Category: Face Lifts

The latest anti-ageing craze appears to have taken inspiration from Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ given that the procedure involves injecting your face with your own blood.

Stimulated Self Serum skin therapy, often shortened to just ‘S3 Therapy’ and colloquially known as the ‘Dracula Therapy’, is the latest anti-ageing craze to hit cosmetic surgery fans. The inventor of this new skin therapy, a French London-based cosmetic doctor called Daniel sister, claims that S3 therapy stimulates DNA repair, helps to heal scars, and generally improves the skin tone and texture, making it look smoother and younger.

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Could the Oralift, a plastic mouthguard, be the answer to looking ten years younger without cosmetic surgery? According to inventor London dentist Dr Nick Mohindra, this plastic mouthguard can help patients look younger by sculpturing their faces.

The Oralift is claimed can do many different things including:

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• Eliminate hollows under the eyes
• Plump up the cheeks
• Give fuller lips and a wider, more even smile
• Tighten the jawline

Madonna wowed the crowds at the Academy Awards last week, however her youthful appearance has had many wondering if the Material Girl has had cosmetic surgery.

With a smooth, glowing complexion, there are many in the plastic surgery industry who believe that Madonna has had a procedure known as the ’ribbon lift’.

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A new face cream known as a ‘facelift in a jar’ has just gone onto sale in the UK. The Athena 7 Minute Lift cream – already available in the US – is now in UK shops and claims to be the first cosmetic cream offering an injection free, non-invasive, painless alternative to Botox. The UK launch is six months behind the US thanks to six months of wrangling over licenses.

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A face lift can lift sagging cheecks, smooth out your jaw line and get rid of any jowling. It will tighten the skin on the face and neck and remove any excess fat. A face lift will not eliminate any pre-existing skin conditions or remove your wrinkles.

Am I suitable for a face lift?
If you have sagging skin in the face and neck, have fairly good skin tone (elasticity) and a strong bone structure, you are a good candidate for a face lift. The better your skin tone, the more likely it is that your skin will respond well to surgery.

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Procedure: Improves sagging facial skin, jowls, and loose neck skin by removing excess fat, tightening muscles andredraping skin. Most often done on men and women over 40.

Length: Several hours.

Anesthesia: Local with sedation, or general.

In/Outpatient: Usually outpatient. Some patients may require a short inpatient stay.

Side Effects: Temporary bruising, swelling, numbness and tenderness of skin; tight feeling, dry skin. For men, permanent need to shave behind ears where the beard-growing skin is repositioned.

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