Farhad Rafizadeh, MD
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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Breast Surgery
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This is my other area of expertise. Breast augmentation, lift and reduction are routine in most plastic surgeons' practices, but by doing breast reconstruction with patient’s own tissues for so many years, I have mastered all these breast procedures. Safety was always my #1 concern. I never used textured implants in breast augmentation because I didn’t believe they made a positive difference. I introduced the Ideal Implant to our Northern New Jersey area as I believed it was the safest implant. Breast symmetry is very critical and often difficult to achieve if one doesn’t master the breast surgical techniques of reduction, lift, and augmentation. Abdominoplasty is often combined with breast enhancement surgery and is called mommy makeover. This is done to reverse the negative effects of pregnancy and child birth. Women’s breast and abdomen often undergo changes during pregnancy that can only be reversed by a combination of abdominoplasty, lipo and breast lift, augmentation or reduction
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Face and Neck Lifts
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I have mastered the facial surgery over my 35 years of experience to the point that I can achieve the most significant results with the shortest scars and the fastest recovery. Doing facial procedures like facelift, endoscopic brow lifts, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty and lip lifts under local anesthesia with moderate sedation makes the procedure less invasive, yet improves the overall result. I am convinced that this is the way of the future. Knowing all about the latest technology by attending many national and international conventions, I can evaluate my patients and offer them the best options. I understand that everyone is constantly searching for the magic wand to look younger and better. There are so many practitioners that are exploiting this desire by promising great result without an incision and with no recovery time. I feel that it is my job to educate my patients in order for them to understand their real choices and offer them the most effective and least invasive procedure
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Lip Enhancement
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I realized the importance of lips in facial rejuvenation early and started enhancing the lips with SMAS grafts. These were the days before we had a good reliable filler. I would use a strip of SMAS from in front of the ears during a face lift operation and place it in the lips with a special clamp that created a small tunnel under the red part of the lip. I found this worked better than fat grafting. This was before Restylane came on the market. Restylane revolutionized the lip augmentation as it offered consistent results with no need for harvesting the material. The height of the philtrum or the distance between the base of the nose and the red of the upper lip was another area that deserved special attention. Since 2012, I've performed lip lifts alone on a regular basis on my face lift patients. Most plastic surgeons were unfamiliar with the benefits of this operation at that time. Today this has become a very popular procedure and is my super specialty.
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MEET Farhad Rafizadeh, MD
42 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
I have extensive experience in plastic surgery. This experience allows me to obtain better results, shorter recovery time and fewer complications. I have not adopted any procedure or gadget that is questionable in effectiveness, even though they could have bee
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I am writing this review to express my extreme confidence and satisfaction regarding my recent breast reduction and lift done by Dr Rafizadeh, from my consultation to the completion of my surgery and follow up visits. Dr Rafizadeh truly listened to my concerns and took his time explaining as well as creating visual drawing to explain my procedure in detail. I have been suffering from scoliosis and kyphosis and the weight of my breasts was adding to my chronic back pain. Dr Rafizadeh
...read moreDr. Rafizadeh does beautiful work. After losing over 110 pounds, I had a great deal of loose skin under my chin and lost volume in the cheek area. Dr. R. did a deep plane face and neck lift with fat transfer to the cheek area. The definition was incredible. No more shying away from photos or worrying about the angle. I'm 6 weeks post op and there are no visible scars except for behind the ears which will dissipate over time. So grateful to have found him!
I have wanted to get a facelift for several years, but was always nervous. I met with several doctors in Manhattan, who seemed wonderful, but overpriced. I met with several in New Jersey, but after looking at photos of their work, I felt some of them seemed "overdone" and not natural. In my research, I kept coming back to Dr. Rafizadeh. The photos of his patients always looked very natural and many people commented on his bedside manner. After meeting with him, I knew I found
...read moreI am beyond happy with the results of my facelift and truly couldn’t have asked for a better experience or outcome. I’m 66 and have had a few lifts in the past with different doctors over the years, so I was understandably hesitant about having more work done. But as someone who spends a lot of time on stage, I knew I wasn’t happy with the changes I was seeing in my face.
I found Dr. Rafizadeh through my Botox doctor, who shared that one of her patients had used his services
...read moreMy experience with Dr. Rafizadeh could not have been any better. He has a kind and caring personality. Aside from researching all of his testimonies and procedure photos, which were all exemplary, it was him as a person and his 40 years as a plastic surgeon expert that led us to decide on him. We had interviewed two other surgeons and walked of both of those meetings and knew immediately it was a no. It was because of how we were treated, it's just something you feel, like you
...read more5 stars is not enough! I'm anything but a "normal/typical" patient, I'm tough, a hard sell and do extensively thorough research; I consulted with 4 plastic surgeons & conducted much due diligence on each, Farhad being the 4th and who was referred by a friend whom he's worked on.
From the onset of the consultation my gut feeling was this is the right guy, he mentioned several things the other 3 surgeons did not, and the other 3 were consulting more as "salesmen," rather than
...read moreI will start by saying I am private person (and have therefore not included pictures) and have never written a review. But I would be remiss if I didn't submit a review on Dr. Rafizadeh. Like many, I was nervous when it comes to plastic surgery. I started going to Dr. Rafizadeh for fillers/botox at 40. Over time I knew I wanted to dive into surgery. My seemingly IMPOSSIBLE parameters? I want to look better, not different. Younger, not fake. I want to change things, but not so
...read moreI had a great experience!! My philtrum was a bit long at 17mm after my rhinoplasty. I tried lip filler, but it just ended up migrating and making me look weird. I am so happy I made this decision. I feel like I look years younger (turning 40 in a few months). My scar is barely visible and healing very well. Dr Rafizadeh is a very skilled doctor!!! Highly recommend.
Dr. Rafizadeh is a surgical genius and my hero. I came to him after many years of dealing with complications from a previous surgery. He was compassionate, took the time to hear my story/history and devised a plan for treatment that put my concerns to rest. My first concern was the medical aspect of my condition (entropion of the eye that means the eyelid folds inward, resting against the cornea). It was quite painful and had over time created considerable restrictions on my lifestyle.
...read moreI went to several doctors to give an assessment for facial rejuvenation. However, when I went to Dr. Rafizadeh and met him and his assistant, Christine, I knew I was in the right place. His natural approach to plastic surgery and his charismatic personality won me over.
After my lower face and neck procedure, the effect was so natural. This was confirmed by people's reaction to my new look. I still looked like myself but a younger, more rested version of me.
When I saw my before
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