Facelift Gallery Page 6

51-year-old female who is status post a “lifestyle-lift” with significant visible scarring and disappointment with her result. She has long standing facial asymmetry with a prosthetic eye and eyelid asymmetry. She would like to appear softer, younger, and more attractive, with more facial balance and proportion.

High SMAS Facelift, lateral temporal browlift, upper and lower blepharoplasty, fat injections to the face including periorbital, jawline, and lip areas. (Notice the increased facial balance with fat injections to the jawline and lips)

Patient is a 59-year-old female who wishes to look younger and more attractive. She is bothered by the weathered appearance of her face, especially the hollowness of her lower eyes, and the sagging of her cheeks with recent development of jowls. Her neck and jawline used to be one of her strong features, but now she only sees skin laxity and platysmal bands. She also feels that she has lost significant volume in her cheeks and cheekbones and often will not look in the mirror. She wants to regain her youthful confidence and vigor.

High SMAS Facelift, endoscopic browlift, upper and lower blepharoplasty with suture canthopexy, and autogenous fat transfer to the face for a total of 23cc including lower eyes, midface, nasolabial folds, jawline, and upper and lower lips.

Patient is a 60-year-old female who over the last 5 years had noticed progressive heaviness of her upper and lower eyes and loss of her jawline definition and once beautiful cheekbones. She was particularly bothered by her downturned mouth that made her appear unhappy. She was concerned she was looking quite matronly, yet felt quite youthful. She wanted to appear younger and more attractive.

High SMAS facelift with upper and lower blepharoplasty with suture canthopexy to elevate the corners of her eyes, and autogenous fat transfer to the face for a total of 32cc including lower eyes, midface, nasolabial folds, cheekbones, chin, upper and lower lips.

Patient is a 61-year-old female who has an upcoming wedding of her daughter and wants to appear more refreshed for the event. Specifically she desires to address her heavily lined brow and fatigued appearing eyes. She has developed jowls and has lost definition of her jawline, and thinks that her neck makes her appear matronly and much older than she feels. She expressed that she has always had a heavy neck, even as a younger woman, and has never liked her profile for that reason. She would like a more graceful neck and jawline if possible.

High SMAS Facelift, endoscopic browlift, upper and lower blepharoplasty with suture canthopexy, autogenous fat transfer to the face including upper and lower eyes, midface, nasolabial folds, upper and lower lips and jawline. She also underwent perioral erbium laser for perioral wrinkes, and partial removal of the superficial submandibular glands to improve neck definition especially along the angle of the mandible.

Patient is a 65-year-old nurse who had noticed over the last 10 years, rather rapid loss of her high cheekbones and angular jawline that used to define her face. She felt that she often looked fatigued and gaunt despite not feeling so, and did not like the appearance of her jowls or downturned mouth. She wanted to appear younger and more attractive with the inviting vitality she projected when she was a younger woman.

High SMAS Facelift, Lateral temporal browlift, Upper and lower blepharoplasty with autogenous fat transfer to the face for a total of 48cc including the temples, lower eyes, cheeks, jawline, chin and upper and lower lips. She is incredibly happy with her results, and feels much more attractive. These changes have bolstered her self-confidence and helped her get out and date again with new-found enthusiasm and wonder.

Patient is a 62-year-old female who felt that in the last 10 years she had a gradual increase of fullness in her cheekbones and angularity of her jawline that she cherished for so many years. She felt that she was looking quite matronly and was no longer receiving the complements of her eyes which have always been her greatest feature. She wanted to look younger and more beautiful.

Procedure: High SMAS Facelift, Endoscopic Browlift, upper and lower Blepharoplasty with Canthopexy, Autogenous Fat Transfer to the lower eyes, cheekbones, nasolabial folds, jawline, chin and lips. She also underwent Perioral Erbium Laser Resurfacing.

Patient is a 52-year-old physician who wanted to appear more youthful. A year prior this patient had undergone an endoscopic browlift and upper and lower blepharoplasty, and wanted to complete her facial rejuvenation. Specifically, she hoped to improve the condition of her sundamaged facial skin, and regain the definition of her cheekbones, jawline and neck. Simultaneously, she wanted to create a more pleasant and approachable facial appearance that would better coincide with her positive outlook on life.

High SMAS Facelift, full face erbium laser resurfacing, and autogenous fat transfer to the face for a total of 18cc, including the eyes, nasolabial folds, jawline, and lips.

