Can Alma Laser's New ClearLift Really Help my 62 Yr. Old Face and Jaw/neckline?

 The aging process in the neck includes jowling and inelastic skin in both the face and the neck area. Fatty deposits are also present in the neck above and below the platysma muscle. The anterior platysmal muscle cords also start to become more prominent. A comprehensive face neck lift can address tightening skin, neck muscles and removal of the fatty deposits  in the neck to improve the jawline. A laser or tightening device will not be able to accomplish what a facelift can do. 

At this time there is no laser, injection, ultrasound or facial exercise that can help with correcting facial aging such as neckbands, jowls, midface descent, nasolabial fold formation, loss of attractive facial shape and removal of excess skin like a true surgical facelift. 
A properly performed facelift has a very acceptable recovery time and produces natural results. 
There is no ultrasound therapy, injectable filler, neurotoxin, radiofrequency or microwave that can replace a facelift. The facelift is the gold standard treatment for authentic improvement  of the sagging lower face, deflated midface,  and to sharpen the jawline .  The facelift requires careful attention to detail, meticulous surgical technique and enhanced training in plastic surgery.


Best of luck,
Dr. Karan Chopra
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Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon
Face ⨀ Breast ⨀ Body Expert
Johns Hopkins Trained
Cosmetic Fellowship Trained

Unfortunately, there is No such thing as one type of treatment that will return you to your former self. Here is why: You age in 3 ways redundant skin and underlying supporting structure laxity,volume shifts (loss of volume in the cheeks, gain in the jowls and submental), and skin surface aging - wrinkles, large pores, age spots). It is important to understand that facelifts are meant to remove major folds and wrinkles, not fine wrinkles. A facelift which removed every line and fold would be too aggressive and would result in an unnatural result. The goal of our surgeons is to make your facelift look as natural as possible. Face lifts do not change the quality of the skin and volume issues are best managed by fillers or fat transfer. Skin aging is accelerated by smoking .Fine lines and wrinkles are better addressed by skin treatments such as chemical peels or microdermabrasion, which we also offer at our office. Many of our facelift patients enhance their surgical result with these nonsurgical procedures.