Category: facelift | facial implants | fat grafting | fat injections

Reshaping the Aging Lower Face

A smaller lower face has been shown to be more attractive and youthful looking. Recent research has shown that, as we age, the lower jaw continues to grow more so than the rest of the face. Therefore, there is a change in the shape of the face as we get older that in some Read More…

The Top Ten Instructions After Your Facelift Surgery

Here are the top ten instructions that I provide to my patients after their facelift surgery. 1. A bulky head and face dressing will be applied immediately after surgery. This will stay in place until the next day when it will be removed in the office. At the same time, your neck drains will Read More…

Facelift Options for Men

Men pose uniquely different challenges than women when it comes to the consideration of facelift surgery. Men age just like women but usually are only concerned with their neck when becomes more of a waddle. As a result, they often are seen in plastic surgery consultation with more advanced facial aging concerns than what Read More…

Treatment Approaches for Double Chin Correction

Whether you are young or old, some people end up with that annoying double chin even if they are not overweight. And while there are some ways to camouflage it, like wearing a turtleneck, that often is not practical or desired. Many times, that double chin or extra ‘neck’ is not seen or fully Read More…

The Facelift as a Stand Alone Procedure

The concept of a facelift for many patients, initially, seems extreme. Prospective patients often have a vision of being swollen and bruised for weeks over their entire face. Such thoughts have driven some patients to other less or minimally-invasive procedures which are often inappropriate for their facial aging problem. They may have been less Read More…

A Facelift That Is Quick and Fits Your LIfestyle

As we age, our face starts to show jowling and loose neck skin. This happens due to the pull of gravity on our facial tissues whose attachments to the underlying bones and tissues gradually loosens. While there are other signs of facial aging, these are often the most bothersome to many people. Most do not Read More…

The Difference between Limited vs. Full Facelifts

Besides patient misconceptions about what a facelift really is, patients are also unaware that there are different types of facelift procedures today. As part of a basic concept of ‘matching the solution to the problem’, a facelift procedure should match the degree of anatomic facial aging, age of the patient, what recovery a patient Read More…

Understanding What A Facelift Is

I would have to say that one of the biggest misconceptions on the part of patients in plastic surgery is in understanding what a facelift is. On a near daily basis, I explain to potential patients, much to their surprise, that what they envision a facelift to be it is not. Most patients have Read More…

Facelift Surgery and Patient Concerns

Facelifts do an excellent job at achieving a rejuvenated facial appearance by tightening the neck and eliminating those sagging jowls. In the world of plastic surgery, there has been much debate over decades as to the best way to get and maintain a good facelift result that will hold up over years. These include Read More…

What To Do With That Aging Neck

While there are many changes that occur in the face as we age, one of the most bothersome to many patients is the changes that occur in the neck. Progessive fullness of the neck, loose sagging skin, the development of vertical banding, the numerous horizontal wrinkles that appear low in the neck and the Read More…