The short answer is no.  A facelift typically addresses the jowling and neck, while the deep folds that frame the mouth are often softened a little bit.  A lift does not really change the aging that has occurred directly around the mouth.

The short answer is two-three weeks. I would like to expand upon this because I am assuming that you are referring to a browlift which is often performed with a mid-facelift, a lower facelift and necklift with liposuction; with or without an upper and lower lid blepharoplasty. For a patient having all of this performed at once (and many patients do) I typically tell them ten days to two weeks. I additionally qualify this by saying at two weeks most patients with a little bit of cover-up can comfortably go out in public but are not necessarily ready for the ‘family portrait.’ For those patients who are extremely concerned about anyone knowing or being able to see any residual recovery, I typically would have those patients out of the public eye for approximately three weeks. Many patients can return to other social activities, i.e., shopping, walking or casual socializing in ten days-two weeks. Again, those who are extremely concerned with being noticed would be 3 weeks. In contrast to a patient having a weekend lift and necklift, which is essentially the lower part of the face treated, typically are back in public comfortably in seven-ten days. Naturally what you are referring to is doing everything at once which typically has a longer recovery.

This is possible – with extensive experience with fat transfer or what is also commonly noted as a fat grafting procedure. Having taken care of literally thousands of patients who have undergone facial fat grafting, we feel this is an outstanding procedure to address some of the volume loss that has occurred. The key to this is to address the portion of volume loss specific to each individual. It is very important not to perform too much fat grafting in the lower part of the face but to primarily address the upper part of the face. The earlobes are somewhat variable in regard to retention and longevity. My typical response to patients is that I don't know if we are going to see a 10-year result, but we are seeing many years of result with fat transfer. I do believe you lose some result over time and providing that a patient is willing to accept this limitation, it is possible to perform fat transfer to the earlobes.

I assume you are asking the question about a carbon dioxide laser which is the deepest type of laser resurfacing. It can often be used in facial cosmetic surgery to resurface the deepest and most difficult wrinkles around the mouth involving the face. While the C02 laser is probably the most effective modality for resurfacing aged sun-damaged and wrinkled skin, the patient can often have a two-three month period of time where their skin is pink and almost looks like a light windburn. The results can be quite dramatic as seen on our website but I am typically careful to inform patients that this does not necessarily a faster recovery period than with a chemical peel.