Cosmetic Surgery & Beauty #72
Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty is the definitive consumer guide to aesthetic enhancement in Australia. Written by medical journalists and industry experts CSBM covers everything you need to know and with hundreds of untouched before and after photos it is the authoritative information source.
Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty is the definitive consumer guide to aesthetic enhancement in Australia. Written by medical journalists and industry experts CSBM covers everything you need to know and with hundreds of untouched before and after photos it is the authoritative information source.
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face<br />
Tried and tested<br />
ways to improve<br />
sagging skin,<br />
drooping eyelids<br />
and wrinkled,<br />
sun-damaged<br />
complexions.<br />
Dr John Flynn<br />
tells us how.<br />
AimÉe Surtenich<br />
reports.<br />
We all age differently, but everyone’s<br />
face will eventually exhibit three<br />
common elements: changes in<br />
the texture and quality of the skin; loose and<br />
sagging skin; and volume changes around<br />
the cheeks and eyes, with increased volume<br />
around the jowls.<br />
‘With ageing, the overall facial balance<br />
is changed,’ says Dr John Flynn from<br />
Cosmedic & Skin Clinic on the Gold Coast.<br />
‘To rejuvenate the face and achieve the best<br />
result, it’s necessary to address and restore<br />
each of these elements with a different<br />
approach for each.’<br />
Lifting<br />
sagging skin<br />
Dr Flynn favours combinations of options such as a variety<br />
of face lifting techniques, combined with less invasive<br />
treatments such as fillers, lasers and peels.<br />
‘Thread lifts give a nice result and can last between three<br />
and five years,’ he says. ‘There is no surgery, no scars and<br />
the procedure is less expensive than a full facelift as there is<br />
no anaesthetic and no hospital stay.’<br />
A thread lift, also called a filament lift, is a non-surgical<br />
method of facial rejuvenation which allows lifting and<br />
repositioning of facial tissues to help restore youthful<br />
contours. It is particularly indicated for brows, cheeks, jowls<br />
and sometimes the neck. The filaments are absorbable<br />
surgical threads and are designed with directional cogs<br />
or barbs, which allow for lifting and re-positioning. The<br />
filaments anchor themselves within the tissues and offer<br />
effective lifting capabilities.<br />
The procedure is relatively quick and can be performed<br />
under local anaesthetic, with some temporary bruising and<br />
swelling to be expected afterwards.<br />
The results of the thread lift improve over time (three to<br />
six months) as collagen is stimulated and produced and<br />
contracts around each filament, causing even further lifting.<br />
Downtime is usually a few days and results can last from<br />
two to five years.<br />
For more significant lifting results, Dr Flynn recommends<br />
a surgical facelift over a thread lift. ‘Sometimes a proper<br />
surgical lift is the better approach, in terms of offering longer<br />
lasting, more robust results,’ he advises.<br />
The modern facelift is customised to each individual<br />
patient, to provide tailored and natural-looking results so<br />
the patient still retains their unique look but just looks like a<br />
younger version of themselves.<br />
‘The incision usually begins in the hair near the temple<br />
and continues in front of the ear, around the ear lobe, behind<br />
the ear and into the hair,’ says Dr Flynn. ‘This placement<br />
allows the scar to be very inconspicuous. The facial<br />
muscles and sagging tissue are tightened, excess skin is<br />
removed and the remaining skin is repositioned to create a<br />
more youthful look.’<br />
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