Should I stop skin resurfacing when preparing for a facelift? 60 y/o female.

You can continue with botox, but stop fillers because when the doctor lifts your face, you can have a problem with an overfilled face.

When a face and neck lift are performed, this will reorient the position of the facial skin, When performing facial resurfacing, the laser is typically utilized in a specific pattern to produce particular patterns on the face. Performing the resurfacing prior to getting the face and neck lift will reorient these particular patterns and can cause the skin to look unnatural. The gold standard for these procedures, when performed together, is to wait until after the facelift to get resurfacing.

This is a great question, but one that should be answered by your surgeon. In general, if you are planning on having a facelift in the next few months it is likely a good idea to pause on fillers and skin resurfacing procedures.