We’ve all heard the saying, “Put your best face forward,” but the aging process can make that difficult.
If sagging skin and drooping jowls are making you appear tired and older than you actually are, a facelift might be the answer.
By lifting and repositioning facial tissues deep underneath the skin, removing excess skin, and tightening loose neck muscles, a deep plane facelift with Dr. Kiya Movassaghi can help you look more youthful and rested.
Am I a good candidate for a facelift?
The best candidates are men and women who have noticeable drooping in the cheeks, jowls, and neck. If you are experiencing any of the following, a facelift may be a good solution to meet your aesthetic goals:
- You are bothered by a loss of skin elasticity and muscle tone of the face and neck
- You have noticed the appearance of jowls and deep creases between the base of the nose and the corners of the mouth, or developed facial and neck wrinkles
- You feel you have a tired facial appearance
- These signs of aging make you feel less confident in your appearance
Dr. Kiya Movassaghi is a board-certified plastic surgeon with 20+ years of experience. He is nationally respected and has served as President of The Aesthetic Society. With his extensive surgical expertise and an exceptional aesthetic eye, he helps patients achieve stunning, natural-looking results.
Your Personalized Facelift Technique
Typically, a facelift targets the middle and lower face, while brow and eyelid surgery are performed separately to address aging around the eyes and forehead.
Dr. Movassaghi takes a unique three-tiered approach to facelifts: depending on your “level” of facelift, he will incorporate either a mini or full brow lift and an eyelid lift. Like a traditional facelift, all three levels also include a neck lift. He is able to correct the appearance of “turkey neck” with platysmal plication surgery to tighten these thin neck muscles using sutures.
As you move up in levels, you increase the extent of your facelift. This leveled approach to lifting the face and neck provides options and customization in order to provide you with the most natural and desirable results. Dr. Movassaghi will discuss the most appropriate options for your goals with you at your consultation.
“Thank you for the ten years you have given back to me. I can now act as young as I feel and not look as silly as I would have otherwise. My reflection was one of an old lady that I was not yet ready for. I enlisted my stalwart husband and faithful friend to interview several of Eugene’s plastic surgeons. When we met with you we knew we had found the best. My friends who don’t know about the facelift compliment me on my new hairdo and how much younger it makes me look.”
Recovery
Dr. Movassaghi performs facelift surgery on an outpatient basis either under local anesthesia with sedation or under general anesthesia, depending on the extent of your facelift. Your procedure will take place at McKenzie Surgery Center or Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, Oregon. Incision placement depends on the specific nature and extent of the procedures being performed: within the hairline (or along the hair margin), above the ear, extending down around the lobe and ending in or below the hairline behind the ear. Dr. Movassaghi will place incisions in locations that are naturally well-camouflaged and virtually impossible for others to detect once healed.
After surgery, you will go home with your head and neck wrapped in dressings, which are usually removed the next day. Minimal initial discomfort is easily controlled with oral medication. Sutures are removed within 14 days.
Facelift vs. Non-Surgical Procedures
A facelift may not be necessary for all patients who wish to gain a more youthful and rejuvenated appearance. If you have deep-set wrinkles and folds and extensive skin sagging, a facelift is going to give you the best results.
However, newer wrinkles and lines can often be corrected with injectables like wrinkle-smoothers and dermal fillers, and your skin’s complexion can be improved with non-invasive tightening and/or resurfacing techniques. These non-surgical treatments can also be used to significantly enhance the appearance of your facelift and maintain your results.
We offer the following non-surgical procedures at our on-site medspa, Ziba Medical Spa:
- Skin Tightening: If you’re just starting to notice sagging cheeks or jowling, this can be an excellent option to restore a firmer, smoother appearance. We can treat almost any area of the face, including the lower eyelids, cheeks, neck, and jowls without anesthesia or surgery. This is a great preventative treatment for patients to start while they’re younger to preserve their skin’s elasticity.
- Wrinkle Smoothers and Fillers: These extremely popular injectable treatments can plump the skin or smooth wrinkles for up to 12 months. For our patients, we use injectables to restore youthfulness to faces that are just beginning to show signs of aging and to enhance the results of facelift surgery by treating more surface-level wrinkles.
- Laser Skin Resurfacing: Improving skin tone and texture can go a long way towards achieving a more youthful look. We can help you determine whether a peel, laser resurfacing, or other facial treatment is best suited to your goals.
Dr. Kiya Movassaghi is a board-certified plastic surgeon with over 20 years of experience performing facelifts, neck lifts, and non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedures. Contact us online or call to begin developing your personal facelift plan with Dr. Movassaghi.
