A gentleman in his early to mid 50’s whose complaint is looking tired. As in all of medicine, it is important to make an accurate diagnosis prior to treatment. When we analyze his face and compare the changes since his photo from his 20’s, we notice that the face has “deflated” with age, like a grape turning into a raisin. The brows have descended, and he is working hard with his forehead muscles to hold them up, resulting in transverse lines. The upper eyelid crease is not as crisp, and the cheeks have started to hollow and flatten, making the lower eyelids look older. It is important to make someone look better, but not to look “operated on”. The most natural results come from treating the different signs of aging without causing a deformity from the surgery. His brows are elevated to allow the forehead muscles to relax. Because of his thinning hair, an endoscopic approach is used with small incisions and a fiber-optic camera. Some skin is removed from his upper and lower eyelids, but not too much- which could result in a feminine and unnatural appearance. Fat is harvested from his abdomen and placed in the cheeks, brow and lower eyelid area in very small particles to replace the volume that has been lost with the aging process. Not all grafted fat will survive, but studies suggest that fat that is present at 3 months after surgery will probably stay. Although there is still some mild swelling in the cheeks and lower eyelids that will fade over the next 3 months, he is already quite please with his results. By understanding the normal, and the deformity of aging, we have been able to restore him to a more youthful appearance.
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"I treat my patients like I would treat
- Jonathan D. Hall, MD, FACSmembers of my own family."
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