53 years old: am I ready for a lower facelift? (photos)

Age does not matter. Whenever there is enough laxity of skin a lower facelift and necklift will help.
It is important to understand that the incisions used for achieving a good result in a necklift also give a nice lift to the lower face and jowls. The purpose of a necklift is to pull the extra skin side ways behind the ears and remove it. It is also sometimes combined with Neck Liposuction and Platysmaplasty.
The incision starts in the hair tuft in front of the ear and then curves in front of the ear hidden in natural curves of the ear, then next to the earlobe it goes behind the ear in the hidden groove and finally is taken over to the hairline of the neck.
The skin is then lifted to expose the underlying platysma muscle. It is then pulled back and tethered to the bone behind the ear. At this point the jowl area is also pulled back with stitches under the skin in deeper tissues. These maneuvers lead to excess skin on the sides which is then trimmed and stitched back in place.

Regards Dr. J

An ideal facelift candidate has aging face indications, is healthy, and desires to do something about it. Some patients have all three criteria in their late 40's and others later in life; I see patient s from their 40's up until their 80's regarding these issues. Based on the photos and your concerns, a deep plane facelift would be a very reasonable approach.

You are a candidate for noninvasive radiofrequency skin tightening like Secret, minimally invasive since tightening like Renuvion and a mini facelift depending upon how aggressive you wish to be and how much down time you have to heal. I would suggest checking on Renuvion and Secret. They work well together too.