Facial rejuvenation is a term used for many different procedures used to rejuvenate the face. The goal is to have a more attractive, natural, and youthful face. It is extremely important to understand that there are different OPTIONS available to the person who wants to look younger. These choices range from Med Spa treatments to an advanced and modern facelift or neck lift. My surgical facelift that I have developed over 30 years of practice is the LAVVNDR LIFT. It is a trilaminar, composite, deep plane facelift that gives long lasting, natural, and beautiful results. This overview page will review this cosmetic operation but also all the other treatments I have in my full service Med Spa. Additional and more detailed information on any surgical procedure, Med Spa treatment, or cosmetic operation can be found in two ways on my web page. This is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for the person who wants to to be the most educated on their choices. Consultations are also extremely thorough and extensive, and they are tailored for you, reviewing all relevant information for your specific desires and concerns.
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Overview:
It is important to become educated and to learn about the different choices that you have to look younger and to rejuvenate the face. There are lots of fantastic choices. What should I do? Should I do a peel or lasers? What about Botox, Dysport, fillers, or a facelift? I need help with my choices? When a patient comes in for consultation, I will say, “Let’s start from the beginning and learn about different choices that help us look younger.” Facial rejuvenation can be described as having different options or levels from easier to more complex. The easiest are Level 1. The intermediate procedures are called Level 2. Finally, the strongest and often the best procedures as we get older (which usually means surgery) are Level 3 procedures. Please see the before and after photos of my LAVVNDR LIFT linked here.
Level 1: Med Spa treatments: The Easiest Rejuvenation Options
These options are designed to help with skin sun damage, blemishes, age spots, and fine wrinkles. This level does not involve surgery with cutting, sewing, and stitches. The treatments tend to be easy and have next to no pain. Treatments include peels, lasers, facials, and microdermabrasion. Some of our newest treatments are PRP, Venus’s Stimulation Stamp, and our Ageless Angel Peel. These wonderful treatments help with fine wrinkles, weathered skin, age spots and marks, and the texture and tone of the skin. Programs are available that have a goal of making the skin more youthful, healthy, and radiant.
The best treatment programs are comprehensive. This means multiple modalities are used to give an enhanced result. The different treatments work synergistically to give a better result than any one treatment alone. The doctor, office nurses, and Aesthetican will figure out the best program for you. In my Med Spa, all programs are doctor supervised and done under my auspices for maximal safety and the best results.
It is important to understand what these treatments achieve, but it is also important to understand what they DON’T DO. They do not “lift” the face. They don’t give you a facelift or get rid of bags and circles. They are not for turkey neck, jowls, or neck skin excess. This is achieved by level 3 – or surgical options. I have seen hundreds of patients who have spent large amounts of money at other Med Spa facilities who then come to me, because what they wanted was not achieved. Most of the time the options weren’t discussed. They chose treatments that are level 1, and they needed surgery from the start. Level 1 Med Spa treatments really work! But they have limitations that should be understood.
Level 2: Intermediate Treatment Options – Minimally Invasive Procedures
Level 2 options include less invasive options than surgery. This usually means a tiny needle might be involved. Classic treatment options are Dysport, Botox, Restylane, Juvederm, and other fillers. These treatments work to help with forehead wrinkles, crows feet, and nasal-labial folds or puppet lines. Fillers are modern day products to “fill up” the wrinkles. They work extremely well, and do not require surgery. Bruising swelling, and recovery is usually easy.
Some more involved treatments in Level 2 might include fat transfer to the face and a more deep chemical peel or laser. This is like a mini operation and could even be thought of as the easiest surgery or Level 3 treatment. This treatment can give more rejuvenation than the other easier options. It can make the face more youthful, young, and pretty. Fat transfer and peels can give fantastic results and take years off of one’s appearance. A thorough discussion with me will help you decide. Fat transfer and a full face resurfacing might be for the person who wants to more rejuvenated but isn’t ready for a bigger surgery procedure, like a facelift.
Again, it is important to understand limitations. These treatments are not a neck lift, eye tuck, or facelift. Most wrinkles, jowls, and bags need surgical procedures or Level 3 treatments for the best results and the most natural changes.
Level 3:Surgical Options
These are the operations that achieve the most rejuvenation and are the best to improve skin excess, jowls, bags, turkey neck, and other signs of facial aging. This level includes facelift, neck lift, eyelid tucks, forehead lifts, and mini facelift procedures. I use the latest techniques and methods for these operations. My specialty which was developed by me over 30 years of cosmetic surgery is the LAVVNDR LIFT. It is a trilaminar, composite, deep plane face and neck lift. This includes tightening the deeper muscle layers called the SMAS and the Platysma muscle. I use advanced techniques of multi-directional lifting to give a natural and youthful facelift, without the fake, “windswept”, or DRUM FACE look. Additionally, fat transfer can often be added to enhance the cheek area, folds, and overall youthful appearance. You can read about my LAVVNDR LIFT facelift in more detail by linking there now.
These Level 3 treatments do require actual operations. Pain is typically minimal. Most people are surprised at how minimal pain is and how quickly they get back to normal activities. Bruising and swelling do take time to go away and appropriate time off for recovery is important.
Most people have high satisfaction with their cosmetic facial surgery and are extremely glad they proceeded with the operation. These operations have high success rate and have the greatest chances of achieving the desired facial rejuvenation when aging involves excess skin, droopy facial skin, and bags and circles.
Summary:
It is important to come in for a consultation with me, and I can review your desires and goals. The consultation will be thorough and complete. I focus on options, how the procedures or surgery are done, recovery, and risks. It will review facial rejuvenation in extensive detail. I practice exclusively cosmetic surgery and have won numerous awards and have published three books on the topic of cosmetic surgery. As mentioned above, additional valuable information can be found under the menu tab and scroll down to educational writing. I look forward to helping you with your desires to be younger, more beautiful, and very natural.
