What is the best alternative to a face lift?

A deep plane face lift, skillfully performed, along with platysmaplasty, smooths sagging platysmal bands (the 'turkey gobble'), removes excess skin while tightening the deeper tissues of the neck and jowls, and lifts the malar fat pad. While there is no substitute to a face lift, in terms of the degree and... more

Laxity or sagging of the skin caused by aging or weight loss is best corrected with a standard facelift procedure that involves redraping and tightening of the facial tissues and excision of redundant, or extra, skin. Lesser invasive procedures like threadlifts, radiofrequency tightening, or procedures to... more

Easy things you can do: 1. Don't smoke. Smokers appear years older than their non-smoking piers. 2. Avoid sun. Sunscreen applied once to twice daily reduces sun exposure, but probably only 80%. Golfers, horse riders, swimmers, tennis players especially beware: cover up as much as possible with hats and... more

The LSL and minilifts in general, do not create an unnatural “pulled up” look. The more aggressive types of facelifts have far greater risk of creating a more pulled and unnatural result as a result of them being more invasive. The key to a great outcome is to communicate your goals and expectations.

For some patients there is no best alternative. To get what they want they need a face lift. For others there are a range of non surgical treatments that can rejuvenate the face very effectively and very safely. Often the face lift is combined with these non surgical treatments. As we age we accumulate a set... more

In my practice, I call this "the holding pattern," where all efforts are made to keep the skin up and tight against the bony contours of the face and neck, using non-surgical technologies to encourage the skin to stay in a position in which the face, jawline and neck contours are... more

Fraxel Re: pair laser, manufactured by Reliant, is at the cutting edge of the future of facial plastic surgery.  It is a pre-emptive strike against a facelift, and in those patients who begin their treatment at the early signs of aging in the face and neck (jowling and lax skin with wrinkles), a facelift... more

There are a number of non-surgical treatments that will help rejuvenate the face, although rarely in the same manner, to the same degree, and with the same longevity as a surgical face lift. In my opinion, the most effective non-surgical alternatives to a face lift are: Fat grafting Facial filler injections... more

These days a lot of patients are opting for non-surgical facial rejuvenation instead of the traditional form of nip/tuck. I like to offer patients who are looking for a gentle yet effective time reversal, my Hydra-FaceLift. As we well know, aging can lead to volume and collagen loss in the face. By using... more

Surgical or even non-surgical treatment of facial aging changes must be carefully individualized to match each patient's aesthetic needs and desires. In helping a patient to make decisions about plastic surgery for facial rejuvenation, I always examine and assess how each aesthetic area or 'unit' of the face... more