Issaquah Facelift doctors
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Philip Young, MD
Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon
1810 116th Ave. NE Suite 102, Bellevue |
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81 answers |
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Thomas A Lamperti, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1101 Madison Street Suite 700, Seattle |
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Sam Naficy, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1110 112th Ave NE Suite 150, Bellevue |
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17 answers |
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Phillip C. Haeck, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
901 Boren Ave Cabrini Medical Tower - Suite 1650 , Seattle |
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12 answers |
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Braden Stridde, MD
Federal Way Plastic Surgeon
918 S 348th St Suite B, Federal Way |
11 answers | |
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Shahram Salemy, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
901 Boren Avenue Suite #1650, Seattle |
8 answers | |
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Jeffrey E. Kyllo, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1145 Broadway, Seattle |
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5 answers |
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Henri P. Gaboriau, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
22840 NE 8th St. #103, Sammamish |
2 answers |
Recent Answers
55 y/o F considering full face lift vs lifestyle lift...the lifestyle lift was a consideration because i worry about displacing/destroying fragile dental work involving two front upper teeth if i have general anesthesia...still in research mode, please advise. Thanks. I do understand that full face lift with general anesthesia allows deeper/greater repair.
There are a few options regarding the type of anesthesia that is best for full facelift surgery.
- In some cases local anesthesia can be used for more limited facelift surgery.
- IV sedation (without a breathing tube) or general anesthesia are best for longer procedures.
- With general anesthesia an LMA ("laryngeal mask airway") can be used which involve a tube that stays above the voice box.
- Another method is to use an endotracheal tube in which a breating tube is placed past the vocal cords.
I understand your concerns regarding using a breathing tube and injuring your dental work. It's quite rare to injure the teeth, though. I'd recommend consulting with a few board certified facial plastic surgeons or plastic surgeons to see what your options are and discuss your concerns further.
When you hear about a face lift you hear the doctors say they have to re position the muscles in the face opposed to what seems to be the obvious thing to do and that is to just pull the skin back and sow???
The first time a muscle based facelift was done in 1978 it was met with skepticism by plastic surgeons. But within a few years it became widely embraced since it gives longer lasting results, requires less dissection of the skin itself and when the sowing is done on the muscles the skin can be tacked down, not pulled. The facelifts where all the tension is in the skin and not the muscles in general have much less fine lined scars. I don't do any facial work without doing something to the muscle layer too whether it is a mini lift a full facelift or a neck lift. if you find a surgeon who only tightens the skin I would keep looking.
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?
The answer to your question is that nicotine causes your capillaries to seize up for at least twenty minutes. The thins skin behind your ears in both a facelift and a necklift is very sensitive to nicotine and healing is disproportionately affected by it there. With severely decreased blood flow in the skin the incision won't heal
You got away with it on the other surgeries but this is different and you should not risk it. And it is ALL forms of nicotine, including gum etc.
Stop for a few weeks and get the surgery done, then smoke all you want once things have healed..
