A facelift is often the better fit when facial aging involves loose skin, jowls, deeper folds, or sagging through the lower face and neck. Conversely, dermal fillers can restore volume and soften certain folds without surgery, making them useful when your main concern is a loss of fullness rather than significant skin laxity.
Stuart Lipton, MD, brings more than two decades of experience to facial and body procedures. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and offers both surgical facial rejuvenation and injectable options at his practice in Lewisville, TX.
What Dermal Fillers Can Address
Facial fillers add volume beneath the skin. They can address issues such as lost cheek fullness, facial folds, lip volume, chin contour, and certain under-eye changes. Dr. Lipton offers hyaluronic acid fillers at his practice, including products from the JUVÉDERM® and Restylane® families.
Fillers are worth considering when your main concerns involve hollowness or specific folds rather than significant sagging skin. They may also help smooth static wrinkles, which remain visible even when your face is relaxed.
When a Facelift Can Make More Sense
Fillers add volume, but they can’t remove loose skin or reposition sagging facial tissues. When aging has created noticeable jowls, lower-face sagging, deep nasolabial folds, or loose skin and banding around the neck, facelift surgery may help with problems that injectables can’t fully correct.
A facelift generally focuses on the lower two-thirds of the face. Depending on your anatomy and goals, Dr. Lipton performs full facelifts, mid-face lifts, limited-incision techniques, and neck lifts.
Can You Combine Surgery and Fillers?
You don’t necessarily have to view this as an either-or decision. Facial aging can involve both sagging tissue and volume loss, so different areas may benefit from different forms of care.
The right choice depends on what has actually changed in your face. Someone bothered mainly by hollow cheeks could have very different needs from someone worried about jowls and loose neck skin.
Find the Right Option for Your Facial Goals
The biggest distinction comes down to structure versus volume. Fillers can replenish fullness, while facelift surgery helps reposition tissue and address more pronounced sagging.
For a personal assessment with Stuart Lipton, MD, contact us at (972) 420-0023 and schedule a consultation in Lewisville, TX.