I am 74 and want to fix my neck, jowls and lower face including the vertical lines around my mouth. I am not a smoker and have never smoked. I am fair skinned and tend to scar badly on my trunk. I am told the facial area is different. Is this true?
Answer: Lower Face Surgery - Facelift / Necklift You are an excellent candidate for a face and neck lift to help with laxity in the lower neck and jowl region. Make sure to find an experienced surgeon in your area.Concurrent with the surgery, you may wish to consider resurfacing of the skin around the mouth to help with the lines. This could include laser resurfacing, TCA peel, or dermabrasion.Good luck!-Dr. Asaria
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Answer: Lower Face Surgery - Facelift / Necklift You are an excellent candidate for a face and neck lift to help with laxity in the lower neck and jowl region. Make sure to find an experienced surgeon in your area.Concurrent with the surgery, you may wish to consider resurfacing of the skin around the mouth to help with the lines. This could include laser resurfacing, TCA peel, or dermabrasion.Good luck!-Dr. Asaria
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May 6, 2015
Answer: Good candidate for a facelift and possibly perioral resurfacing. A full facelift would address the neck nicely and rejuvenate the face. It will help any parallel lines that are lateral to the corner of the mouth. In the oral region resurfacing might be beneficial done concurrently with the facelift.
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May 6, 2015
Answer: Good candidate for a facelift and possibly perioral resurfacing. A full facelift would address the neck nicely and rejuvenate the face. It will help any parallel lines that are lateral to the corner of the mouth. In the oral region resurfacing might be beneficial done concurrently with the facelift.
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October 30, 2015
Answer: Treatment of lines around the mouth Thank you for your question. A facelift would be the best procedure to improve the areas you are concerned with. This procedure would get rid of the jowls, improve your neck contour and take care of many lines and wrinkles around your face. Many doctors nowadays perform facelifts without the use of general anesthesia, so patient's age becomes far less of a factor.However, there is one area that would be resistant to treatment with a facelift. Small lines that runs vertically around your mouth (called "smoker's lines" even in people who don't smoke) could not be improved with this procedure. Pulling the skin does make these line look better, but also causes the mouth to look too stretched.If smoker's lines is a concern other treatments should be used to take care of them. Direct injection with fillers, judicial use of Botox or laser resurfacing would be some examples of such treatments. Any of this procedures could be used in conjunction with a facelift to make your face look years younger.Best wishes!Dr. Konstantin
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October 30, 2015
Answer: Treatment of lines around the mouth Thank you for your question. A facelift would be the best procedure to improve the areas you are concerned with. This procedure would get rid of the jowls, improve your neck contour and take care of many lines and wrinkles around your face. Many doctors nowadays perform facelifts without the use of general anesthesia, so patient's age becomes far less of a factor.However, there is one area that would be resistant to treatment with a facelift. Small lines that runs vertically around your mouth (called "smoker's lines" even in people who don't smoke) could not be improved with this procedure. Pulling the skin does make these line look better, but also causes the mouth to look too stretched.If smoker's lines is a concern other treatments should be used to take care of them. Direct injection with fillers, judicial use of Botox or laser resurfacing would be some examples of such treatments. Any of this procedures could be used in conjunction with a facelift to make your face look years younger.Best wishes!Dr. Konstantin
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May 4, 2015
Answer: Facial Rejuvenation I would recommend a formal face lift to correct your neck, jowls, marrionette lines and nasolabial folds. For the lines around your mouth, depending on the depth, some fat grafting can help as well as a TCA peel for more fine wrinkles. Best wishes!
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May 4, 2015
Answer: Facial Rejuvenation I would recommend a formal face lift to correct your neck, jowls, marrionette lines and nasolabial folds. For the lines around your mouth, depending on the depth, some fat grafting can help as well as a TCA peel for more fine wrinkles. Best wishes!
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May 4, 2015
Answer: Vertical lines around the mouth Part of the aging process in women is a severe decrease in estrogen levels. This causes loss of fat in the face called lipoatrophy. The skin around the mouth is supported by this natural fat and when it diminishes the over lying skin collapses causing vertical lines around the mouth. Volume loss in the face is replaced by volume injectable fillers. Their are many kinds of fillers available for the treating treating physician to use and this should be discussed at the time of your consultation.
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May 4, 2015
Answer: Vertical lines around the mouth Part of the aging process in women is a severe decrease in estrogen levels. This causes loss of fat in the face called lipoatrophy. The skin around the mouth is supported by this natural fat and when it diminishes the over lying skin collapses causing vertical lines around the mouth. Volume loss in the face is replaced by volume injectable fillers. Their are many kinds of fillers available for the treating treating physician to use and this should be discussed at the time of your consultation.
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