Consultation Review: Overpriced & One-size-fits All

I'm in my early forties and am often taken for 10 years younger, but I'm a perfectionist and started to notice a little bit of sagging in my midface. I don't have any jowls or neck issues. After a lot of research, I decided a mini-facelift might be right for me. I found Dr. Jacono online because his images are the ones that pop up the most in a google search of mini-facelift. After looking at some photos of mine in that I submitted to his office last year, I was sent the estimated cost (which would include a neck lift and lip lift as well, though I don't see those as problem areas at all) . . . and (drumroll) it was upwards of $70,000. That's shockingly high given I needed so little improvement. After doing a bit more research, I discovered via his IG page and elsewhere that he is a big promoter of the deep plane facelift. But ladies, please do your research: there are several peer-reviewed studies that show this kind of facelift (over a SMAS) only gives better results for women over 70, and that the SMAS actually creates more aesthetically pleasing results in younger women. He also seems like the kind of plastic surgeon who recommends the same combination of procedures to everyone (adds on lip lifts & neck lifts & brow lifts regularly), so if you want to have the trending Kylie Jenner look maybe he'd be right for you. I ended up finding another highly regarded Madison Avenue surgeon who did my mini-facelift for the more reasonable price of $15,000, and it turned out amazing, fixed everything I was concerned with. I look 15 years younger. I just thought you should know you don't need to break the bank and that his prices are really set for celebrity clients.