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Answer: A full facelift is likely your best option.
Thank you for your question and the photos.
A full facelift is likely your best option. If you do not wish to have surgery, aggressive fractionated laser resurfacing with some strategic botox and injectable fillers can give you partial improvement. If you go the nonsurgical route, multiple treatments would be necessary and these costs add up over time.
To be sure, see two or more board-certified plastic surgeons in your area for a full and complete evaluation to make sure you are a good candidate and that it is safe for you to have surgery. I hope this helps.
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Answer: A full facelift is likely your best option.
Thank you for your question and the photos.
A full facelift is likely your best option. If you do not wish to have surgery, aggressive fractionated laser resurfacing with some strategic botox and injectable fillers can give you partial improvement. If you go the nonsurgical route, multiple treatments would be necessary and these costs add up over time.
To be sure, see two or more board-certified plastic surgeons in your area for a full and complete evaluation to make sure you are a good candidate and that it is safe for you to have surgery. I hope this helps.
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Answer: Best Options for Aging Face, 65 Year Old Woman Patients who desire facial rejuvenation that is affordable, quick, and effective should consider the Lite-lift™. The LiteLift™ is an innovative facelift developed by board-certified plastic surgeons Dr. Larry Nichter and myself which benefits many male patients. The goal of the #LiteLift is to provide a less invasive natural looking option for both men and women desiring to refresh their appearance with less downtime and risks. The LiteLift® is a “real” facelift, which does address the underlying muscle, tissue and overlying skin.The technique requires limited incisions and takes a vertical lifting approach, in contrast to the traditional facelift, which requires extensive incisions and lifts or pulls the face towards the ears horizontally. The modern techniques used allow us to perform most LiteLift® procedures in the office under local anesthesia. Also, removing the risk of general anesthesia opens the door for more people to pursue facial surgery. All too often people do not move forward with undergoing the desires facelift surgery due to their overwhelming fear of the risks associated with general anesthesia.This is a modified facelift that can be performed in the office with a local anesthetic and improve signs of aging around the neck, jawbone and lower face. These procedures are not "Thread-lifts" or "String-lifts". We do not use the "barbed" sutures employed in these other lifting operations. The Lite-lift™ uses longer lasting techniques that are discussed below. Because the incisions are limited, there is less bruising, swelling and healing time for most patients. Many patients can be back to work in one to two weeks looking rested and more youthful.The best candidates for #LiteLift are non-smoking patients 35-60 years old with stable skin elasticity, well-defined bone structure but showing early changes of the lower face and the neck. Older patients who cannot or do not wish to have a longer operation or general anesthetic can be improved with a Lite Lift™. All in all, Lite Lift™ surgery is individualized for each patient.
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Answer: Best Options for Aging Face, 65 Year Old Woman Patients who desire facial rejuvenation that is affordable, quick, and effective should consider the Lite-lift™. The LiteLift™ is an innovative facelift developed by board-certified plastic surgeons Dr. Larry Nichter and myself which benefits many male patients. The goal of the #LiteLift is to provide a less invasive natural looking option for both men and women desiring to refresh their appearance with less downtime and risks. The LiteLift® is a “real” facelift, which does address the underlying muscle, tissue and overlying skin.The technique requires limited incisions and takes a vertical lifting approach, in contrast to the traditional facelift, which requires extensive incisions and lifts or pulls the face towards the ears horizontally. The modern techniques used allow us to perform most LiteLift® procedures in the office under local anesthesia. Also, removing the risk of general anesthesia opens the door for more people to pursue facial surgery. All too often people do not move forward with undergoing the desires facelift surgery due to their overwhelming fear of the risks associated with general anesthesia.This is a modified facelift that can be performed in the office with a local anesthetic and improve signs of aging around the neck, jawbone and lower face. These procedures are not "Thread-lifts" or "String-lifts". We do not use the "barbed" sutures employed in these other lifting operations. The Lite-lift™ uses longer lasting techniques that are discussed below. Because the incisions are limited, there is less bruising, swelling and healing time for most patients. Many patients can be back to work in one to two weeks looking rested and more youthful.The best candidates for #LiteLift are non-smoking patients 35-60 years old with stable skin elasticity, well-defined bone structure but showing early changes of the lower face and the neck. Older patients who cannot or do not wish to have a longer operation or general anesthetic can be improved with a Lite Lift™. All in all, Lite Lift™ surgery is individualized for each patient.
