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Although the ideal age range
encompasses 30- to 50-year-olds, the
procedure is helpful at any age.
“We will see patients a bit younger
and some beyond the age range,”
Dr. Ross Clevens said. “The art lies
in the combination of techniques
to achieve the desired result for
each patient. This requires both the
skill and experience of the facial
plastic surgeon and having the
proper set of tools and technology
within the practice.”
IDEAL PATIENT
An ideal patient, according to
Clevens, will have skin laxity and
unwanted fat deposition, but only
early banding or weakness of the
platysma muscles of the neck.
“Once there is significant neck
banding and platysmal laxity, the
patient is typically a better candidate
for a procedure such as the deep
plane face-lift,” he explained.
A deep plane face-lift, considered
the gold standard for treating
unwanted jowls, loose neck and neck
bands, is a surgical procedure and
does involve downtime.
With a neck-lift, on the other hand,
the patient takes a weekend off
before being back in action. The
procedure, performed under local
anesthesia with sedation, involves a
tiny incision hidden in the natural
fold of the chin. Laser energy,
liposuction and sometimes a chin
implant improves the appearance of
sagging face, jowls and neck.
Patients can typically resume normal
activities in a couple of days.
Bruising is minimized with the
use of a platelet healing gel that
contains stem cells, growth factors
and healing cells harvested from the
patient’s own blood.
LASTING RESULTS
With nonsurgical face-lifts, patients
can see a positive change almost
overnight, although improvement
continues for up to six months afterward.
Results can last up to 10 years.
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Imami prepares
a patient for
a nonsurgical
face-lift in his
Melbourne office.
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IMAMI SKIN AND COSMETIC CENTER
CLEVENS FACE AND BODY SPECIALISTS
Dr. Ross Clevens says while the ideal ages for non-surgical
face-lifts is 30 to 50, it has benefits at any age.
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