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THE TYPICAL PATIENT
- Desire for a more youthful appearance in the face and focusing mostly
on heavy laugh lines, sagging cheek pads, and heavy jowls.
- Desire for facial rejuvenation and return to your features of years
ago with high cheek bones, well defined and smooth jaw line, soft laugh lines, thin face, less excess fat, and tighter, lifted
facial features.
- Features of looking older than you are or feel. Loss of elasticity
and firmness of the face.
THE PROCEDURE
- Anesthesia is usually a very light local.
- The technique involves separating the full thickness of the facial
tissues (skin, muscle and fat) away from the underlying bone, lifting, elevating and fixing this as a unit all up higher.
- Dressings and a light compression garment are used.
- This can be combined with other plastic surgical procedures.
THE RECOVERY
- You can go home after surgery.
- There is only minimal pain that is easily controlled by medications.
- Swelling is mild then disappears rapidly with minimal or no bruising.
- You can resume many activities immediately.
THE RESULT
- Beautiful, balanced and proportioned contour.
- Natural and refreshed appearance to the face.
- Lasts the rest of your life and always looks better than if you didn't
do it.
- Natural and presentable appearance in the first
week that just gets better over the next three to six months.
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