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April 23, 2015
Answer: Create a Complete Treatment Plan The management of facial aging varies from patient to patient and depends on a multitude of variables. Each patient has unique aesthetic goals and specific physical findings. Your video very clearly illustrates both your aesthetic goals and your physical manifestations of facial aging. Your video demonstrates jowls, nasolabial folds, loss of jawline definition and separation of the paired platysma muscles. In addition you have brow descent and redundant upper and lower eyelid skin.Based on these finding’s the most appropriate procedure would be a full facelift and neck lift. This procedure could also correct the separation of your midline neck muscles. The procedure would address your loose facial skin and ultimately correct your jowls, nasolabial folds and define your jawline.Although you’re not concerned about your eyelids and brow position these areas would also benefit from facial rejuvenation. Brow descent could be helped with a brow lift and excess upper and lower eyelid skin could be corrected with upper and lower lid blepharoplasty.There’s significant advantages when these procedures are performed together. These include synergy, greater affordability and one recovery. These procedures are associated with excellent results and high patient satisfaction rates. If you’re considering facial rejuvenation surgery consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon is appropriate. This surgeon should be able to formulate a treatment plan that addresses your concerns.
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April 23, 2015
Answer: Create a Complete Treatment Plan The management of facial aging varies from patient to patient and depends on a multitude of variables. Each patient has unique aesthetic goals and specific physical findings. Your video very clearly illustrates both your aesthetic goals and your physical manifestations of facial aging. Your video demonstrates jowls, nasolabial folds, loss of jawline definition and separation of the paired platysma muscles. In addition you have brow descent and redundant upper and lower eyelid skin.Based on these finding’s the most appropriate procedure would be a full facelift and neck lift. This procedure could also correct the separation of your midline neck muscles. The procedure would address your loose facial skin and ultimately correct your jowls, nasolabial folds and define your jawline.Although you’re not concerned about your eyelids and brow position these areas would also benefit from facial rejuvenation. Brow descent could be helped with a brow lift and excess upper and lower eyelid skin could be corrected with upper and lower lid blepharoplasty.There’s significant advantages when these procedures are performed together. These include synergy, greater affordability and one recovery. These procedures are associated with excellent results and high patient satisfaction rates. If you’re considering facial rejuvenation surgery consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon is appropriate. This surgeon should be able to formulate a treatment plan that addresses your concerns.
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June 5, 2014
Answer: Age 65, What Option Should you Choose? Thank you for posting the video. You express concerns that many patients do, desiring facial rejuvenation, but not wanting anything "major". The sentiments are understandable, but the facts are unavoidable. In the same breath, the term "Lifestyle Lift" is used. It is important to understand that this term more accurately describes a company that markets an abbreviated facelift procedure. Although the terminology may appear more appealing, which is a deliberate marketing tool, the results are often those of an abbreviated procedure. At age 65, the procedure that will work best for you is a well performed facelift, performed by a board certified and fellowship trained facial plastic surgeon or general plastic surgeon with an interest in faces. The aging changes you describe are not likely to be adequately met by any other procedure. Volume addition can be used as an adjunctive proceure.
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June 5, 2014
Answer: Age 65, What Option Should you Choose? Thank you for posting the video. You express concerns that many patients do, desiring facial rejuvenation, but not wanting anything "major". The sentiments are understandable, but the facts are unavoidable. In the same breath, the term "Lifestyle Lift" is used. It is important to understand that this term more accurately describes a company that markets an abbreviated facelift procedure. Although the terminology may appear more appealing, which is a deliberate marketing tool, the results are often those of an abbreviated procedure. At age 65, the procedure that will work best for you is a well performed facelift, performed by a board certified and fellowship trained facial plastic surgeon or general plastic surgeon with an interest in faces. The aging changes you describe are not likely to be adequately met by any other procedure. Volume addition can be used as an adjunctive proceure.
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March 2, 2013
Answer: Full Face and Neck Lift
I would recommend a full face and neck lift to address your concerns. This can be performed with a short scar facelift. Find the plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of facelifts each year. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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March 2, 2013
Answer: Full Face and Neck Lift
I would recommend a full face and neck lift to address your concerns. This can be performed with a short scar facelift. Find the plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of facelifts each year. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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June 13, 2012
Answer: The Best procedure addresses your desires with the least risk.
Thank you for the photos and the video was fantastic. You will see a variety of procedures advocated or even promoted on the internet. No one procedure is best. In general the surgical procedures with a shorter downtime often have a less dramatic result. You need to let your surgeon know which is most important to you. Most patients will not have the dramatic improvement that surgery can offer with non surgical "fillers" . Fillers however can most definitely add to the results of surgery so I would encourage you to have an open mind about an integrated approach. Best of luck
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June 13, 2012
Answer: The Best procedure addresses your desires with the least risk.
Thank you for the photos and the video was fantastic. You will see a variety of procedures advocated or even promoted on the internet. No one procedure is best. In general the surgical procedures with a shorter downtime often have a less dramatic result. You need to let your surgeon know which is most important to you. Most patients will not have the dramatic improvement that surgery can offer with non surgical "fillers" . Fillers however can most definitely add to the results of surgery so I would encourage you to have an open mind about an integrated approach. Best of luck
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