{"id":3141,"date":"2026-09-24T17:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/menopause-is-driving-more-women-to-facial-plastic-surgeons-survey-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:45:01","slug":"menopause-is-driving-more-women-to-facial-plastic-surgeons-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/menopause-is-driving-more-women-to-facial-plastic-surgeons-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Menopause Is Driving More Women to Facial Plastic Surgeons, Survey Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"article-segment\">\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Menopause has officially made its way into the consultation room. According to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery&#8217;s (AAFPRS) 2025 annual member survey, 45 percent of facial plastic surgeons say more female patients are citing menopause or perimenopause as a reason for seeking treatment. In 2024, that figure was 28 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">\u201cMenopause can bring noticeable changes to the skin and face, and patients are increasingly making that connection when they come in for a consultation,\u201d says Houston facial plastic surgeon Anthony Brissett, MD, president of the AAFPRS. \u201cWhat we are seeing is a greater willingness to talk openly about those effects and to ask what is happening, what is normal, and what options may exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-segment\">\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Elsewhere in the survey, 66 percent of members reported a rise in eyelid procedures among patients looking to appear less tired, and half say patients are turning to cosmetic treatments to stay competitive at work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Ahead, a closer look at the facial changes women are bringing up in consultations\u2014and why menopause is only part of the picture.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-women-are-seeing-in-the-mirror\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">What Women Are Seeing in the Mirror<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Beverly Hills, CA, facial plastic surgeon Kimberly Lee, MD hears it from patients in their 40s and 50s. \u201cThey often share that they&#8217;ve aged suddenly with drier skin, more fine lines and wrinkles, decreased facial volume, and sagging in the jawline and neck,\u201d she says. What they want, she adds, is to address those changes while still looking natural and like themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Dr. Lee says that during the menopause transition, loss of elasticity and collagen, decreased hydration and thinning skin can make changes in skin texture more noticeable. At the same time, she says environmental exposure, genetics, facial animation and changes in fat volume also contribute to the changes women see.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"menopause-isnt-the-whole-story\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">Menopause Isn\u2019t the Whole Story<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">\u201cWhen I evaluate patient faces I don&#8217;t usually try to separate them into menopause vs aging,\u201d Dr. Lee says. \u201cInstead I look at the overall face to determine what the skin quality, volume loss, and structural changes may be to come up with a plan to address these changes.\u201d That might mean focusing on skin quality and collagen, restoring lost volume, relaxing specific muscles that contribute to wrinkles or addressing skin laxity, depending on the patient and her underlying anatomy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">\u201cIt reinforces the importance of treating the changes a woman is experiencing instead of automatically treating every menopausal face the same,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">The AAFPRS recommends discussing any concerns with a board-certified facial plastic surgeon and talking with your doctor about your overall health during the transition. Ultimately, \u201cmenopause is only one factor contributing to facial aging,\u201d Dr. Lee says, \u201cand the goal is always restoring balance while maintaining natural appearing results.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menopause has officially made its way into the consulta [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}