55 years old - Is it advisable to do a face and neck lift in stages? (Photo)

Great question and thank you for providing photos! I agree, your neck and jawline look great, and frankly, these are the areas best addressed with a lower face/neck lift so I likely wouldn't recommend that surgery for you. It is hard to delineate exactly what area you are concerned about in...

Hi there! The face lift surgery is also known by its more medical name, "rhytidectomy." The name means "wrinkle removal." The goals of surgery are to remove signs of aging such as wrinkles, jowls, and visible sagging. I do not think you would benefit greatly from a face lift surgery as you do...

Hi there. I do not think you would benefit greatly from a face lift, and your fat pad descent is not as pronounced as your volume loss, so even a minimally invasive option like the so called "pony tail" or endoscopic lift would not be of great benefit. However, a small volume of autologous fat...

Hi there! I recommend a face lift to help reposition your SMAS. Different surgeons tend to have different definitions of what a "mini" face lift is, but ultimately you should be certain that your surgeon is accessing and lifting your SMAS, which is what I would consider a face lift- nothing...

This concern is common after Sculptra because that product stimulates collagen and can create more fullness than expected. Facelifts are designed to reposition deeper tissues, and while they are not generally geared towards volume reduction, restoring appropriate contours and youthful...

These are excellent questions, and they reflect 1) how well you have researched and thought about this and your attention to detail 2) how much nuance exists in the terminology around deep plane facelifting. In general, the traditional deep plane approach provides the most direct access to the...