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Advancements in aging anatomy understanding have paved the way for a revolutionary approach to plastic surgery. This new era focuses on smaller, safer procedures that yield long-lasting changes, preventing the signs of aging for a lifetime. With careful attention to maintenance and minor procedures, individuals in their sixties, seventies, and beyond can radiate youthful allure without resorting to falsehoods about their age. In this article, we’ll explore how gravitational effects on facial soft tissue can be managed through segmental lifts and other innovative techniques to create natural, bright, and vibrant appearances.
Facial soft tissue gravitational settling is no longer solely addressed through comprehensive face and neck lifts. Instead, the emphasis has shifted to segmental or minor lifts that target specific areas. Procedures like cheek lifts, temporal brow-lifts, eyelid-lifts, and ear-lobe lifts can now be comfortably performed in an office setting. Even minor face and neck lift operations are possible under local anesthesia, ensuring a safe and relaxed experience.
Redefining Beauty through Precision:
Skin sagging and wrinkling can be corrected using innovative approaches. Descending tissue can be re-arranged or removed, addressing concerns like jowls, lip positioning, and the corners of the mouth “anguloplasty”(corner of lip lift). Wrinkling can be targeted through laser treatments or by filling with natural fats or off-the-shelf products. Hollow areas on the aging face, often associated with a tired or sad appearance, can be revitalized through small facial implants, fat grafting, minor surgical lifts, and fillers. These techniques reshape surface contours to reflect light and create a youthful radiance.
Leading the Way: Dr. Steve Laverson’s Approach:
Dr. Steve Laverson, a renowned San Diego Plastic Surgeon, is at the forefront of this transformative movement. He offers a range of minor procedures performed in-office under local anesthesia. These include brow lift, upper and lower eyelid lifts, cheek-lift, minor nose reshaping, lip shaping and lip lifting, facial fat transfer or filler, neck liposculpture, jowl removal, laser skin smoothing and wrinkle removal, laser skin tightening, and others.
Choosing minor procedures doesn’t mean they can be performed well by a “minor” cosmetic surgeon. Certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery means your plastic surgeon has met the highest standard for his or her own performance, which increases the chance that he or she will hold himself or herself to the highest standard for your care and your result.
Dr. Steve Laverson is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, is a member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and has been in practice in North San Diego County since 1993. For consultation, call his San Diego office at 858-295-4001
