There are five specific reasons why our faces change as we age, and any one of them may have you longing for the face of your youth. More than 80 percent of facial aging is caused by years of exposure to sun and wind. Gravity is a natural occurrence of aging, and over your lifetime you can expect your eyelids, jaw bones, cheeks and ear lobes to droop. Years of various facial expressions can cause permanent lines near your mouth and eyes. Sleep lines can be permanently etched on your face if you sleep in the same position on your pillow every night. Finally, as you age, you lose subdermal fat and this leads to eyes and cheeks that have a sunken appearance.

Have you been considering a face lift for a while, but have been scared off by the idea of undergoing surgery and a possibly painful recovery time? With a silhouette face lift, these issues no longer need to worry you. This is a new procedure that can be done in a doctor’s office under general anesthesia in less than one hour. You can return to work and the rest of your normal daily activities within two days of the procedure. Within two weeks, no one will see any indication that you have had work done on your face.

The silhouette face lift is performed using a specialized thread which is inserted on the upper side of your head. From there, the doctor moves the thread down to your jowls and cheeks. This tightens and reshapes them to give the appearance of a firmer and younger looking face. The doctor will also tighten the skin in your neck area, since loose and flabby skin is a sure sign of aging. When you leave the doctor’s office, sagging cheeks, sunken eyelids and drooping of the rest of the face will soon be a thing of the past.