Age 30, female - lower facelift or deep plane, maybe DAO Botox? (Photos)

The most concerning point about your history is use of nicotine lozenges, which would preclude you from having a facelift unless stopped for 6 weeks prior to surgery. If you present with upper respiratory symptoms, fever, cough etc. on the day of surgery, your surgery will most likely be...

I think you can have a facelift but I would do a skin lift only. Any work done on the muscle could impact the way your jaw joint works. It probably would not but don’t take the chance. You’ll get a nice enough result from skin only.

It's true. Mainly the scar tissue is secondary to your previous surgery. But all the treatments that generate direct aggression to the skin also cause fibrosis, complicating the surgery.

Thank you for sharing your question. This is a fantastic question and highlights some of the most common concerns that patients considering facelift and facelift revision will ask. A deep plane facelift is likely the most appropriate facelift to address the concerns of: - restoring a "v-shape"...

Releasing the ligaments should not have any effect on the jaw joint. However, keep in mind that it is somewhat common to have some degree of jaw muscle soreness after both deep plane facelift and traditional SMAS facelift techniques. A soft diet is recommended for all patients for 7-10 days.

Good morning from Washington DC,Thank you for your question (it is a super common question by the way, so you are not alone). The short answer is that doing a lift while younger doesn't necessarily make things easier from a surgery standpoint. The likelihood of a "good" outcome isn't largely...