Mini facelift with a chronic illness? (Photo)

One thing to consider in your case would be a lip lift to help with the marionette lines and nasal labial folds. A lip lift does 4 things: shortens the distance between your nose and upper lip, increases the mucosa of the upper lip, increases the incisor show and pulls up the corners. It is done in the office under local anesthesia, takes about 1 hour to perform and costs $3,000.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Based on these photos it doesn’t look like you are someone who needs a face lift of any sort right now. Combination of skin tightening procedures and fillers may be better option? In person consultation with a few plastic surgeons in the area would give you better information about available options. Hope this helps.

From your photos it doesn't appear that a mini facelift is needed. You can consider Morpheus8 treatments to improve overall skin tone and texture. We also recommend using medical grade skin care products like Transform MD and wearing sunscreen every day. Further discussion of your chronic illness would needed to determine if you are a candidate for this treatment.

You are not a candidate for a facelift at this time based on the photographs, you presented, and you're only 35 years old. More importantly, is to see if you're even a candidate for elective cosmetic surgery with your chronic illness. That will need to be addressed by the surgeon and the anesthesiologist prior to any type of surgery you're going to have.

When it comes to facelift, I am of the belief that people should either get one and get it done properly or wait until the time is right.
Mini procedures seem to have great curb appeal to lots of consumers, but generally they tend to come with all the side effects of the full operation with only some of the benefits.
Based on the pictures included, I don’t see the indication for any facelift.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD