When it comes to aging, gravity is not your ally.
Fortunately, with our customized Newport Beach facelift at Pacifica Cosmetic Surgery Center, Dr. Hendricks can help you turn back the clock and look younger and more energized. Serving patients not only from Newport Beach but also from surrounding areas like Corona Del Mar, Laguna Beach, and Laguna Hills, Dr. Hendricks is dedicated to serving his community and providing excellent care. Talk with him to learn how he can tailor your facelift to help you achieve your cosmetic goals. Call his office or schedule your appointment online today.
What Is A FaceLift?
A facelift, also known as a rhytidectomy, is a surgical procedure that lifts or removes sagging skin and tissues on your face, creating a smoother, younger, and more rejuvenated-looking you. At Pacifica Cosmetic Surgery Center, Dr. Hendricks strives to offer his patients the best facelift Newport Beach has to offer. This means that he takes the time to talk with you about your aesthetic goals and analyze your unique face shape, skin, and signs of aging to develop a tailored and comprehensive plan for your facial rejuvenation.
Customizing the procedure for each individual patient, Dr. Hendricks might recommend surgery, non-surgical treatments, or a blend of both, depending on what your face needs to look its best. Your comprehensive vertical facelift doesn’t just refresh your skin, by using his extensive expertise, Dr. Hendricks creates facial harmony, so every feature of your face looks its best and blends beautifully together. Newport Beach plastic Surgeon, Dr. Hendricks also offers mini facelifts and lifts for specific parts of your face. If your cheeks, eyelids, or forehead could use some rejuvenation, but you’re not ready for a full facelift, talk with him about these individual procedures.
What Can a Facelift Treat?
- Sagging Skin: Over time, the skin loses elasticity, leading to looseness in areas such as the face and neck. A facelift can help address this by repositioning and tightening the skin.
- Deep Facial Folds: The development of deeper wrinkles, like nasolabial folds, is common with age as collagen production decreases. A facelift can reduce the appearance of these folds by lifting and smoothing the skin.
- Jowls: The formation of jowls occurs when gravity shifts facial fat and skin downward. A facelift lifts this tissue to restore a more defined jawline.
- Loss of Facial Volume: The natural loss of fat and tissue support in the face leads to hollow areas over time. Facelifts can work alongside fat transfer or fillers to restore volume and enhance facial contours.
- Neck Laxity: With age, the neck often shows visible signs of skin laxity. A facelift can also address sagging skin and muscle bands in the neck to create a smoother, more defined appearance.
Facelift Techniques
SMAS Facelift
The SMAS facelift method may be selected for patients who are interested in traditional facelift surgery. It works by tightening the tissue that lies between the facial skin and facial muscles. By addressing the SMAS layer (Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System), this technique allows for a more natural-looking lift that affects both the skin and the deeper facial tissues. The result can be long-lasting improvements to facial contours, particularly in the midface, jawline, and neck.
Deep Plane Facelift
In a deep plane facelift, the underlying muscle and skin remain attached to the underlying fascia as it is repositioned and lifted. This technique provides more dramatic results by targeting deeper layers of tissue and releasing key ligaments in the face to allow for greater mobility and lift. Dr. Hendricks will select the facelift method that is most appropriate for your individual facial aging concerns by drawing on his many years of experience as a triple-board-certified surgeon.
Mini Facelift
A mini facelift is a less invasive option that focuses on early signs of aging, typically in the lower face and jawline. This technique involves smaller incisions and a quicker recovery period compared to traditional facelift methods and is often used for patients with mild to moderate aging concerns. A mini facelift can be a great option if you’re looking to address sagging around the cheeks or jawline but aren’t interested in a more extensive surgery.
Neck Lift
While a facelift primarily targets the face, a neck lift is often performed alongside it to address sagging or loose skin in the neck area. This technique helps tighten the skin and underlying muscles in the neck, reducing the appearance of neck bands, jowls, and excess skin. By combining a facelift with a neck lift, Dr. Hendricks can create a smoother transition between the face and neck and provide more comprehensive rejuvenation.
Non-Surgical Facelift
Non-surgical facelift alternatives may include the use of dermal fillers, which provide temporary, but long-lasting, correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and loss of facial volume that occurs due to the aging process. Pacifica Cosmetic Surgery Center in Newport Beach, CA is pleased to offer a diverse range of facial fillers, including top brands such as Restylane and Juvederm. For expression lines on the upper third of the face, Botox injections (a cosmetic muscle relaxant) may be indicated.
In addition to dermal fillers and Botox, we also offer advanced skin tightening treatments, including Sofwave™. This non-invasive procedure uses ultrasound technology to stimulate collagen production and tighten skin. We are one of the few practices in the area to offer Sofwave, allowing our patients to benefit from technology that effectively lifts and tightens the skin on the face and neck with minimal downtime.
Other Types of Lift
- Cheek Lift: A cheek lift focuses on repositioning the tissues in the mid-face to restore lost volume and lift sagging cheeks. This procedure can help improve the appearance of hollow or sunken cheeks and enhance overall facial balance.
- Eyelid Lift: Also known as blepharoplasty, an eyelid lift removes excess skin and fat from the upper or lower eyelids. This procedure can help reduce puffiness, drooping, or tired-looking eyes.
- Forehead Lift: A forehead lift, also known as a browplasty, targets the upper face by lifting the skin and underlying tissue on the forehead. This procedure smooths forehead wrinkles and can elevate drooping brows.
- Lip Lift: A lip lift shortens the space between the upper lip and the nose, creating a more prominent and youthful lip appearance. This procedure can also enhance the shape of the lips and improve the overall balance of facial features.
What Is Included In a Facelift?
It depends, both on your specific goals for the procedure and your face. During your consultation for a facelift Newport Beach plastic surgeon, Dr. Hendricks, will create a customized treatment plan to rejuvenate your face. Here are just a few of the procedures Dr. Hendricks can include in your facelift:
- Cheek lift
- Eyelid correction (Eyelid Surgery)
- Outer brow lift
- Removal of under eye bags
- Smoothing of fine lines and wrinkles
- Tightening of neck skin (Neck Lift)
- Laser removal of excess fat
- Laser resurfacing for rejuvenated skin
What Are The Benefits Of A Facelift?
By blending facial feature corrections and anti-aging techniques into one comprehensive procedure, Dr. Hendricks offers his patients some notable benefits. First, he ensures they love their results. All too often, our facelift patients know they want to change something about their face but they can’t quite put their finger on the issue itself.
Taking a comprehensive approach allows Dr. Hendricks to correct any issues so the result is a transformed, rejuvenated appearance rather than a change in a single area that might not blend seamlessly with the rest of the face.
As a triple-board certified plastic surgeon with decades of experience, Dr. Hendricks has helped many patients gain a more youthful appearance through facelift surgery.
Choosing a facelift can be a more cost-effective option long-term. It’s more affordable to bundle all of the procedures you want in a single surgery, rather than to receive them individually over the years.
Are you interested in a comprehensive facelift? Don’t hesitate to call the Pacifica Cosmetic Surgery Center to schedule your appointment.
Facelift Vs. Mini Facelift
A mini facelift provides a subtle lifting effect to correct early signs of advanced facial aging, while the full facelift is designed for the correction of moderate to severe facial aging. The mini facelift scars are smaller in size and quantity than traditional full facelift surgery. A full facelift’s effects tend to last longer than a mini facelift, an average of 10 years and 6 years respectively, though this may vary based upon the patient’s individual rate of aging.
The Right Age for a Facelift
Many patients start considering a facelift around age 40 and beyond when signs of facial aging begin to result in moderate facial skin sagging and wrinkles. Regardless of age, Southern California plastic surgeon, Dr. Hendricks, is committed to ensuring you achieve a fantastic result, whether you are in need of a mini facelift procedure, standard facelift, or a combined procedure.
