Facelift

Jowls are often an unavoidable part of the aging process. A result of declining levels of collagen and elastin, jowls can be exacerbated by weight fluctuations, lifestyle choices like unprotected sun exposure, and genetic factors as well.

Recovery from facelift surgery can take four to six weeks. Many people feel comfortable returning to work after 10 to 14 days, but it will take a few additional weeks to feel “back to normal.”

Loose and bulky skin is not uncommon following significant weight loss. Nor are a few stubborn fat deposits that simply refuse to respond to your efforts. These things, combined or alone, can serve to obscure your weight loss efforts, making your body instead look asymmetrical and awkward – and they may not ever go away on their own. This is where post-weight loss body contouring comes in.

Facelift surgery addresses skin laxity, sagging tissue, and similar consequences of gravity and aging. The type of facelift that is best for your specific needs depends entirely on how those factors – along with genetics and lifestyle choices – have impacted your appearance.

Facelift surgery addresses sagging tissue and loose skin to produce a firm, well-defined, and more youthful appearance. Through lifting underlying tissue, a firm and strong base is created for overlying skin, but issues impacting the skin itself are not always corrected.

Have you heard of “smartphone face”? This is what beauty experts are calling the shortening of neck muscles and loosening of the skin caused by frequent use of a smartphone or tablet. Not related to radiation from these devices, smartphone face is an issue of posture – and it’s starting to create advanced signs of aging in people who are far too young to look so old.

Symptoms of smartphone face include:

Facelift surgery is designed to address loose and excess skin in the neck and jawline. Stubborn fat deposits underneath the chin and jowls can also be eliminated through a facelift.

Recently, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) released the statistics they collected from 2016 regarding the number and types of procedures performed during the last year. It is not surprising that breast augmentation is still the most popular procedure. Last year 290,467 breast augmentations were performed.