Surgical Genius, Lovely Person - New York, NY

I live in western Canada, but I was planning to travel to New York in July, so I decided to have a Skype consultation with Dr. Yang to inquire about reducing the "tenting" appearance of sagging skin under my chin. I had been told by a few other surgeons that I would need incisions in front of and behind the ears, in addition to submental liposuction, and possibly a chin implant--but Dr. Yang was much more conservative in his assessment of my needs, refreshingly so! I'm only 37 and was hoping for something subtle that would give me a sharper angle under the chin, but wouldn't make me look like a different person. Dr. Yang was thorough and patient during the Skype consultation, and I felt that I could confidently go ahead and book the procedure for the following month, when I would be in New York. For the procedure, he performed a platysmaplasty and submental liposuction; incisions were restricted to behind the ears (up to but not under the lobe) and a very short incision under the chin. It was all done under local anesthetic in the pristine operating room at his offices in Upper East Side Manhattan. I can honestly say I felt no pain whatsoever during the surgery and practically none afterward. My bruising was minimal, and the initial tightness was more than manageable. I left New York about a week after the surgery with no regrets, excited to see the enhanced definition in my jawline and quite astonished by the precision seams that Dr. Yang had created behind my ears. I had seen so many horror-show post-necklift images of red/swollen cuts zig-zagging all over the place, and I couldn't believe how careful and inconspicuous Dr. Yang's handywork was. I wear my hair up a lot and it was really important to me that the scars be relatively hidden--but, as it turns out, Dr. Yang's seams were essentially invisible after only a week or two. It is now about four months since the surgery, and I am thrilled with the results, totally. My neck looks natural, scar-free, and the tenting is gone; it feels "stable" too, in the sense that I don't expect to have to have much else done for another decade or two.