What Is a Liquid Facelift?

December 31, 2018

Are you looking at a facelift for the new year? If you have been feeling a bit down about your facial symmetry or the aging of your facial skin, you may be considering a way to lift and rejuvenate your skin. However, you may be feeling somewhat discouraged about the fact that a facelift is a major surgery that could leave you with scars and other side effects that you do not want. Plus, you may not think that your facial aging is bad enough to warrant this full surgical procedure. Instead, you may want to consider a liquid facelift, a far less invasive and much easier procedure that provides great results on a face showing a bit of aging.

Minimally-Invasive Facelift Procedures

A liquid facelift uses minimally-invasive procedures to lift and tone the face and to smooth out wrinkles. It can address many areas of the face, including the eyes, forehead, brows, cheeks, nose, lips and chin. Therefore, whether you are unhappy with the frown lines between your brows or do not like the deep furrows buried in your skin between your nose and your cheeks, you can address each of these issues without any need for surgery.

Liquid facelifts usually use a combination of Botox and dermal fillers to smooth away expression lines while also filling in deeper lines and furrows that have become permanently etched into your face. Botox temporarily paralyzes the muscles that are causing tiny wrinkles to appear when you smile or frown, and dermal fillers use a gel-like substance to fill in deeper wrinkles as well as hollowed-out areas.

The Advantages of Liquid Facelifts

Because a liquid facelift does not require IV sedation or general anesthesia as a traditional facelift or brow lift does and because there are no incisions but only tiny pricks with a needle, there are far fewer side effects and risks with this liquid version of the facelift. You will also be able to return to your everyday life more quickly without the need for a long recovery period.

However, keep in mind that a liquid facelift will require regular upkeep. You will need to return to our office every three to four months for Botox injections and every six months to one year for upkeep of your dermal fillers. We will also be able to address new wrinkles or concerns at these regular appointments at the OC Cosmetic Surgery Clinique as well.