The aim is that colleagues notice you look rested and cannot say why. Male faces need different treatment from female ones, and treating them the same way is what produces the obvious, overdone look.
Men rarely arrive asking to look younger. They arrive because they keep being asked whether they are tired, or because a photograph from a work event did not match how they feel. That is a more useful goal than chasing youth, and it is far more achievable.
A male face has heavier brows, thicker skin, a wider jaw and a beard bearing area that behaves differently under tension. Treatments designed around a female face, applied unchanged to a man, lift the brow too high, round the jaw and produce exactly the artificial look everyone is trying to avoid.
Dr. Ashutosh Shah works conservatively and in stages, starting with the least invasive option that will do the job. At Elegance Clinic nothing is injected or operated on at the first consultation, so you always have time to think.
Most concerns fall into a small number of groups, and each one has a different answer. Naming yours precisely is half the consultation.
Ageing is part structural, part surface and part lifestyle. The proportions differ between men, which is why one plan does not fit everybody.
A discussion of what specifically bothers you, examined in a mirror together with standardised photographs. We separate what is skin quality, what is volume loss and what is skin excess, because each needs a different answer.
A written plan starting with the least invasive option that will achieve the goal, with costs against each stage. Nothing is done on the day of the first consultation, deliberately.
Usually injectables or a resurfacing session, performed in clinic. Aftercare instructions are given in writing, including what is normal in the first forty eight hours and what is not.
Injectable results are assessed at two weeks and small adjustments made if needed. Starting conservatively and adding is always safer than overtreating and waiting months for it to wear off.
Eyelid, neck or facelift surgery is scheduled once you have had time to consider it, with fitness assessment and bloods beforehand and a clear plan for time away from work.
Injectables are repeated at intervals that suit you rather than on a fixed schedule. Skincare and daily sun protection are reviewed at each visit, because they protect whatever has been done.
Downtime depends entirely on what is done. Injectable treatments need none beyond a few hours of redness and the occasional small bruise, which can be covered. You can return to work the same afternoon.
Eyelid surgery needs about a week before bruising has faded enough for normal meetings. Laser resurfacing needs seven to ten days of redness and peeling with strict sun avoidance afterwards.
Surgical lifting of the face or neck needs two to three weeks before you would feel comfortable in a room full of people, and several months before the last of the firmness settles and the result looks completely natural.
Injectable treatments are priced by the product and the number of areas treated, and men often need slightly higher doses than women because facial muscles are stronger. Surgical procedures are priced individually and depend on the extent of the work, the anaesthesia used and whether more than one area is treated in the same sitting. Laser resurfacing is priced per session and usually needs a short course. You receive a written quotation for the specific plan agreed at your consultation, with no obligation to proceed.
We start with the smallest intervention that achieves your goal. Surgery is discussed when injectables genuinely cannot address the problem.
Softens the muscles that etch lines between the brows, across the forehead and around the eyes. Men need higher doses than women and a lower brow position, or the result looks feminised. Effect appears over a week and lasts three to five months.
Ask about thisHyaluronic acid restores lost volume in the temples, mid face and tear troughs, and can sharpen a soft jawline or chin. Used sparingly in men, because overfilling rounds the face and removes exactly the angularity most men want to keep.
Ask about thisA strip of excess upper lid skin is removed under local anaesthesia through an incision in the natural crease. It is a short procedure with about a week of visible bruising, and it makes more difference to a tired appearance than almost anything else.
Ask about thisFat that has herniated forward is repositioned or reduced, often through an incision inside the lid so there is no external scar. Where the skin is also loose, a fine external incision below the lash line is added.
Ask about thisLiposuction under the chin, sometimes with tightening of the neck muscle, restores the angle between chin and neck. Suitable when skin tone is reasonable. Where the skin is lax, a neck lift is the correct operation and suction alone will disappoint.
Ask about thisTreats pigmentation, rough texture and fine lines caused by years of sun exposure. Usually a short course of sessions with seven to ten days of redness after the deeper settings, and it requires disciplined sun protection afterwards to hold the result.
Ask about thisHonest answers about this procedure in Surat.
Ask a QuestionThat look comes from overtreatment and from applying techniques designed for women to a male face. Men need brow position, jaw width and skin texture handled differently. Treating conservatively, keeping some movement and reviewing after two weeks avoids it. The aim is that people notice you look rested, not treated.
Botulinum toxin generally lasts three to five months, and often slightly less in men because facial muscles are stronger and need higher doses. Hyaluronic acid fillers last around nine to eighteen months depending on the product and the area. Both are temporary, which is useful when you are trying something for the first time.
Heavy upper lids respond well to removing a strip of excess skin under local anaesthesia. Under eye hollows and bags are treated either by repositioning the fat surgically or, in milder cases, by careful filler placement. Which suits you depends on whether the problem is excess skin, displaced fat or lost volume.
Injectables need none, though slight redness for a few hours is common. Eyelid surgery needs about a week for bruising to settle enough for normal social contact. Laser resurfacing needs seven to ten days. Surgical lifting of the face or neck needs two to three weeks before you would be comfortable at a meeting.
Yes. Male skin is thicker and better supplied with blood vessels, which raises the bleeding risk, and the beard bearing skin must not be pulled into unnatural positions in front of or behind the ear. Scars also cannot be hidden under long hair. Technique is adjusted for all of this.
If the fullness is fat and the skin still has reasonable tone, liposuction through a tiny incision under the chin gives a good result with modest downtime. If the skin is lax or the neck muscle bands are visible, suction alone disappoints and a neck lift is the honest recommendation instead.
Pigmentation, rough texture and fine lines from years of sun respond to resurfacing and a proper skincare routine rather than to injectables or surgery. Daily sun protection is the part men usually skip, and it makes the biggest long term difference of anything on the list. Results build over months, not days.
Bruising and swelling are expected. Injectables carry a small risk of asymmetry, lumps and, very rarely, vascular problems. Surgery carries risks of bleeding, infection, temporary numbness and, uncommonly, nerve weakness affecting facial movement. Every option is explained with its own specific risks in writing before you decide anything.
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