Are you a good candidate for a facelift?

No one is immune to facial aging. It is true, some ethnicities tend to age slower, but the descent of facial fat and muscles, as well as the stretching of skin, occurs in everyone. If it bothers you, you should have something done. If you look at your face and think that you look older than you feel, this may actually make you feel older somewhat like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Good candidates include those with the following.

• Jowling or fat accumulation along the jaw line.
• Markedly pronounced fold above the upper lip otherwise known as nasal labial fold
• Saggy facial skin.
• Deep facial wrinkles.
• Deep circles underneath the eyes.
• Loss of cheek fat.
• Loss of youthful look.
• Corners of mouth have fallen down.

The candidates for neck lifting are referred to the neck lift section.

It should be mentioned that face lifting does not improve the texture of the skin. This is best managed with chemical peeling or laser skin resurfacing which would be done separately from the face lift.