Mid-Facelift

The youthful face is curvilinear with fullness in the upper midface, graceful curves, and a relative hollowness in the lower midface. The lower lid appears vertically short. With aging, there is an inevitable descent of cheek tissue which creates a depression hollowness of the lower lid area, emptiness of the upper face area, fullness in the lower face, and jowling. The lower lid sags and appears vertically taller. The midface procedure restores the fullness of the upper midface, the hollowness of the lower midface and improves the appearance of the lower lid. The procedure helps re-creat the soft and graceful curves of youth. The combination of the traditional facelift (for the neck) and the midface lift comprise the ‘modern’ facelift and constitute a powerful tool in facial rejuvenation. Some patients, usually younger, present initially with aging limited to the midface and lower lid area, without signs of aging in the neck. The midface lift procedure alone can correct this problem while avoiding incisions used in standard facelifts. Incisions are limited to two small areas in the mouth and two small areas in the hair above the forehead.