Santa Barbara Facelift doctors
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Brent Moelleken, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
120 S Spalding Dr Suite 110, Beverly Hills |
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102 answers |
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Michael Sundine, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon
1640 Newport Blvd #450, Costa Mesa |
10 answers | |
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Adam David Lowenstein, MD
Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon
1110 Coast Village Circle, Santa Barbara |
10 answers | |
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David Alessi, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
8670 Wilshire Boulevard. Suite 200, Beverly Hills |
7 answers | |
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Douglas J. Mackenzie, MD
Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon
225 W Pueblo St Suite A, Santa Barbara |
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4 answers |
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Gregory S. Keller, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon
221 W. Pueblo St Suite A, Santa Barbara |
2 answers |
Recent Answers
I've had both upper and lower eye lid surgery, arm reduction and a tummy tuck. I am a smoker and am 51 years old. I've healed fine in all cases. Why can't I have a neck or facelift?
Having any surgery and continuing to smoke is a bad idea. The healing process is compromised due to constricting the blood vessels and blood supply. The healing time will be much longer.
Hi, I'm 32 year old male, constantly dealing with disbelieving looks when I'm asked my age. I think I need a facelift. I know I'm really young for this, but if I look this bad now and a facelift can help, then why wait? I'd like to enjoy some more my (relative) youth... I've attached a picture, the areas I think I need are a facelift for my jowls, fillers or a submalar implant for my hollow cheeks, and simple fillers for my nasolabial folds. Am I a candidate for a facelift? Thanks
The short answer is that I don’t believe that you are a candidate for a face lift at this time. You would do well to have some filler placed into the malar areas and the nasolabial creases. The skin tone and scarring would be improved with a fractionated CO2 laser treatment.
It has been 2 weeks and 2 days after my facelift. Only my neck has a little bruising. The swelling in face has gone down a lot but there still some. My neck is more swollen and a bit lumpy. When can I expect my neck to be more normal? I hate turtleneck sweaters and I have to go back to work in a few days and I don't want to tell anyone. I want the "refreshed" and not the "surgical" look. Thanks.
It is not unusual to have some swelling after a face lift. Certain techniques, such as deep plane and subperiosteal face lifts seem to create more swelling. Using the high-SMAS technique that we employ, most of the swelling is gone by about 10 days postoperatively. There can be some residual swelling in the temples and at the lowest point of dissection in the neck that may take a little longer fo resolve. You may want to see your plastic surgeon to see if there is any fluid collection that may need to be aspirated.