What to Expect From Your Facelift
Before Your Facelift Surgery
Before your facelift, you will likely need to stop taking certain medications, such as blood thinners, aspirin, or anti-inflammatory drugs, that can increase bleeding. If you smoke, you will need to stop at least two weeks before surgery to ensure proper healing. You should also prepare your home for a smooth recovery by setting up a comfortable area to rest, stocking up on easy-to-prepare meals, and arranging for someone to drive you home after the procedure.
During Your Facelift Surgery
Incisions for a facelift follow the natural contours of the ears and often end in the hairline. Each type of procedure will have differences in the scope or location of incisions. The surgery is performed under general anesthesia or local anesthesia depending on your comfort and the extent of the procedure. Once the incisions are made, the underlying tissues will be tightened, and the skin will be draped naturally back onto the face to avoid a stretched or “windblown” look. Any excess skin will be removed, and the incisions will be closed with sutures.
Facelift Recovery
After your facelift, it’s normal to experience some pain, soreness, and swelling, which can be managed with prescribed pain medication. Swelling and bruising are most noticeable during the first few days but should begin to subside within one to two weeks. You’ll need to avoid strenuous activities and be cautious while bathing to prevent getting the incisions wet. Initial healing takes around 10-14 days. However, it may take several months for all the swelling to fully disappear and for your final results to be visible.
How to Maintain the Results of Your Facelift
Natural aging and environmental factors can continue to age your skin even after a facelift. The best way to maintain the results of your facelift for as long as possible is to take care of your skin. Start with a healthy diet that allows your body to function at its best and promotes the overall health and glow of your skin. Make sure to drink enough water every day and protect your skin from sun exposure or harsh chemicals that can cause the breakdown of collagen. You can also work with your dermatologist to find a skincare routine that suits your skin type and prevents premature aging.
Facelift frequently asked questions
Patients can generally shower the day after facelift surgery. Care should be taken around the incisions to avoid disruption or irritation. Instructions will be provided as needed.
A revision facelift or secondary facelift can be performed on patients that require a touch up due to advancing age or dissatisfaction with past facelift surgery.
Facelift incisions are most often placed at the hairline, near the ears, where they can be easily hidden. If the rhytidectomy is performed at the same time as eyelid or forehead lifting, this will involve small, discreetly placed incisions. Once healed, it is difficult for others to notice any facelift scars without a trained eye.
The time spent in the operating room is between two to four hours, although this varies based on the number of areas that are being corrected during surgery. Mini facelifts take less time in the operating room.
Patients should avoid sleeping face down. It is best to sleep flat on your back, with the head slightly elevated. Extra pillows or sleeping in a recliner are two ways to achieve this.
Most patients can return to work just one to two weeks after facelift surgery. For individuals that work from home (telecommuting), it may be possible to resume work duties sooner.
About Dr. Hendricks
Dr. Hendricks is a leader in cosmetic surgery with over two decades of experience, holding triple board certification in plastic surgery, general surgery, and hand surgery. His extensive educational background includes training at some of the most prestigious medical institutions, which has shaped his expertise in advanced cosmetic techniques. In addition to his surgical practice, Dr. Hendricks is actively involved in the medical community as an accomplished presenter and author, frequently sharing his knowledge at conferences and in peer-reviewed publications.
Learn More About Facelift Surgery in Newport Beach, CA
At Pacifica Cosmetic Surgery Center, we specialize in facelift procedures that can help you achieve a more youthful and refreshed appearance by addressing common signs of aging. Whether you’re in Newport Beach, CA, or surrounding areas like Corona Del Mar, Laguna Beach, and Irvine, we provide advanced techniques to ensure natural-looking results. To learn more about how we can help you, contact us online to schedule your consultation. You can also reach us at (949) 304-6678.
