I'm a 58 year old women and about to commit to getting a procedure to lift my neck & lower face with a doctor whose recommending I get only a "sidelaze" and "submentoplasty." I'm concerned that this will not be enough to fix the problem. Should I be getting a facelift instead? I only want to do this once because scheduling downtime (away from work & socializing) is hard to do. Please help me decide what is best for me...go minimal or do full bore?
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Thanks for your question. It is
highly unlikely that you would need a facelift at age 25. That is used to
correct sagging jowls and skin, as well as excess skin in the neck. A potential
exception would be if you had lost a significant amount of weight and had
excess as a result. You mentioned...
But if you place the incision along the edge as many like to do nowadays, it has a tendency to pull the tragus forward so you can see straight into the ear. The old fashioned way of placing the scar in front of the tragus doesn't distort and the scar usually heals very nicely and is my...
Many patients have follow up surgery after
an initial facelift. Keep in mind, however, that ideally a second surgery
should not be necessary for many years. There is a risk that multiple surgeries
can lead to more distorted results, undermining any effort to achieve the most
elegant...
