The forehead and eyebrows have sagged. The upper lid is hooded by excess skin and fatty deposits cause bulging of the lower lid.

One of the earliest signs that men and women are maturing is that the middle third of the face droops with gravity.
A less vibrant, sad or mad look results as the cheek fat droops over the folds that travel from the nose to the mouth and the mouthb to the jaw. The face seems to thin out, and the cheek structure is lost.

The “deep plane” face lift dos not pull the skin “too tight”. It is
not capable of doing this. It produces a natural, “restorative” type of improvement, it produces a harmonious rejuvenation

This patient has undergone eyelid surgery to give her a more alert, well-rested appearance. Face and neck lift restores youthful contours to the face and neck by removing excess skin and fat and tightening muscles as needed; correct slackening of the jaw line; eliminates double chin and improves appearance of cordlike structures in the front of the neck

Plastic surgery helps someone look better but doesn’t take away the essence of who the person is.

As we age, our faces became smaller. The cheeks, chin, jaw, and forehead decrease in size. The fat, muscle and connective tissues atrophy or waste away, leaving behind unsupported skin.
As the support underlying the skin disappears, the skin falls into wrinkles and folds. As the cheek becomes smaller, bags under the eyes became more prominent. As the jaw line and chin loose their prominence, jowls appear and there are vertical cords on the neck.

At whatever age you have your face lift, the goal is to restore a more youthful contour to your face and neck. Face lift bring the face into harmony and create a natural look.

The result of a forehead lift is a younger, more rested look. Face lift improve sagging facial skin, cheek folds, jowls and loose, sagging skin around the neck

76-year-old woman with significant eyes, facial and neck aging:
The upper lid is hooded by excess skin, baggy lower eyelids, Infra-orbital flattening, deep naso-labial fold, laxity of the lower face, jowl formation, and there are excess skin and vertical cords on the neck.

After the surgery we eliminate the neck cords, the jaw line is smooth and contoured, adjust the upper and lower lids, reduce the heaviness in the mid-third of the face and the fullness at the top of the nose; thus giving definition to the shape of the face.

While concerns regarding correction of facial laxity, a reduction in the depth of the nasolabial fold, and improvement of both the jowls and the jaw line are worthy goals in facial rejuvenation. The aesthetic concept of restoring facial shape to a more youthful is equally important.

Rejuvenation of the neck :

Whereas eyelid surgery and brow lifts correct aging changes of  the eyelids and upper face, the facelift attacks the gravity changes of the lower face and neck.

Often the neck skin redundancy (laxity), horizontal “necklace” lines, vertical platysma muscle bands and submental fullness beneath the chin; are the patient’s most serious concern before surgery.

With Face-and Neck-Lift technique the jawline would be smooth and contoured. The vertical neck cords would go and the loose neck skin can be pulled backward to achieve a smooth and youthful contour.

OUR FACES AGE THREE WAYS

We droop, we wrinkle, we gaunt. Drooping is the most common type of aging and it usually shows up earliest. It is also the type of aging cosmetic surgery corrects best.  HOW DOES YOUR AGE?

As our lower cheeks loosen and droop they carry the underlying fat with them, forming hills we call jowls. In turn, the jowls droops, erasing the jaw line. The neck skin can droop and may show up in the midline as a band, unkindly called “turkey gobbler”.

Facelift smoothes loose skin on your face and neck, tightens underlying tissues and removes excess fat

The  Neck: Learning How We Use Our Muscles

"The platysma is a broad sheet of muscle arising from the pectoral (chest) and deltoid (shoulder) muscles and rises over the collarbone (clavicle), proceeding upward in a slanting manner along the sides of the neck. The muscle draws the lower lip and corner of the mouth sideways and down, partially opening the mouth, as in an expression of surprise or fright."

The correction of neck contour deformities is dependent upon not only the elevation and shifting of the skin of the neck and face, but also the contouring of fat starting on the face and contouring down  over the mandible and neck. It is too necessary the correction of the support from the platysma muscle of the neck which provides an important contribution of the neck contour. This procedure is designed to tighten the loose muscles in the neck and eliminate the vertical banding (turkey neck).

Patient with loose, sagging skin, sagging jowls, jaw line loose, to much fat under her chin, and the muscles of her neck are weakening.

After face and neck lift she would lose the jowls, the naso-labial folds would be softened. The jaw line would be smooth and contoured.

The neck lift helps to define the jaw-line, thus giving definition to the shape of the face and helps to correct the aging tired appearance.

52 year old woman. Asian ethnicity.

It is important to have a better understanding of eyelid, mid face, lower face, neck and mouth changes which occur with aging to achieve beauty and harmony in facial rejuvenation.

MOUTH: whit aging usually the corner of the mount tends to be down, an upper lip lengthens and sags.

The face lift surgery elevates the mid face tissues that have drooped because of aging process. This pull also raises the structures around the mount improving the contour of the lower face. I believe that the face, neck and mouth rejuvenation is an obligatory part of the surgery to achieve harmony in facial rejuvenation. If you don’t have face and neck lift the rejuvenation of your face will be incomplete, you will still look with sings of aging.

Surgery can bring back beauty, vibrant and younger.

66 year old woman.                              
At whatever age you have your facelift, the goal is to restore a more youthful contour to your face and neck, look better and above all, natural.

The neck Lift is a procedure to modify and tighten the platysma muscle.
The lose neck skin and platysma muscle, can be pulled backward to achieve a smooth  youthful contour, tighten and better define the jawline. Sagging necks, which are referred to as “turkey necks”, are able to be drastically improved using this technique.

You surgical plan will be individualized to address your specific needs and
personal objective

At whatever age you have your facelift, the goal is to restore a more youthful contour to your face and neck, look better and above all, natural.

The neck Lift is a procedure to tighten and better define the jawline and the areas below it. The loose neck skin is pulled backward to achieve a smooth and youthful contour.

60 year old woman with significant facial and neck aging:
the middle and lower thirds of the face sag, deep nasolabial folds, perioral creases, marionette lines, jowl formation, lose of the youthful delineation of the jaw-line, neck skin redundancy (laxity), submental fullness beneath the chin area and there are vertical cords on the neck.

After pictures results showing obliteration of obtuse cervico-mental angle and enhancement of mandible margin. The face and neck lift has enabled us to define the jaw-line, eliminate the neck cords, thus giving definition to the shape
of the face and neck.