Liquid lift, 8 point face lift : le lifting non chirurgical
What is a medical face lift?
The liquid face lift is a variation of the MD Codes. It is an aesthetic medicine technique with immediate results. Hyaluronic acid injections are performed at strategic points to lift the face without adding volume. Botox injections are also used to open up the eyes.
The causes
Facial sagging begins around the age of thirty and gets progressively worse.
Fat falls off, volume diminishes, the first wrinkles appear and the face becomes sad and tired.
The causes of facial sagging are:
♦ Genetics: the speed of the phenomenon is partly genetically determined.
♦ The reabsorption of bone and fat, which are the support structures of the face.
♦ The loss of malar fat.
♦ Hormonal variations (during pregnancy or the menopause, for example).
♦ Rapid weight loss.
♦ Intrinsic skin thinning (due to the passage of time) and extrinsic skin thinning (due to aggravating factors: smoking, sun, etc.).
How can sagging of the face be corrected?
The non-surgical face lift with hyaluronic acid injections
The 8 Points Face Lift is a non-surgical face-lift technique that does not add volume. It is achieved by injections of very firm hyaluronic acid.
The principle is to treat the causes of sagging:
Restore lost volume (bone and fat): the injections are very deep (in contact with the bone) and deep (deep fat).
Reinforce the eight support points of the face that weaken over time: the injections are very deep (in contact with the bone).
This is therefore a dual-plane technique.
The areas treated are:
♦ The valley of tears (point 3 on the image).
♦ The nasolabial fold (point 4 on the image).
♦ The cheekbones (points 1 and 2 on the image).
♦ The jugal region (point 8 on the image).
♦ The labial commissure (point 5 on the image).
♦ The mandibular line (points 6 and 7 on the image).
There is no specific age at which treatment should begin, and the amount of product used will depend on the patient’s anatomy. Often, it is a little before the age of thirty that the indication arises..
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This treatment is recommended in the following situations:
Impression of a drooping face.
Looking sad and tired.
Loss of facial volume.
Change in the shape of the face from the triangular shape typical of teenagers to a rectangular shape.
Appearance of the first imperfections due to sagging: nasolabial folds, bitterness folds, jowls.
Certain indications remain the domain of surgery: major sagging or excessive loss of volume are an indication for surgery.
This treatment is often combined with two complementary techniques:
Sculptra injections: this product densifies the skin and subcutaneous fat.
Fractional ablative laser: this technique thickens the skin.
Results and after-effects
The results of hyaluronic acid injections are immediate and last about a year.
In most cases, one session is sufficient. Sometimes, when the number of syringes to be used is large, two sessions a month apart will be carried out. The number of syringes to be used depends on the patient’s anatomy and varies from one to six.
The after-effects are minimal, although small haematomas are possible and temporary.
Prices
Type of consultation
Prices generally charged
Hyaluronic acid
650 CHF per syringe for most indications.
Sculptra
800 CHF per bottle
Laser
650 CHF per session