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Unlike other tightening treatments, Ultherapy only requires a single treatment every one to two years and has long-term effects in skin stimulation and collagen production. Ultherapy is ideal for men and women who are experiencing mild to moderate skin laxity and desire a noticeable and long-term skin tightening treatment without the complications and risks of more invasive surgical procedures. Ultherapy can be combined with dermal fillers, Botox treatments, chemical peels, skin tightening lasers, and skin facials. Our plastic surgery and cosmetic center in Santa Monica offers Ultherapy as a complement to other skin treatments and cosmetic rejuvenation procedures. Best, Dr. Karamanoukian Realself100 Surgeon
From your photos, the jowling and the heaviness around the mouth appear more related to SMAS laxity rather than fat, so liposuction would not be the right treatment. A mini facelift can help, but the pattern you have may benefit more from a conservative lower-face SMAS tightening rather than a very limited “mini” approach.Non-surgical options like HIFU (Ultherapy-type treatments) can improve mild laxity and provide some definition, but they generally cannot correct true jowling on their own. HIFU is best thought of as a supportive treatment or a way to maintain results, not a replacement for a surgical lift when the deeper tissues have already descended.The exact decision—whether a mini lift is enough, whether a slightly broader SMAS lift would give a more stable contour, and how much HIFU could contribute—really depends on the thickness of your tissues and how much support your lower face needs, which is best assessed in person.
Based on these photos, it would be very difficult to find any reason for face lifting, lower, midface? In person consultation may reveal something that is not visible on these photos? Good luck.
Hi there, Thanks for your question and for providing photos! I see many young patients such as yourself looking for early intervention to address similar issues! Fortunately, as you said, you have a great jawline contour and may not need surgery for a satisfactory result at this time. I would...
Having a mini facelift now will not impede you from having a full facelift at some point in the future, this includes a deep plane facelift should you wish that option. Your skin after your mini facelift can easily be reelevated and extended to allow performance of a deep plane facelift. Your...
Morpheus 8 is a non-invasive skin and soft tissue tightening treatment that is consistently amazing in our patients. We use the Morpheus to exact fractional induced RF into the skin or tissue in order to tighten collagen and stimulate contraction of the tissue. For acne scars, it is quite useful...
Based off your photos - you have some jowling as seen on your oblique views - also as you simulate with your fingers the direction of pull of your tissues to show what you desire indicates the need for some type of lift. There are open techniques to all these lifts (meaning you would have a...
Thank you for your question. The type of stitches used for procedures like a mini facelift, blepharoplasty, and forehead lift can vary depending on the surgeon and their preferred technique. Some surgeons use dissolvable sutures, others use permanent sutures, and sometimes a combination is used,...
