Jawline, neck and lower face surgery

The lower face is where the dreaded jowls occur, those pouches of loose skin that overhang the jawline and are such a giveaway sign of aging. Some people are destined to age here, as part of their family heritage and in others it is an unrelenting decline from never having a good neck. In addition, significant weight loss accelerates the appearance of laxity of the lower face. With the benefit of recent developments in facial surgery, this area is now best corrected when there are early signs of laxity.

The surgical solution for the lower face, jawline and neck

The recent developments in facial surgery are particularly good news for people with jowls as this area can be now be surgically ‘tidied up’ with a straightforward, low risk procedure, with minimal, if any bruising and a quick recovery.

The new technique involves operating beneath the support layer of the lower face through Dr Mendelson’s recently researched premasseter space. This is a natural space that provides surgeons simple access to the entire lower face and upper neck almost completely without bleeding. Through this inert space the benefit of the tightening is easily extended forward to correct laxity at the side of the mouth and in the neck below. The correction is obtained by tightening the support layer, which has long been considered the ideal way to restore the tone to the face, rather than the traditional way of tightening the skin directly, which is the typical cause of the windswept look.

The results obtained with this technique return the appearance similar to what it used to be. While the result is a major improvement, it does not look as if a facelift has been performed at all because the skin has not been pulled tight. Recovery is rapid, with scant bruising and the benefit is extremely lasting without the need to be overdone initially.

The premasseter lower facelift is a relatively new procedure, so not many surgeons yet perform it. However Dr Mendelson has performed several hundred premasseter facelifts, having conducted the original anatomical research that is the basis of the procedure. More information can be found on Google, looking up the premasseter space.