Is It Better to Have Filler First Before Lower Face Lift?

2 weeks after a lower facelift is a great time to enhance the results with fillers. Often a TCA peel is done at the same time as the facelift so there is less areas to put the fillers in when the results of the peel and lift are seen at the 2 week period. Face/neck lifts can be done easily and safely under local tum. anesthesia with a quicker, less painful recovery for roughly $6-8,500. Sincerely,

David Hansen,MD

There's nothing wrong with trying fillers before a facelift.  Fillers can help 'lift' the tissues upwards and simulate a mini facelift; however, you'll need more filler before a facelift since the skin envelope is loose to lift the tissue. If you are serious about the facelift, do the facelift first then consider doing the fillers 6-8 weeks after the facelift when most of the underlying swelling has receded (no one can really see the swelling after 2 weeks but it's a good idea to let the remaining swelling in the face subside before filler injection).

Thank you for your question.  Please could you post a picture so I can access, however in my opinion my patients above the age of 45 will opt for my local anaesthetic facelift.  This gives the same results as a traditional facelift, therefore targeting the SMAS muscle and skin, giving a longevity of 10-12 years.  The Concept Facelift, enables patients to have minimum swelling and bruising therefore overall reduce recovery period.  My patients are back to work and their daily routine within 5 -7 days. Patients will normally have a chemical peel or filler after their facelift to give an overall refreshed result.Please make sure you find a reputable and qualified plastic surgeon who can assess you properly to give you a realistic idea of what outcome you can achieve.All The Best

Perhaps the best answer is to do both at the same time though before or after is also possible. One of the elements of aging is loss of volume in the cheeks, temples and sides of the chin. Fillers or fat transfer can be used to rejuvenate these areas. I typically perform fat transfer as part of my facelift procedure whether traditional or a mini scar technique (most common). The reason is that part of the aging process is loss of fat in the temples and cheek regions which varies from person to person. There is a limit of how much fat can be safely injected into one area. The amount of fat that remains over time is variable from patient to patient. For some patients, more fat or other fillers may need to be transferred in a subsequent surgery to maintain or supplement the desired results.The survival of fat transfer (lipoinjection) is highly technique sensitive so choose the plastic surgeon with the most experience in this technique. See the below links for added details.#FacialFatTransfer#FatTransfer

  The choice is, of course, up to you to make.  Certainly, answering this question without the benefit of seeing photos, is even more difficult.  There is certainly nothing wrong with trying fillers and seeing if you are satisfied with them.  Please be careful with your expenditures as I have seen patients who come to me for a lift, sometimes after spending thousands of dollars on multiple fillers.

In my opinion, it completely depends on what you look like and how you have aged.  Make sure you see someone who is a great filler and surgeon to help determine if you need one, the other or, in many cases, both.  Good luck!

Dear patient from South Carolina,
When we reach age fifty, the aging process coarsens the texture of the skin, diminishes its youthful layer of fatty tissue, and causes the angularity of the face to be lost. As the skin makes its downward descent off the cheeks, jaw, and neck, it pouches into unsightly bags and overhanging jowls. At this point, lower facelift is the primary treatment for improving these aging processes. In some cases, secondary treatment would be a fractionated CO2 laser resurfacing. Fillers are temporary and cannot achieve what facelift can bring about. I recommend you to have a consult with a board certified surgeon specializing in facial rejuvenation. Good luck.
 

Many people are spending significant sums of money on fillers and liquid facelift. Most of these corrections are transient and last less than 1 year at best. In my opinion, it is better to treat the source of the issue properly and then build on it. That means doing the facelift first and then using fillers or botox as an adjunct when needed.

Fillers fill cracks-Facelifts remove skin. If I am dealing with the average patient in your age group with too much sagging skin, I do a facelift. Often, since they are asleep, I will fill in cracks and depressions with temporary fillers or the patients own fat or tissue.

Typically the areas treated with fillers are not surgically addressed during a facelift procedure. Furthermore, it is not uncommon to use fillers and/or fat grafting at the time of surgery. Depending on your particular situation, fillers may allow you to defer the face lift temporarily or enhance the overall result.