Mid Face Lift

Facial aging hits the mid-portion of the face especially hard. As facial fat descends due to gravity and relaxed skin, hollows can develop beneath the eyes and cheekbones, causing the face to appear long, old, and even gaunt.

A mid face lift corrects these signs of facial aging, but the common techniques that use incisions through the lower eyelids or mouth tend to result in more complications than obvious results.

Thankfully, Dr. Shapiro's mid face lift is a highly effective procedure with very few complications, a fast recovery time, and positively amazing results.

Mid Face Lift Procedure

Facial expressions are made by muscles contracting in accordance with signals from the brain. Over time, those repeated contractions leave permanent wrinkles in the fat and skin layers above the muscles. A specialized face life called SMAS manipulates those wrinkle-causing muscles for a highly effective facelift.

Dr. Shapiro regularly performs the SMAS (superficial muscular and aponeurotic system) facelift. His extended SMAS technique actually involves a mid face lift with its benefits of recruiting volume to the midface(beneath the eyes and orbits and along the cheekbones) without the risks of procedures done beneath the eyelids or through the mouth to elevate the midface that have prolonged recovery and swelling. His mid face lift is unique because he transfers volume from the lower cheeks upward, filling the hollows in the lower eyes, raising the appearance of the cheekbones, and producing a lifted and youthful appearance. In some cases, lifting the cheeks will also soften deep folds around the nose and mouth, as well as reduce the appearance of jowls.