Seattle Facelift doctors

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1135 116th Ave. NE Suite 630, Bellevue
254 answers
William Portuese, MD William Portuese, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1101 Madison St Suite 1280, Seattle
214 answers
Philip Young, MD Philip Young, MD
Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon
1810 116th Ave. NE Suite 102, Bellevue
81 answers
Richard Baxter, MD Richard Baxter, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
6100 219th St SW Ste 290, Mountlake Terrace
61 answers
Thomas A Lamperti, MD Thomas A Lamperti, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1101 Madison Street Suite 700, Seattle
30 answers
David Q. Santos, MD David Q. Santos, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
701 Pike Street Suite 1025, Seattle
18 answers
Sam Naficy, MD Sam Naficy, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1110 112th Ave NE Suite 150, Bellevue
17 answers
George Marosan, MD George Marosan, MD
Bellevue Plastic Surgeon
11820 Northup Way Suite E190, Bellevue
13 answers
Lisa L. Sowder, MD Lisa L. Sowder, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
Suite 1650 901 Boren Avenue, Seattle
13 answers
Phillip C. Haeck, MD Phillip C. Haeck, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
901 Boren Ave Cabrini Medical Tower - Suite 1650 , Seattle
12 answers
Braden Stridde, MD Braden Stridde, MD
Federal Way Plastic Surgeon
918 S 348th St Suite B, Federal Way
11 answers
Shahram Salemy, MD Shahram Salemy, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
901 Boren Avenue Suite #1650, Seattle
8 answers
Mary Lee Peters, MD Mary Lee Peters, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
901 Boren Avenue Suite 1650, Seattle
6 answers
Jeffrey E. Kyllo, MD Jeffrey E. Kyllo, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1145 Broadway, Seattle
5 answers
James M. Ridgway, MD James M. Ridgway, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
600 Broadway Suite 280, Seattle
4 answers
Samson Lee, MD Samson Lee, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1135 116th Avenue N.E. Suite 500, Bellevue
4 answers
Henri P. Gaboriau, MD Henri P. Gaboriau, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
22840 NE 8th St. #103, Sammamish
2 answers
Stella Desyatnikova, MD Stella Desyatnikova, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
509 Olive Way Suite 1430, Seattle
2 answers

Recent Answers

Why Do Surgeons Choose One Incision Technique Over Another?

Why Do Some Plastic Surgeons Make Incisions in Hair-bearing Scalp when Doing a Facelift While Others Will Make the Incisions along the hairline, but not into the hair? Is there an advantage to making the incisions in hair-bearing scalp (even in a fairly young person without a lot of extra skin). I would prefer NOT to go into hair-bearing scalp, but want a life that will last?

A: Incision choices of plastic surgeons

Ideally, your surgeon chooses their preferred incisions based on extensive training and experience and by following their patients closely for years and modifying the incisions as indicated.  Also, the specific anatomy of the patient may dictate an incisional choice.

What you don't want is a surgeon who bases their incision choice on market pressures such as can be seen sometimes in "short scar surgery" where the scar really needed to be longer for a nice fine line (great tailoring), but instead was bunched up in the closure to make it shorter (shorter but worse looking scar). 

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
Will Full Face Lift Require General Anesthesia Which May Displace Front Teeth Dental Work?

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.

A: Type of anesthesia for full facelift

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.

Thomas A Lamperti, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
Thoughts About Having Cosmetic Surgery (Face Lift) at a Residency Program?

Thoughts About Having Cosmetic Surgery (Face Lift) at a Residency Program?

A: It is your only face!

It is absolutely not wise to do a facelift at a residency program.  These well intentioned young surgeons have no experience with this compared to a seasoned private practitioner.  There is no way the result would be as good.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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