ASPS Says Facelifts Not Going Anywhere

With new laser treatments like the popular San Diego Fraxel laser treatment, and injectable wrinkle fillers like Botox and Restylane, many baby boomers are choosing to postpone the facelift – but it is not dead! Many patients over the age of 45 find that they only achieve their desired results with surgical rejuvenation options, like a San Diego facelift. A study in May’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), reveals a new facelift technique that offers patients more options.

For those younger than 45, injectable fillers, which gained tremendous popularity over the past year, are very successful in smoothing out small lines and wrinkles. Similar results using cosmetic procedures like these, can be achieved without undergoing surgery. However, as we get older and gravity takes over, wrinkles in our eyes, brows, and jowls can become too deep for injectable fillers to smooth out. At that point, surgical procedures become the next step in order to achieve the desired results.

Although surgery may provide better results, injectables still play an important role in facial rejuvenation for the over 45 set. And yet facelifts are the second most popular cosmetic surgical procedure for men and women over age 55, according to new ASPS statistics. Nearly 102,000 people aged 40 and older had a facelift in 2006. Tijuana plastic surgeon Dr. Hector Milla, is a board-certified member of the Association in Mexico, known as the Mexican Association of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Milla, who is also an active member of the San Diego Plastic Surgery Society, is known for his Fraxel laser treatments. Many patients from Mexico and Southern California feel that the Fraxel Laser Treatment achieves similar results without the use of surgery. However Dr. Milla also notices that the best results for facial rejuvenation in men and women over a certain age, are achieved with surgical procedures such as facelifts. For more information on the American Society of Plastic Surgeons visit www.plasticsurgery.org.

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