If you want to rejuvenate your face while fighting the effects of gravity, you’re likely contemplating a facelift or dermal fillers. While both are effective treatments for achieving a more lifted and youthful appearance, it is essential to understand their similarities and differences to make the best choice for yourself.
Dermal fillers restore lost volume
Facial volume loss and wrinkling can be problematic, but dermal fillers are a safe and effective way to restore facial volume and improve contour. Popular dermal fillers include Juvederm, Restylane, Radiesse and Belotero. State-of-the-art dermal filler treatments by Dr. Weber involve a personalized and goal-oriented approach that gives immediate and long-lasting results.
Dermal fillers are not a surgical procedure, nor do they involve making incisions of any kind. However, they are still powerful enough to improve facial lines, folds, asymmetry and volume loss significantly. Our dermal fillers in Denver are also used to add volume to the lips, chin, cheeks, and temples. Fillers reverse the signs of aging by:
- Plumping and filling out hollow areas that have lost volume to the aging process
- Boosting dwindling collagen stores
- Rehydrating dry, dull skin
- Reducing wrinkles, fine lines, creases, and folds
- Improving self-confidence in your appearance
- Helping to reverse facial scarring
- Creating a more pleasant, youthful facial expression
Plastic surgery corrects sagging skin
Plastic surgery, such as a facelift, is a popular remedy for facial aging. The two most common visible signs of facial aging are drooping of the face and loss of facial volume. A facelift can reposition, lift, and tighten the facial skin, giving you a refreshed and youthful appearance.
A facelift has the following benefits:
- Corrects facial sagging and drooping
- Improvement in facial creases and folds
- Improves the facial expression
- Can help reduce a double chin
- Tones sagging jowls
- Improves self-confidence
- A natural, nuanced outcome
- Minimal scarring and downtime
Dermal fillers vs. plastic surgery: which should I choose?
Dermal fillers and plastic surgery can both visibly improve signs of facial aging. Which is right for you depends on your overall aesthetic goals and whether you are open to the idea of surgery. Facelifts are best if you notice that your skin is sagging or if you’re bothered by the appearance of jowls. Dermal fillers are best if you want to restore a softer, more rounded face shape by plumping areas affected by volume loss.
Something else to consider is what each method can achieve and how long the results last. A facelift removes extra skin and provides a significant degree of skin tightening, while fillers cannot. Fillers don’t lift the facial muscles or fat pads like a facelift, so the results aren’t as long-lasting. The results from most fillers last up to two years, while the effects of facelift surgery can last up to ten years.
In terms of cost, you pay per syringe for dermal fillers. The exact price depends on the type of filler, how many syringes are used, and how many treatments you have. Plastic surgery is a one-time fee influenced by the experience of the surgeon, facility fees and anesthesia costs.
A facelift requires virtually no maintenance, but you may want to boost your results with dermal fillers. Dermal fillers will require touch-up treatments. Depending on the type of filler, you will need a touch-up treatment from once or twice per year to every two years.
Dr. Weber can help you choose between dermal fillers and plastic surgery
At your initial consultation, Dr. Weber will take a thorough medical history and perform a physical examination. Because deciding between a facelift and dermal fillers is highly individualized, he will have a detailed discussion with you regarding your desires and expectations. After the discussion, he will provide you with options regarding the option he thinks will meet your goals. If you have any questions or concerns, Dr. Weber will invite you to bring them up so that he can answer and address them.
If there are any other facial rejuvenation procedures that you’re interested in, such as Ultherapy or laser skin resurfacing, Dr. Weber will gladly discuss these with you during your consultation. He can create a comprehensive anti-aging regimen that is entirely non-surgical and tailored to your needs.