The 8 Point Facelift – 5 Ways It’ll Make You Look Younger
The 8 Point Facelift may already be on your radar, but for those who haven’t yet heard of it, here’s a little more detail about the treatment that’s so effective, it’s reduced the demand for surgical facelifts!
The 8 Point Facelift was developed by Brazillian plastic surgeon, Dr Mauricio de Maio, who innovated a technique that uses minimal dermal filler on specific points of your face. Dr De Maio realised that by using strategically placed filler, you can achieve a gentle, natural facelift that can be carried out in less than an hour.
Also called ‘the liquid facelift’, the 8 Point Facelift treats several signs of ageing simultaneously so that the overall effect is more dramatic than having just a single area treated.
The 8 Point Facelift is the ideal solution if you have multiple areas of your face that are starting to sag or wrinkle, or you want to have a more balanced result.
Some of our patients that have received the treatment said that their results are so natural, they felt that they rewound the clock by years!
What Can the 8 Point Facelift Do?
The 8 Point Facelift deals with your whole face so that the results are more even and balanced. Many common problems can be resolved with the treatment, each helping to rejuvenate your appearance.
The 5 key issues that the 8 Point Face Lift can treat are:
Sunken Eyes
Sunken eyes are where the skin around your eye socket loses its elasticity and starts to sag. This loose skin can either appear sunken or hang down under the eyes in drooping eye bags, making you feel self-conscious or frustrated with your appearance.
Unlike dark shadows, eye bags and sunken eyes are hard to conceal with make-up, and creams and serums can have a limited effect in replacing the lost ‘spring’ in your skin. If you have tried home remedies and solutions and aren’t seeing the results you want then treatments such as the 8 Point Facelift can help you get the look you have been aiming for.
If your eyes are your only problem area, then there are several treatments available to help plump and tighten the skin under your eyes, such as tear trough fillers, thread lift and Plexr. But if you want something a little more substantial that will restore your whole face, then combining your eye treatment with the other key zones within the 8 Point Facelift is ideal.
Sagging Cheeks
Did you know that the position of your cheeks indicates your age more than you realise? Plump, rosy, high cheeks are often associated with youthfulness (that’s why blusher is a make-up bag staple for many). But as you age, the fat pads that sit below your cheeks begin to slip downwards.
The combination of the loss of your skin’s natural plumper, collagen and your skin’s springy elastin alongside gravity means that your cheeks start to pull downwards. This can alter the whole appearance of your mid-face, changing your profile quite significantly.
The 8 Point Facelift will help to define your cheekbones and lift your cheeks, restoring them to their original position. In doing this as part of a whole face treatment, you will achieve a more refreshed and revived look.
Jawline Definition
Your face naturally changes shape as you age; your skin and muscles start to droop downwards and it’s usually your jawline that bears the brunt of this. It can start to look heavier and more wideset, which can give your face an unbalanced appearance.
The 8 Point Facelift uses dermal filler to help restructure the shape of your jaw, making it look more angled. This, although subtle, has a notable effect on your profile.
Smile Lines
While smile lines have lots of happy memories connected to them, their actual appearance on your face can leave you feeling dissatisfied. These deep wrinkles are caused by the repetitive movement of your facial muscles when you laugh or smile – they tend to start at the outside corner of your nose and finish at your mouth.
These lines can make you look significantly older or for some, angry or sad. And as these lines are tricky to cover up with make-up, they need treatment if you want to get rid of them.
You can treat your smile lines (also called marionette lines) in many ways, from a chemical peel to a thread lift. But as part of the 8 Point Facelift, dermal fillers are used to restore lost volume around your mouth. This helps to lift the skin out of the fold, so you are left with a smooth, plump skin surface.
Hanging Jowls
The loose skin folds that hang under your chin are known as your jowls – almost everyone will have jowls appear as they get older.
As mentioned before, the skin around your face loses its elasticity as you get older and as a result, droops down. Sadly, this jiggling skin can’t be managed with home remedies. However, it can be easily addressed as part of the 8 Point Facelift.
The dermal filler is used to resculpt the area, reshaping your lower face so that your jowls are reduced.
Ready To Find Out If The 8 Point Facelift Is The Right Treatment For You?
If you like the sound of the 8 Point Facelift and think that it might be the ideal treatment for you, we’d love to talk to you in more detail.
Each 8 Point Facelift treatment is tailored to your requirements, so we can adapt it to ensure you get your desired outcome. For example, if you are more self-conscious of your smile lines than your eye bags, we can focus on that area while balancing out the rest of your face.
The beauty of the 8 Point Facelift is that each area works in harmony with the others, lifting, plumping and smoothing your whole face so you look naturally healthy, glowing and youthful.
We’d love to welcome you to the Elite Aesthetics clinic for a personal consultation. Here we can take a closer look at your facial structure as well as your skin type and condition and make a professional recommendation for treatment.
Our beautiful clinic is located in near Bluewater Shopping Centre in Greenhithe, Kent which is accessible from Dartford station (10 minutes), Gravesend station (10 minutes), Maidstone (15 minutes) and London (20 minutes). We hope to see you soon!
