Midface Lift Surgery

Mid-face lift
For some patients a midface lift is combined with a lower eyelid blepharoplasty. Patients who have a drooping midface with a loss of the youthful cheek prominence and nasolabial folds may benefit from a midface lift. This can be performed using the same lower eyelid incision as for a transcutaneous lower eyelid blepharoplasty but in some patients an additional incision in the temple is required. The midface is released from its attachments to the underlying bone and can be lifted with the use of sutures (stitches) or with the use of a dissolvable implant, a midface Endotine implant. This implant dissolves over a period of 3-6 months in most patients, after the repositioned tissues of the mid-face have reattached to the underlying bone. The implants are very effective but add expense to the procedure.

This surgery is more often undertaken under general anaesthesia with an overnight stay in hospital because of the extra time that this takes.

Consultants who undertake this procedure:

Saj Ataullah
Anne Cook
Brian Leatherbarrow