How safe is giving a patient a shot of Demerol & 10mg of valium before a mini face lift? I've read that taking both is dangerous

Hi from Istanbul, thanks for your question. A mini facelift effectively tightens the muscles and skin and would help reach the result you want. If you're considering this, the procedure would involve a preauricular incision, which would be sufficient without the need for a submental incision for...

A well maintained and accredited operating room requires skilled staffing (RN's, certified scrub techs), pays rent, insurance, leases or buys expensive equipment, stocks surgical supplies, medications, and miscellaneous items. Think of it as renting a very expensive hotel for a few hours.

You would benefit from a lip lift. A lip lift does 4 things: shortens the distance between your nose and upper lip, increases the mucosa of the upper lip, increases the incisor show and pulls up the corners. Best Wishes, Gary Horndeski, M.D.

I don’t care for fat grafting in the face. It will maintain swelling linger with fat grafting and probably not accomplish much anyway

You could benefit from a mini facelift and possibly a lip lift with a corner lift. See my pictures. Reducing the long philtrum offers magical results.

I think a mini facelift and some micro liposuction of the area under your chin can definitely hep your jaw line. Your chin appears small but there is always a ratio between the philtrum and the distance from you lip to the chin. In your situation your philtrum is too long and it throws off that...