Am I too young for a neck/ facelift? (Photo)

Thanks for your question! I would strongly discourage you from doing anything surgically. Everyone has loose skin with their chin/neck in that position. Perhaps some good skin care and noninvasive technology can provide mild skin tightening. Good luck!

Hello, and thank you for your question. Some of the photos you shared have you posing with your neck down, making it difficult to examine the degree of skin laxity you have. But given your age and your general facial profile, you most likely don’t have advanced signs of aging on the lower face.
You may benefit more from procedures that boost collagen production to naturally tighten and firm the skin. You may also consider a PDO threadlift (uses dissolvable sutures to lift tissue and tighten skin for a noticeably younger appearance) or RF microneedling (Profound RF or Virtue RF) that combines the rejuvenating benefits of microneedling with the stimulation of radiofrequency (RF) energy to renew the skin from the inside out.
A combination of procedures can offer optimum results as well. The best way to determine how to achieve your goals would be to schedule an in-person consultation with a reputable board-certified facial plastic surgeon. Your surgeon can assess your skin, customize the best treatment plan, and ensure the best possible outcome.

Thank you for your question and pictures! In reading your question, it seems like you are the type of patient who has more aging of the neck and chin area as opposed to the upper face and midface. Aging of the neck is very common before aging of the face. It's one of the things that is most frustrating to many patients.

There are many changes to the face and neck as you age. Some of the changes are specifically at the skin level, and some at the deeper levels of the fat, retaining ligaments as well as the muscles. There are many nonsurgical and surgical options to treat each of these different areas. Some can be done together and it really depends how much improvement you want to see as well as what specifically bothers you. If there is significant sagging, surgery is usually the preferred procedure but can still be combined with injections and laser treatments.

In general, think of surgery as addressing any excess skin and laxity as well as removing fat. Think of laser as tightening the skin levels. Again, injections like Kybella can nonsurgically help diminish the fat and offer improvement and there are all sorts of laser procedures that can tighten different layers as well.

Most of these procedures can be done safely and the results are very satisfying. An in-office private consultation and examination with a board-certified plastic surgeon would be the best way to fully see and address your specific concerns and determine the right treatment plan.

I would recommend that you see a board-certified plastic surgeon in your area that is a member of both ASPS & ASAPS and performs a lot of eyelid surgery but also offers all the nonsurgical options such as injectables and laser treatments. Go over your concerns with them and make sure above all, you walk out of there with several options and an idea of the pros and cons to each of them as well as realistic expectations.

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Looking at your pictures, you have a beautiful face, nice contours, and normal skin elasticity. The reason why your neck and jaw line skin bunches up when you bring your chin into your neck, is because this is a normal phenomenon that happens with everyone, even very young individuals. Normal people don’t go around with their chins tucked into their necks. As long as you avoid this, then you will be in good shape!

Definitely too young for a facelift. Your skin has good elasticity. The fact that the chin folds when t
You put your chin down ir that you can pull your skin means nothing. If you want a facelift there will be no shortage of surgeons interested in taking your money .

Hello;-)With over 10 years experience, V.LIF has a reputation for excellence in Korea.We do not perform all the plastic surgeries at V.LIF.We are face&neck lift specialized plastic surgery clinic.Our surgeons dedicated soley to only lifting field. So they have high knowledge and experience with lifting surgeries.
As you age your bone shrinks and also due to gravity your skin and SMAS layer sags and it creates jowls and marionette lines on your lower face. Also, your neck muscle called platsma gets weaken and seperated, thus resulting in saggy and wrinkly neck.To solve this problem we recommend mini facelift and a surgery called platysmaplasty which is tightening the muscles to make a defined and chiseled jawline:)
V.LIF's Mini Facelift means lifting partial part of your face considering individual condition.We devide face into 3 parts.
1. Mid face2. Lower face3. Double Chin+Jawline.
Depending on your face condition(How much your skin is sagging and loose), we recommend how many parts you will need to elevate.
Mini facelift at V.LIF is not a short lasting facelift elevating just your skin layer with minimal incision which is performed at other clinics.It's not a mini facelift with minimal incision which is performed at other clinics.V.LIF's Mini Facelift is a long lasting surgery which lasts more than 5years-10years(depending on the scope)
We dissect wide range of SMAS layer and cut off retaining ligaments which is essential and excise saggy skin

Dear Danielapapagna,
Thank you for sharing your photos. You appear to have early skin laxity.
Visual skin laxity begins when normal collagen restoration diminishes and the “fabric” of the skin stretches or sags. Much like clothing, remove skin excess (a face and neck lift) will not tighten the skin. It needs more collagen structure (ie. a higher thread count, like with sheets).
My recommendations include:
Consultation with a full breadth, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon using non-invasive and minimally invasive options.
1. A certified Zein Obagi, MD, ZO Skin Health program with retinoids for external exfoliation and tightening
2. Sculptra injectable skin tightening
3. A facelift removes excess skin but only the above two will stimulate collagen restoration, firming and tightening.
I hope this helps. All the best!

Thank you for your questions and photos. In general 27 is too young to have a facelift. I would recommend getting on a high quality skin care regime and consistently wear sunscreen. In terms of improving skin strength, you could try Morpheus 8. It is a microneedling radiofrequency procedure that is done in our office. It only requires numbing cream and very little down time. I recommend scheduling a consultation with a board certified Plastic Surgeon who has experience with the InMode/Morpheus 8 device. Good luck!

Hello, thank you for your question. It seems like you have increased skin latitude in your neck, with the post liposuction, you addressed the problem of fat volumen, but the skin redraping wants good enough. You could try with Scultpra in order to improve collagen deposit and skin laxitude or you can get NeckTite, in order to improve skin retraction in that area.

All those poses in which your neck is tipped down etc don't count in assessing the need for a facelift. Neutral forward facing no expression photos are needed and the one you have at the end doesn't show a loss of neck angularity, muscle bands, or jowls on the jawline, which are the reasons to do surgery. Please understand that facelift surgery like a tummy tuck doesn't make it tight to where you can't pinch up skin. You look perfectly nice, please try to embrace that, use excellent sun protection and skin care.