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Mid face lift or other options for a tired looking face, nasolabial folds and under eye hollowing

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Fat transfer could be your answer. Many times, the cheek area and lower eyelids appear the way that they do secondary to a loss of volume in those areas. Fat transfer is the best thing to make the area look natural. It’s not magic, but when done right and with enough attention, it can seem like magic.

A midface lift, in my opinion, results in less than optimal improvement of the area. You can’t really take that much skin from a midface lift. Also, with a midface lift you can end up with eyelids that are pulled down like a hound dog. It also doesn’t look natural and you often get bunching in the lateral eyelid area. I think that a midface lift is only beneficial when you need to improve the lower eyelid when there is a problem with the lower eyelid function. Once you plump up your midface with fat, you can concentrate on improving the acne scars with different types of procedures including resurfacing and excision of your scars.

Facial Implants can help restore loss volume. They require small incisions in the mouth or other ares but mostly for the midface the implants can be placed through the mouth and sometimes through the lower eyelid area.  Silicone implants through Implantech are the types that I usually place.  These implants have a long history of success with low rejection and reactions.

I refined an amazing volumizing procedure called “the YoungLift”.  This is an innovative technique that volumizes your face to bring out the younger and natural you without looking like you had something done.  This is not a facelift and requires no incisions.  Only pinpoint puncture sites are used and these heal imperceptibly.  The YoungLift can be done without general anesthesia and without drains, and large bandages.  You also have a lot less downtime and discomfort compared with traditional facelift procedures.  I employsthe very best techniques from around the world into one volumizing procedure and he uses his internationally acclaimed understanding of facial beauty to create the youthful volume you once had. The YoungLift can also be used to volumize the midface area to bring out the younger and natural you.

Dr Young is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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Midface lift to address cheek issues and nasolabial folds

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Losing volume in your face can lead to the nasolabial folds (or mouth folds, mouth wrinkles, mouth creases, nose lip wrinkles, nasolabial wrinkles) becoming more prominent.

  • A midface lift is not a favorite procedure of mine.  I think it shifts tissue upwards but it doesn’t address the nasolabial folds significantly.
  • The reason for this is because I think that the folds are really due to a significant volume loss in the cheek and lower eyelid region and bringing more youth back entails adding volume back to these areas.
  • Fillers are a great way to do this.  But they are temporary.  A more permanent filler would be fat injections to the area around the mouth and in the cheek.  This can be done without incisions and all that is needed are small puncture holes that heal essentially imperceptibly.

I refined an amazing volumizing procedure called “the YoungLift”.  This is an innovative technique that volumizes your face to bring out the younger and natural you without looking like you had something done.  This is not a facelift and requires no incisions.  Only pinpoint puncture sites are used and these heal imperceptibly.  The YoungLift can be done without general anesthesia and without drains, and large bandages.  You also have a lot less downtime and discomfort compared with traditional facelift procedures.  Dr Young employs the very best techniques from around the world into one volumizing procedure and he uses his internationally acclaimed understanding of facial beauty to create the youthful volume you once had.

Dr Young is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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How to improve the appearance for the tear troughs

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

The question was asked of me whether null or restylane injections were better for the tear trough location. Both of those options can help. I think Restylane would be a better alternative to replace the volume that you have lost in the lower eyelid and cheek area. That is essentially what has happened — a loss of volume. The only thing is that restylane will last only 6-9 months. Fat repositioning can help the condition but there are limitations. It can leave you looking hollow and it can impact the position of your eyelids and can have complications.

I don’t prefer the fat repositioning procedure. I think volumizing the area is the best way to rejuvenate the face and the lower eyelid area. It can give you the most naturally looking results.  Fat transfer to this area is the best if done right.

Thenull is an amazing approach to volumize the face using a person’s own tissues.  This approach can be used in the lower eyelid area and upper cheek area to rejuvenate this whole region.

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Enlarged eye after upper and lower blepharoplasty

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

This is a question that regards a patient who had a bigger right eye after n upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty and was wondering if it is due to the surgery and whether it will get better.  This is a question that I answered for someone who had a procedure by another physician. This persons right eye was larger than the left. This can happen with lower eyelid blepharoplasty when this procedure entails taking skin and fat. The skin resection and the scar contracture is what can cause the lower eyelid to retract downwards revealing more eye in that particular eye.  This can take a while to resolve on its own.   Sometimes, steroid injections can help.

In the long run, it may require other procedures to improve the retraction in the skin of the lower eyelid when the scarring occurs after lower eyelid blepharoplasty. This is one reason why I don’t prefer thenullas a procedure and believe in restoring volume to the lower eyelid and cheek region. I also prefer fat injections for this area for a longer lasting effect and more natural looking results. Sometimes this takes up to a year for the tightness to get better and for things to look better. Patience can be a virtue during this transition after a lower eyelid blepharoplasty.

The YoungLift is an amazing procedure that uses a person’s own tissue to volumize the face.  I incorporate my theory of facial aesthetics to volumize the face in a unique way to make people look more younger in a more natural way.

Dr Young is located in Bellevue near Seattle Washington

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