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One of the things I hear most often from women in their 50s is that they don't necessarily dislike the way they look. They've just started noticing changes that make their face appear older or more tired than they feel. For this 56-year-old patient, it wasn't one particular feature.
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It was the combination of changes happening throughout her face. Her brows had begun to descend, her cheeks had lost some of their youthful fullness, and the skin and deeper tissues along her jawline and neck were becoming less defined. And this is where facial rejuvenation gets interesting, because you can't address every part of the face in exactly the same way.
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What works for the brow isn't necessarily what works for the neck, and lifting alone doesn't replace volume that's been lost. I performed an endoscopic brow lift to create a more open appearance around her eyes, combined with a deep plane midface, lower face, and neck lift to reposition the underlying tissues and improve definition through the cheeks, jawline, and neck. I also incorporated strategic fat transfer to restore volume in areas where the face had begun to look depleted.
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She also chose to have ear reduction surgery, medically known as reduction otoplasty, to bring her ears into softer proportion with her refreshed features. The important distinction here is that I wasn't trying to make every feature look dramatically different. I wanted to improve the relationship between them.
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A more open upper face, better support through the cheeks, and a cleaner, more defined lower facial contour can make a meaningful difference in someone's overall appearance. Her result is a softer, more refreshed version of herself, with improved facial definition and a more youthful balance between the upper and lower face. And that's really what thoughtful facial rejuvenation should accomplish: not a completely new face, but a series of carefully considered changes that work together.
