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Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Booklet |
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Aging Face Surgery
As one grows older, certain changes occur in one's appearance. These are an accumulation of the effects of the sun, of gravity, and of the physical-biochemical changes in the skin associated with aging. With the tremendous desire to appear youthful, more and more people request surgery to help achieve this goal. There are many operations that can be performed, and each of these is individualized to meet the needs of each patient. The forehead can be lifted by a forehead lift, the eyebrows can be raised by a temple lift or by a browlift, the eyes can be made more youthful by an operation called blepharoplasty and the saggy skin in the jowls and in the neck is lifted by an operation called a cheek-neck lift or facelift. Some of the cords that form in your neck are caused by the platysma muscle in the neck, and these can be cut or tightened. Deformities under the chin are corrected by a submental lift, and the fine wrinkles that occur about your eyes, about your mouth and sometimes about the entire face can be improved with dermabrasions, with chemical peels or with LASER resurfacing. Very often as one ages, one also acquires an older appearing hairdo and older appearing makeup. Cosmetic consultation is an important part of surgery as well.
Terence Davidson, M.D., F.A.C.S.
UCSD Otolaryngology Division
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-8895
(619) 543-6631 |