DORE LIFTING INDEX™

What stage is my skin at right now?

Personalized Guide to Finding the Right Lifting Treatment for You

Facial aging does not simply mean 'sagging'.

Some people look heavier on their faces,

Some people's skin becomes thinner, and

Also, for some people, facial fat begins to descend.

Over time, wrinkles form, and as changes in the bones supporting the face are added, aging progresses in a more complex manner.

As the causes and progression of aging vary from person to person, the same lifting procedure cannot be the right answer for everyone.

The DORE LIFTING INDEX™ is a customized guide that classifies facial aging into four stages based on the current condition of the face rather than age, and suggests the most suitable direction for lifting treatment for each stage.

STAGE 1

Volume Type

"It is not actually sagging, but rather a stage where the face looks heavy."

At this stage, the skin is not significantly stretched.

Instead, having relatively more fat in the jawline or nasolabial folds can give the impression of a sagging face.

In this case, it is more important to smooth out heavy soft tissues and improve facial contours rather than tightening the skin.

Lifting devices such as Ultherapy, Shurink, and ONDA selectively deliver energy to the SMAS layer and subcutaneous fat layer to help refine the jawline and make the facial contours more distinct.

Basically,

this stage is closer to a treatment that refines the facial shape and improves contours rather than a 'lift'.

STAGE 2

Reduced Skin Elasticity Type (Skin Quality Type)

"Even if you look young on the outside, your skin has already started to age."

Typically, starting from the mid-30s, collagen in the skin gradually begins to decrease, even if there is no noticeable sagging.

The skin is getting thinner and thinner

as it dries out

and fine wrinkles form easily.

These changes tend to appear more quickly, especially on faces with thin skin and little fat.

At this stage, Making your skin healthier with treatments that stimulate collagen production is more important.

Typically, there are

1. Skin Boosters
2. Potenza Laser
3. Thermage FLX
4. XERF

They help induce collagen regeneration deep within the skin and maintain skin elasticity.

Healthy skin is the most important foundation for a good lift.

STAGE 3

When your face shape starts to change (True Laxity)

"From this point on, the face actually starts to sag."

From the late 30s onwards, as skin elasticity decreases, the facial fat layer gradually begins to move downward.

As a result,

the nasolabial folds gets deepened,

and the jawline becomes uneven.

It may give the impression that your face looks longer than before.

At this stage, a single procedure is often insufficient.

Depending on the condition of the face, following approaches might be required:

Lifting sagging soft tissue with HIFU

Improving skin elasticity with RF equipment

Additional tissue repositioning via thread lifting if necessary

Establishing a customized treatment plan tailored to the individual's facial structure and aging patterns is more more important thank sticking to specific device.

STAGE 4

When you are facing advanced aging (Advanced Aging)

"At this stage, not only lifting is needed but also filling up."

As aging progresses, sagging skin is not the only problem.

The volume of the facial bones decreases and

as the fat shrinks,

the structure supporting the face itself weakens.

Ultimately,

your face becomes flat

and deep wrinkles form with

noticeable changes in the corners of the mouth and jawline.

It is difficult to sufficiently improve already formed wrinkles and volume loss with lifting alone.

For the most natural and satisfactory results, combination of following treatments may be necessary:

1. Laser Lifting
2. Thread Lifting
3. Fillers (for restoring volume)
4. Facelift

The core of DORE LIFTING INDEX™

Aging begins in different ways for each person.

You may look older because of too much of facial fat.

Or you might notice a decrease in collagen within the skin first.

For some people, facial volume can shift downwards or changes in the facial bones can begin first.

Nevertheless, you should never lift up your face unconditionally hard.

What matters is accurately diagnosing which structure in the face has changed first.

DORE LIFTING INDEX™ is not simply a criterion for selecting equipment.

It is a comprehensive diagnostic framework designed to systematically analyze the causes of facial aging and design the most suitable customized lifting strategy for each individual.