Can Facelift Restore my Appearance from the Bone Loss of Dentures? Facelift Dentures Are Cost Prohibitive from Me. Thank You.

Thank you for your question. A facelift will help, but there is no replacement for sheer volume inside. The dentures are a big deal. I suggest you shop for other places of obtaining them. I hope this helps.

Facelift may help diminish the skin envelope proportionate with your shrinking bone mass, but in your situation, I often augment facial skeletal volume with implants as well to restore youthful, natural contours.  There are so many nice implants available for this purpose, in solid silicone, porous polyethylene, and teflon.  After restoring more robust osseous convexities of face and jaws, less skin repositioning is necessary, and the outcome more naturally beautiful in many cases.  Photos taken in your youth and your present features may help guide selection of implant size, shape, and position.   

I am sorry but I am not aware of the bone loss that you are referring to.  That being said, a facelift does not generally restore volume in the lower face but this can be done with fillers or fat injections.

A facelift addresses tightening of soft tissues of the neck and face which includes tightening the jowls, tightening the neck muscles and of the face and neck and tightening the excess skin. A facelift has no bearing on the bone loss from dentures

No facelift does not restore bone loss appearance. It is best to go with implants first to restore thr bony foundation first. Later address the skin envelope with a facelift , if it is still necessary. Good Luck

No, a facelift will not restore bone loss. The best option is to use implants to restore height to the jawbone and mid-face that occurs with time from the loss of dentures.

What happens when teeth are removed and replaced with dentures, is alveolar bone loss. The alveolar bone is the malleable bone around your teeth that can be adjust with braces, but which resorbs and goes away over time when the teeth are pulled.  It is not, to my knowledge, the use of dentures that causes the bone loss, but rather the lack of stimulation and maintenance of the bone caused by the action of the upper teeth against the lower teeth.  In fact, dentists and oral surgeons will replace missing teeth with dental implants to try to prevent the loss of alveolar bone.  Unfortunately, face lift surgery will not fill in the bone loss.  It may make it less apparent, but that can only be determined on a case by case basis and only after the surgery.  What you may want to do, is ask you dentist to build up your dentures to take the place of the bone loss.

My best,

Robert G. Anderson, M.D., F.A.C.S.

A facelift will improve facial appearance in someone who has lost their dentition.  Of course reconstruction with dental implants and restorations will enhance the result by increasing facial fullness and support, but it is not an absolute.  This could always be done secondarily.  Donald R. Nunn MD, DDS  Atlanta Plastic Surgeon.