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Silhouette Facelift
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Body Beautifuls'
Advanced Liposuction
Center presents the
Silhouette Facelift, which
deals with the signs of
aging without the scarring
and downtime associated with
a traditional face lift |
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As we
age, the tissues of our face
change. The skin loses
elasticity and becomes
lax, You lose facial fat and
gravity produces the typical
jowls, flat cheek and lower
eye bags. Muscles also
decrease in their size and
strength and with loss of
bone especially around the
upper and lower jaws, the
face takes on the typical
features of aging. The face
assumes a tired sagging
appearance. |
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Environmental factors like
sun-damage and pollution
(smoking) accelerates the
loss of collagen and
hyaluronic acid, and causes
abnormal pigmentation (sun
spots/age spots), fine blood
vessels and wrinkles to
appear. |
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In the
past, the typical approach
to restoring a youthful
facial appearance was to
perform a lower face lift -
S-Lift, short scar face lift
or MACs Lift, which may be
combined
with a skin
peel or
laser
resurfacing
to correct
sun damage. |
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This
approach enables very
effective correction of
displaced tissues and
effective rejuvenation. |
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However,
the downside of this surgery
is significant scarring and
recovery time lasting for
four to six weeks. |
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We have available minimally invasive
techniques for rejuvenating the
face in order to provide you with
effective facial rejuvenation. |
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The recent
appreciation of the importance of
volume loss contributing to facial
aging has lead to the increasing use
of injectable products/fillers in
restoring a more youthful
appearance.
Thread lifting
was introduced to correct the skin
sagging and initial techniques were
simple to carry out and associated
with little downtime, usually five
to seven days. Unfortunately, these
initial techniques used barbed
threads which caused side effects
related to the sharp barbs and were
limited in the effectiveness with
loss of correction as early as
twelve months, because of the
failure of the barbs to maintain a
secure hold on the skin tissues. |
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The
Silhouette Facelift
technique uses novel threads
of permanent sutures
incorporating tiny
absorbable cones which lift
and reposition the tissues
of the skin. These
Silhouette Sutures have been
approved by the FDA in the
USA and have received the CE
mark.
The
threads are secured to the
deep strong fibrous tissue
in the temple region
ensuring that the lifting of
the sagging tissues is long
lasting. Normally four
threads are used on each
side of the face and two to
three are used on each side
of the neck. The Silhouette
Facelift normally takes 45
minutes and treatment of the
face and neck takes 90
minutes. The cones dissolve
over a period of three to
four months leaving the
sutures to lift the tissues
for up to four or five
years.
The
Silhouette Facelift
procedure is designed to
rejuvenate the lower face
and neck with a minimally
invasive procedure that is
performed under local
anesthetic as an outpatient.
No hospital stay is required
and the recovery time is
normally three to five days.
The
ideal patient for the
Silhouette Facelift
procedure is 35 to 50 years
of age with early jowls and
sagging of the cheek and
neck, who does not have
significant skin laxity and
who would like to restore a
fresher, more youthful
appearance, but wants to
avoid the risks and downtime
of a standard facelift
procedure. |
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However, in
combination with the Silhouette
Facelift procedure, several other
non-surgical or minimally invasive
treatments or procedures may
be suitable to achieve the
optimum rejuvenation of the face.
Rejuvenation
treatments or procedures may
include photofacials or
microdermabrasions to correct age
and sun damage, changes in the skin
such as age spots, hyperpigmentation
and wrinkles; non-surgical laser
photo-rejuvenation to stimulate
collagen and elastin production to
improve skin tone and elasticity;
Botox to relax wrinkles caused
by hyperactive muscles; dermal
fillers such as Juvaderm, Radiesse
and Restylane to restore volume in
the cheeks, tear trough and chin,
and the Silhouette Browlift/ midface
lift or neck lift to lift drooping
eyebrows, face and neck.
Thus, at the time of the
consultation a thorough assessment
of the face and neck should be
performed and a full discussion of
the non-surgical and surgical
procedures is essential to providing
the most natural facial
rejuvenation. Call today to set
up your appointment 724-624-4660 |
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