My LAVVNDR LIFT is the most modern and advanced facelift and neck lift technique, giving long lasting, beautiful, and natural rejuvenation. When considering a facelift, it’s essential to understand and learn about the best techniques or methods used to rejuvenate and improve your appearance. The goals of a facelift or a neck lift are to look younger, healthier, refreshed, and always natural. There are many different ways the plastic or cosmetic surgeon can achieve these goals. In this educational writing, I will review my methods and the newest techniques that I use to accomplish these goals. I have been operating and performing facial rejuvenation and facelifts for almost 30 years. I have vast experience, and it is one of my main specialties. This writing will help you learn and become educated in this topic, so you can have a more rewarding journey becoming younger looking. I wrote this writing at the request of a patient from Philadelphia, PA.
The surgical techniques for facelifts and neck lifts have drastically changed from the first time it was done in France by Dr. Noël in the 1920’s. The methods were predominantly one of minor skin removal in limited areas. The results were not what we would consider good, but it was a start to the latest methods used essentially 100 years later. My techniques have been modified over 3 decades of cosmetic surgery practice to utilize the most advanced methods and techniques to artistically, safely, and reliably provide NATURAL and long lasting youthful results. I am going to review my latest methods and then compare it to the first or original deep plane lifts that are also being performed today. I’m going to review why I believe mine is superior and more advanced.
I created the LAVVNDR facelift and neck lift as an advanced surgical technique which utilizes volumetric and vector lifting to give a natural and durable result. The spelling is LAVVNDR, but it is pronounced “lavender.” The word is an acronym where the letters will be explained below in this educational writing. I developed this cosmetic surgery technique to give, in my opinion, a beautiful and natural face and neck rejuvenation. The cosmetic concepts of volumetric and vector lifting are utilized to achieve the best and longest lasting results. My method is “trilaminar” which means all 3 layers of the face that are aging are corrected and improved. It is “composite” meaning that the layers are elevated into appropriate positions as a “single unit” to give enhanced results. The “deep plane” muscles and tissues are repositioned as part of my LAVVNDR LIFT. I did not invent the facelift, but I have meticulously modified and enhanced the methods to achieve the goals and results we desire. This has enabled me to have created a fantastic facelift technique that uses advanced methods to give the best results.
The name is an acronym.
LAVVNDR
L = Layered
A = Advanced
VV = Volumetric and Vectors
N = Natural
DR = Durable Results
I have described my technique in detail in another writing. Please link there now to review this in more detail. I will review and summarize my technique now for more clarity. I believe that by focusing on critical and essential principles the LAVVNDR LIFT will give you the rejuvenation you desire.
L = Layered
Facial aging doesn’t happen in just one layer; it occurs in multiple layers. The LAVVNDR Lift considers this essential aging principle or fact, and it is tailored to correct the aging. Skin, muscle, and fat levels are all worked on during your cosmetic operation to give the most advanced and most natural rejuvenation. It is a trilaminar, composite, deep plane lift. Trilaminar means medically all 3 layers.
A = Advanced
Some facelifts and neck lifts are not advanced, and they do not use the latest techniques. They can be very basic or minimal. Overdone, windswept, and DRUM FACE lift results are essentially not going to happen with the LAVVNDR LIFT and the advanced techniques I am utilizing.
VV = Volumetric and Vectors
As we age, we lose volume in the face in different locations, different amounts, and different directions. The principle of vectors is the idea that tissues can be lifted in different directions that best rejuvenate our face. By utilizing vectors, the face can be naturally lifted and redraped. This will give a beautiful and normal rejuvenation that is not windswept or fake.
The LAVVNDR Lift considers the different factors that contribute to aging, such as volume changes and rotational descent changes of the face. The different volumes and vectors are utilized artistically to recreate a natural, younger, and more beautiful face and neck.
N = Natural
The LAVVNDR Lift has been designed to give the best results, but results that are extremely natural. Fake results are not part of this technique. This is one of the biggest concerns of most patients. If you are looking to look better and younger, but not fake, this is the facelift technique you need.
DR = Durable Results
The operation is designed to give significant, but also long lasting results as well. It provides wonderful and healthy changes to the face, maintaining natural looks, and gives benefits that last and are durable.
Summary of LAVVNDR Lift:
Some people will not need all the methods that I have just described above. The operation is tailored to your anatomy and your goals. It is not a cook book method. It is a method that can be modified and changed to allow artistic correction of aging. It is a surgical method that utilizes different principles and values to give you the changes that are specific to you and your desires. It can be tailored for you! Please link to before and after photos in the gallery to see more results!
The Old or Original Deep Plane Lift:
The deep plane lift was first popularized by Dr. Sam Harra in 1990. It is a method I have trained in and used personally. Interestingly, it’s not new! It’s just a method that has resurfaced. The original method had been plagued by problems, and it is why I have modified it. The two main problems in the past are related to swelling and the results. The technique was supposed to give longer lasting results for the improvement of jowls and turkey neck deformities. Unfortunately, long term studies with the original deep plane lift did not show better results or durability compared to other methods. In addition, the original technique had more prolonged swelling and edema then desired. I think this is a major reason you can get unnatural results and fake results with this older method. Many doctors still use this this technique today and have not progressed to methods that I believe are superior. Prolonged swelling can lead to scar tissue formation, and it decreases natural results and benefits. It was because of these limitations that I worked on my latest facelift technique which is a trilaminar, composite, and deep plane lift. My LAVVNDR LIFT can be thought of as a new and improved deep plane facelift. For the educated consumer, I would become as educated as you can and learn about the advantages I present with my method.
I believe my LAVNDR LIFT gives far more natural and durable rejuvenation. My techniques incorporate essential and modern principles of face lifting. The older deep plane technique unfortunately does not offer the same methods and might not deliver the natural results you desire. The prolonged swelling is one of the causes of this decreased result.
A final important point or concept. Realistic goals and realistic results must be understood by all people considering cosmetic surgery of any type. These operations improve us. They don’t turn us into Movie Stars. People with unrealistic expectations will be partially disappointed. Surgery can not turn a 70 year old woman into a 35 year old woman. Facial rejuvenation has the goal of making us look better and more youthful and healthy. It doesn’t make us into an Instagram model or a Movie Star.
Conclusions:
I have specialized in cosmetic face and neck rejuvenation for almost 30 years. I have developed and created a facelift technique called the LAVVNDR LIFT. It utilizes essential and critical methods to achieve beautiful rejuvenation, that is long lasting and natural. It is a trilaminar, composite, and deep plane lift that focuses on vectors and volumes to achieve rejuvenation goals. The older deep plane lift has had unnatural results because of prolonged swelling. Please come in for a consultation to discuss possible cosmetic surgery. The consultations are in depth and thorough. By learning what is best for your particular case, I can help you on your journey to look younger and also remain natural.
