Fresno Cosmetic Surgery Questions - What is the Liquid Facelift?

Question:
"What is the 'Liquid Facelift'?"

Answer:
The liquid face lift is a name for non-invasive filling of saggy parts of the maturing face. Fat loss as well as the loss of elasticity is largely responsible for the problems surgeons try to correct with a facelift. In particular, fat loss around the eyes and of the cheekbone area and upper face is responsible for allowing downward movement of the facial skin sometimes producing “jowls.” Near Los Angeles and Fresno, facelift cosmetic surgery is - in simple terms - a way to pull the skin up and trim the extra from around the ears.

However - the original facial contours were influenced very much by the original fat structure. Look at any magazine at photos of younger people: their faces are smoother, more filled out. Facelifts alone can’t produce this effect.

In order to obtain the best results with facelifts, I typically recommend a facial filler of some kind to be done along with the surgery. Fat, JUVÉDERM® Injectable Gel, Restylane® or Perlane®, or other fillers can be used. But this is up to the patient of course. Some people prefer a thinner, more mature look that a facelift alone produces. And of course nothing tightens the neck like a Fresno or Los Angeles facelift cosmetic surgery procedure.

The liquid facelift is an attempt to use the fillers alone to produce the proper effects. This is all about using larger volumes of these fillers to mimic the slightly fatter, more structurally supported faces of youth. Of course, this works best if the skin isn’t too very loose. Sun damage and natural aging processes cause problems that volume correction alone sometimes can’t completely fix.

And it’s almost always the case that the more filler you use, the better results you get. Nine syringes will obtain a great result in many cases. And our minimum is three. In order to have our patients feel confident that this is worth it, we have cut our price (in Pasadena, Visalia, Fresno areas) to $1000.00 (as of the time of this blog post) for three syringes of JUVÉDERM® Injectable Gel. If you use less than this you may get a result improving your folds around the mouth, for example, but you just can’t get the result you get using more filler.

Fat is just fantastic in some cases, but more swelling usually results and it has to be taken from somewhere on your body with a Fresno or Los Angeles, CA area liposuction procedure.
For more information on fat filling, visit my Los Angeles cosmetic surgery site or see my blog post on fat as a facial filler.