Patient is a 68-year-old female who would like to address her full neck that made her feel quite matronly. Since she could remember, she had lacked definition of her jawline and in the recent past she had become increasingly conscious of herself in photographs which made her appear quite old. She desired to look younger without looking pulled or any tell-tale signs of facial surgery.

High SMAS Facelift. Notice the beautiful anglularity of her jawline and neck, and the natural transition between the lower face and neck, both the result of the specific High SMAS facelift technique. She is delighted with the result.

Patient is a 55 year-old-female who is a business executive and wants to maintain her professional relevance in her late-50’s as she is in a youthful sector of the market. She felt that she looked tired, and hence unapproachable. She wanted to address her jowls and neck and showcase the cheekbones that were the highlights of her face when she was younger.

High SMAS Deep Plane Facelift with elevation and fixation of the facial fat that has descended to a more youthful position. Simultaneouly the neck was liposuctioned, and neck muscles were tightened with removal of excess facial and neck skin without tension upon closure, resulting in completely inconspicuous scars. Photos are approximately 2.5 months post-op and continued facial definition and natural softening of results will continue up to a year. She was delighted with her results.

61-year-old female who recently moved to Arizona after retiring from a long and stressful career. She wanted to do something for herself, and was bothered by her sad and matronly appearance as she was young at heart, and had many exciting plans for her retirement. She was specifically unhappy with her eyes and jowls, and the fact that her neck and jawline seemed ill-defined made her look like an older women. She desired to look younger, more attractive, and seemingly more approachable.

High SMAS Facelift, endoscopic browlift, upper and lower blepharoplasty with canthopexy, buccal fat pad removal(to contour her cheeks and define her cheekbones), liposuction of the neck and chin augmentation with medium size chin implant, and autogenous fat transfer to face including periorbital, nasolabial folds, jawline, and upper and lower lips for a total of 19cc.

Patient is a 72-year-old female who has undergone a previous facelift and desires to appear younger and more attractive. Specifically she would like to have crisper eyes, more defined cheekbones, and a more angular neck and jawline. She is also bothered by her skin tone with multiple fine wrinkles and irregular pigmentation. She wants to look prettier but wants to avoid that “over-operated on” appearance.

High SMAS Facelift, upper and lower blepharoplasty with canthopexy, fat transfer to the face for a total of 46 cc including the upper and lower eyes, cheekbones, midface, nasolabial folds, jawline and chin, and upper and lower lips. She also underwent full face erbium laser resurfacing.

52-year-old female who had significant sun exposure growing up in the Southwest. She felt that she appeared much older than her age and wanted to look both younger and more attractive. She had always wanted more voluptuous lips.

The last photo is of the patient 5 years after the surgery. She continues to feel beautiful and elegant without evidence of surgery.

Patient is a 56-year-old female who underwent a previous upper and lower blepharoplasty. She felt that with age she had developed jowls and neck laxity, and had lost proportion of her lower face, specifically her jawline, making her appear older than she felt. She wanted her face to appear more voluptuous and youthful as she is very conscious of her figure and stays very slender which makes her face appear gaunt.

Facelift with High SMAS elevation, autogenous fat transfer to the face for a total of 46cc, including the temples, lower eyes, nasolabial folds, cheekbones, jawline, and chin. She also underwent erbium laser resurfacing of the periorbital and perioral regions. She was absolutely delighted with the results.

Patient is a 71-year-old female who had always felt quite attractive, but over the last decade had seen changes in her face that made her appear matronly. Specifically, she disliked her hollow and sagging eyes, her jowls, and the loss of jawline and neck definition that used to be a source of her pride. She wanted to appear younger and more attractive.

High SMAS Facelift, upper and lower blepharoplasty with canthopexy, and autogenous fat transfer to the face for a total of 29cc including upper and lower eyes, nasolabial crease, cheekbones, upper and lower lips, and corners of the mouth. She stated that she feels both beautiful and glamorous again, and that no one could exactly pinpoint the changes they notice after her surgery.

Patient is a 55-year-old female who had never had a well-defined neck or jawline and had seen progressive sagging of her face with the development of jowls and a down-turned mouth. She was often asked by her friends and family if she was tired or upset when she was not. She desired to look younger, softer, and more attractive.

High SMAS Facelift, lower blepharoplasty and fat transfer to the face for a total of 26cc including the lower eyes, cheekbones, nasolabial folds, and upper and lower lips. She is only 10 weeks post-operative in her after photos.