Category: facelift

How Long Does A Facelift Last?

While facelifts have continued to increase in popularity and overall numbers, the procedures has also undergone a bit of paradigm shift over the past decade. While once thought of as a procedure of older age and to be done closer to or after retirement, greater numbers of facelifts are done today in middle aged patients. Read More…

The Social Media-Induced Facelift

Technology and social media have caused many positive human interactions and experiences. They have made connecting to those close and far away as easy as the push of a button and available in a matter of seconds. They also allow us to visually share every aspect of our lifes, whether others really care to Read More…

Patient Testimonials: Facelift Surgery

Dr. Eppley, Thank you for doing such a great job on my facelift and nostril narrowing! Only three people knew that I was having surgery and at my family’s Christmas dinner, some people commented that I looked good and asked if I had lost weight. I was always very self conscious about my nose Read More…

Differing Viewpoints on the Lifestyle Lift

When it comes to facelift surgery, the one brand name that many people recognize is that of the Lifestyle Lift. While most people don’t really know what it is, they know the name as a result of marketing efforts by the company that has promoted it since its inception over a decade ago. Like Read More…

Age-Related Changes and Longevity of Facelift Surgery

Patients that present for a plastic surgery consultation requesting a facelift always have a standard set of concerns and questions. Once they find out what a facelift really is their initial concern is that they don’t want to look unnatural or have a ‘wide-swept’ look. While everyone wants the best result possible, they don’t want Read More…

The Need For Facelift Touch-Ups

The facelift is one of the most recognized surgeries for facial aging. Patients ranging from their forties until the late eighties receive substantial benefits from a variety of facelift techniques. Cleaning up loose skin and fat from the neck and jowls and re-creating a youthful jawline is the objective of any facelift procedure and Read More…

Injectable Fillers vs. Surgery for Facial Rejuvenation

Injectable fillers have an invaluable role in facial rejuvenation. Most everyone knows their use for lip augmentation and nasolabial fold reduction. These two areas are still probably their most common usage in most practices. But injectable filler use has been extended in the past few years to the broader concept of facial rejuvenation. In Read More…

Basic Concepts About Facelift Surgery

Facelift surgery has undergone many evolutions in technique over the past thirty years. Most of these innovations have been largely based on anatomic revelations and efforts to maximize the degree of improvement and the longevity of the procedure. This has led to a wide variety of technique proponents and even marketing names to differentiate Read More…

Fibrin Glue In Facelift Surgery

Today’s plastic surgeon is awash, no pun intended, in a variety of topical and wound healing liquid and semi-liquid agents. Many of these are patient-derived and are extracts of either blood or fat. Stem cells are the most noteworthy of present but they are far from the first. One of the ‘oldest’ is that Read More…

Case Study: Octogenarian Facelift

Background: Aging of the face is inevitable and is always dramatically seen in the lower face and neck. Sagging of the jowls and neck occurs as the ligaments weaken and the skin stretches. While initially seen as a little bit of jowling and loose neck skin it can eventually progress to a full blown Read More…