Need a Plastic Surgeon in the San Francisco Area Who Fixes Unnatural Looking Ears After a Face Lift, Suggestions? Doctor Answers, Tips
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Need a Plastic Surgeon in the San Francisco Area Who Fixes Unnatural Looking Ears After a Face Lift, Suggestions?

My ears are connected and the earlobes are long after a face lift (done several years ago) you can't see the natural indent just before the ear starts that everyone has. The cheeks seem to go right into the ears. Can anyone also tell me what the cost of a fix might be? I would like to find a doctor in the San Francisco area who specializes in fixing previous face lift ear placement problems.

2 Doctor Answers | Asked by susiemann
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Fixing Unnatural Looking Ears after Face Lift?

I'm sure there are many well-qualified/well experienced board-certified plastic surgeons in your area. Although I cannot give you a specific name, I would suggest that you do your due diligence in the process of plastic surgeon selection. I would suggest starting with the American Society of Plastic Surgery and/or the Aesthetic Society of Plastic Surgery to obtain a list of well experienced board-certified plastic surgeons.
 Then, I would suggest you visit a few surgeons... more
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The Good News Is, San Francisco Has Some Of The Best Plastic Surgeons in The World

From your description, your face lift plastic surgeon failed to thin the fat off the back of the skin just in front of your ear, and specifically, just in front of your Tragus (that little piece of cartilage that sticks out in front of your ear canal). In my practice, I not only defat the skin in front of the Tragus, but I also put a suture in the bottom of the skin and anchor it down to the bottom of the Tragus to create a real pre-Tragal dent. Also, normally the earlobes may be... more

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Comments (2)

susiemann 29 Aug 2012
I appreciated Dr. Tom J. Pousti, MD, FACS taking the time to read my question and comment. I understand what he is saying. He can't recommend anyone and I should do the research myself to find the right plastic surgeon to fix my problem. I did do that, or so I thought when choosing the P/S who did my face lift. He was on the lists mentioned. I asked to see photos of patients. All the P/S I went to see and interviewed had not one "after" photo of any of their face lift patients showing their ears. Either the photos were of a person straight on or the women were older with short hair styles that covered their ears or they wore big round earrings that covered the earlobe and edge of the cheek.

When I asked to speak to any patients in person to see their results in person, I was told by all the doctors that they could not reveal any patients names for confidentiality reasons. That is also why I assume that most P/S web sites and offices cover part or all of patients identity in their before and after photos.

You have to have an explanation like Dr. S. Larry Schlesinger's, MD, FACS who commented on my question also more importantly, see photos showing the particular plastic surgeons "after" face lift patients ears. The problem is how do you accomplish that realistically? Getting a list of credentialed P/surgeons will not do that. Looking for someone who advertises that they specialize in revisions or aesthetics would be a dream. But that is also hard to find or I would have found one already. The few that due advertise for this when doing a search inevitably are out of the area and most of the time quite a bit out of the area (San Francisco), like Dr. S. Larry Schlesinger who is all the way in Hawaii.

So I am still looking for an answer to find a plastic surgeon in the San Francisco area who can fix my ears. Whether it comes form a former face lift patient who retained normal, natural looking ears or a Plastic Surgeon himself who thinks he can fix my ears and works in the area. I coulld manage to go to a doctor who was within 2 hours or so of San Francisco.
susiemann 26 Aug 2012
I wanted to mention that the plastic surgeon who preformed my face lift is board certified and considered one of the best plastic surgeons in the San Francisco bay area. His credentials are a mile long. He also teaches some plastic surgery techniques to other plastic surgeons. So I thought I was in good hands as far as getting someone who would give me the best results. As a potential patient looking for a good plastic surgeon who is proficient in the procedure you want, it is not so easy. If you don't know someone personally who had the procedure you are considering or even someone who will admit they had plastic surgery and will tell you who their doctor is....then you are on your own and it is just like the pin the tail on the donkey game. The donkey is equivalent to a list comprised of all the board certified doctors in your particular area with extra credentials, touted to be very skilled and proficient. I wish Dr. S. Larry Schlesinger, MD, FACS was located in the San Francisco area because I would go to him for a revision. His description of how he places the ears in a face lift sound wonderful, natural looking and who my cute little ears were before I had my face lift. would go to him for a revision. I am hoping that there is a San Francisco doctor who can do what Dr Schlesinger described to fix my ears.

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