Facelift

Benefits

This is one of the most popular surgeries and can make you look dramatically younger and vibrant. Facelifts rejuvenate the lower two-thirds of your face by removing jowls and sags in your cheeks and neck. Most patients are in their forties or older. Many people opt to have eyelid surgery and/or a forehead lift at the same time as the facelift.

There can be a wide difference in surgeons' facelift techniques and results. Word-of-mouth about our technique has made this one of our practice’s most popular procedures. Incisions are virtually undetectable, the look is natural and long-lasting, the skin does not look “pulled,” and we don’t shave any of your hair.

How Is It Done?

• You’ll usually receive twilight anesthesia.
• We’ll make incisions inside your hairline (so no hair is shaved), inside and behind the ear, and underneath the chin.
• We have a two-layer tightening technique. First, the muscles and tissues in the cheek are tightened. Extra fat is suctioned from the neck and the platysma neck muscle is tightened. Tightening the underlying tissue in this way allows us to avoid over-tightening the skin itself, which results in a “pulled” look.
• Next, we re-drape and tighten the skin and trim the excess.
• The incisions are closed with fine, dissolvable sutures.

Recovery 

• You’ll feel discomfort and may use pain medication for 2-3 days.
• Within a week, bruising and swelling will begin to subside and can be covered with make-up.
• You can begin light exercise in a week and more active workouts in 3 weeks.
• Return to work and normal activities within 10-14 days.
• Avoid sun exposure for 2 weeks; after that, wear sunscreen on the entire face, especially the incisions.
• Final results will be seen between a few weeks to a few months depending on individual healing properties.
• You usually have no visible scars; they are hidden in the hairline and natural creases.