By Sandy McCarty

Facelifts once had just a single focus: lifting and tightening the skin to reduce wrinkles. This resulted in a tighter but not necessarily more youthful appearance. Today, however, theres a more natural new solution: the lift-and-fill facelift. Using this technique, Dr. John Burns can lift the skin and deeper layer with less bruising, swelling, and scarring while filling areas that need volume replacement. If youre looking to refresh your appearance, you can find everything you need to know about this procedure and whether its right for you here.

What Is a Lift-and-Fill Facelift?

The lift-and-fill procedure has become increasingly popular in recent years. This procedure involves combining a facelift with the addition of volume in strategic locations, using facial fillers or a fat transfer. This approach offers outstanding outcomes, including a rejuvenated and more youthful face, eyes and neck, as well as longer-lasting results.

As your face ages, several changes take place. Years of facial movements lead to wrinkles, the skin loses elasticity, and the face loses volume due to fat atrophy and bone resorption. The combination of all these factors results in looser skin, deflation, lax tissue, with more wrinkles and lines. When it comes to facial rejuvenation, the best treatment for you depends on the amount of volume loss you have experienced. In some cases, a facelift and/or necklift alone is enough to significantly improve the contour of the face. However, when a patient has loose skin and volume loss, we can achieve much better results by combining the facelift with volume enhancement.

A few of the procedures used in conjunction with a facelift or necklift are:

Is a Lift-and-Fill Facelift Right for You?

Good candidates for facelift surgery include individuals who are in good physical health, do not smoke or use nicotine, and desire correction of facial aging due to gravity or volume loss. The combination of a facelift and/or necklift with facial fillers or fat transfer can provide the stunning results you want. Contact Dr. John Burns today to schedule your consultation to learn more about short-scar facelift and the facial rejuvenation options that are right for you.

Dr. John L. Burns, Jr., MD is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and is President of The Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute; one of the largest plastic surgery group practices in the United States. Dr. Burns specializes in cosmetic surgery of the face, breast, and body.

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