Am I A Good Candidate For A Crescent Knee Lift?

Q: Dr. Eppley, I would love some information on the crescent knee lift. I have attached pictures of my knees.

A:Thank you for sending all of your neat pictures. Unfortunately, I question how good of the candidate for a kneelift procedure you are. The knee lift is a classic example of understanding the concept of being careful about trading off one aesthetic problem for another. The obvious trade-o the knee lift is that of the scar. One has to be certain that they don’t choose an aesthetic problem that they may dislike just as much if not more than the original problem. Because of this scar concern most successful knee length patients have a lot redundant suprapatellar skin folds. While you certainly have some of that it is not excessive like many of the knee lifts that I have done. How well the scar would do in your case and whether you would consider that better than what you have now is the unknown question. Given its location and visibility one has to give careful thought to this consideration

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Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon