision facelift that has all the benefits of more invasive facelifts
(traditional, mid-face, deep plane and subperiosteal facelifts) but with these
added benefits:



•very small incisions

•minimal tissue dissection = less bruising and swelling = rapid
recovery

•can be performed in 90 minutes or less, with or without
anesthesia

•no incisions within the hair = no hair loss

•excess fat can be removed

•excess skin removed

•cheeks, chin and jaw line can be augmented with dermal fillers
(I prefer Restylane Lyft) or facial implants

•most patients fly back home to parts all over the world in as
little as 3 days post-op



Hope
this helps.