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Turn Back The Clock With A Facelift

A facelift can help you turn back the clock and restore a more youthful appearance. Your personalized facelift in Newport Beach by Dr. Lee can achieve comprehensive rejuvenation results throughout the face and neck regions, helping you look and feel your best. While many non-surgical facial rejuvenation options can help you temporarily reverse the signs of aging, none of these solutions can achieve the customized, long-lasting results provided by a facelift. Many of Dr. Lee’s facelift patients find that they look 10-15 years younger after their procedure.

Benefits of a Facelift

A facelift can offer a variety of benefits for anyone looking to rejuvenate their facial skin and achieve a more youthful appearance. Some of the most common benefits of a facelift in Newport Beach:

  • Greatly reduced facial lines, wrinkles, folds, and creases
  • More youthful facial appearance
  • Reduces loose or sagging skin around the face, jawline, and neck
  • Can be combined with other procedures
  • Increased self-confidence
  • Provides long-lasting results
  • Gets rid of jowls
  • Eliminates the appearance of a double chin
  • Provides natural-looking results

What Can a Facelift Address?

One of the most significant benefits of a facelift in Newport Beach is its ability to help you reverse a wide range of facial aging signs. Your procedure can address:

  • Marionette lines (lines extending from the corners of your mouth to your chin)
  • Sagging facial skin and muscles
  • Deep creases across the face
  • Nasolabial folds
  • Sagging in the middle portion of your face
  • Jowls
  • Fallen fat and tissue
  • Hollows underneath the eyes
  • Banding in the neck region
  • The appearance of a double chin
  • Deep facial folds near the mouth

Dr. Lee’s goal is to create a natural, younger-looking appearance. To achieve this natural look, he makes it a point to avoid having facial skin pulled too tight. This ensures you retain your unique, beautiful appearance. You’ll simply look like a younger version of yourself.

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Ideal Facelift Candidates

You are most likely a good facelift candidate if you:

  • Are in good overall health
  • Have realistic expectations for the outcome of your procedure
  • Prefer highly customized, long-lasting results instead of the temporary outcome provided by nonsurgical facial rejuvenation options
  • Experience one or more of the signs of facial aging discussed above
  • Don’t smoke or are willing to quit before surgery and throughout the recovery period

Your Facelift Consultation

The first step in your facelift procedure is a consultation with Dr. Richard H. Lee. During the consultation, he will discuss your concerns and make procedure recommendations. Dr. Lee is a board-certified plastic surgeon with over a decade of experience performing facelift procedures on men and women in the Newport Beach area. He will tailor your procedure to address the unique signs of aging you’re experiencing. This process helps him achieve beautiful, natural-looking results that will leave you feeling vibrant and youthful.

The best way to learn about your facelift options is to speak with Dr. Lee in person. Please call our office today to schedule a consultation. We serve patients in Newport Beach, Irvine, and Orange County, California.

Your Treatment Options

It’s important to understand that while a facelift provides comprehensive results, it is primarily intended to address the signs of aging in the mid-to-lower portions of your face and the neck region. If you are mainly concerned with reversing the signs of aging around the eyes or in the forehead region, Dr. Lee may recommend one of the following procedures to achieve your goals more effectively:

In some instances, Dr. Lee will perform these procedures in conjunction with a facelift for more comprehensive facial rejuvenation results. Non-surgical solutions such as dermal fillers can also be used with a facelift to restore lost facial volume, enhancing your results.

Your Customized Facelift Procedure

Your facelift in Newport Beach, CA will be performed under general anesthesia. While the procedure can be performed on an outpatient basis, many patients choose to spend a night at the surgical center so that the medical staff can monitor their progress. Dr. Lee understands that everyone has unique facial features and experiences signs of facial aging in different ways. Therefore, he will customize your facelift to ensure it addresses the specific signs of aging impacting your appearance. With traditional facelift surgery, Dr. Lee makes an incision within the hairline, beginning at the temple, extending around the ear, and ending in the lower scalp.

He will alter the incision patterns as necessary based on the facelift technique being used and your unique aesthetic goals. Once Dr. Lee has made the necessary incisions, he eliminates excess skin, tightens the supporting muscle and tissue structures, and pulls the remaining skin taut, as necessary. He then closes the incisions with sutures, staples, or surgical tape. Sutures will be removed within 7-10 days after surgery. Please view our facelift before and after photos to discover the results that can be achieved with this procedure.

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Addressing Mild to Moderate Issues

A less extensive facelift procedure is ideal for some patients who are experiencing mild to moderate facial aging, fine lines, wrinkles, and sagging skin. This procedure can be customized to your specific needs and skin qualities. The surgery will be performed with general anesthesia, before a series of easily concealed incisions enable Dr. Lee to lift and reposition your underlying facial tissues for a more youthful look. Your recovery period will only last between 10 and 14 days, making this a great option for active patients who are interested in addressing less extensive facial aging.

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Facelift Techniques Used by Dr. Lee

Dr. Lee uses several different techniques for his facelift in Newport Beach, including:

  • Full facelift – This technique provides the most comprehensive facial rejuvenation results, addressing the middle and lower regions of your face as well as any signs of aging in the neck. 
  • Mid-facelift – This technique addresses signs of aging in the central face region, including your cheeks. 
  • Mini facelift – This technique won’t deliver as comprehensive results as a full facelift. It is a great option for individuals who are just starting to develop the early signs of facial aging and don’t require a full facelift to achieve their goals.
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Facelift Recovery and Post-Operative Care

If you’re having your surgery performed on an outpatient basis, make sure to arrange for someone to drive you home since you’ll still be experiencing the lingering effects of anesthesia. Dr. Lee will provide you with complete recovery instructions before your procedure. 

You’ll experience some swelling and bruising after your procedure. These symptoms are usually worst 2-3 days after surgery, and they will subside after about ten days. Dr. Lee will place a bandage and a neck-compression strap over your face on the first day after surgery. You can take this bandage off in 48 hours to shower. 

Sleep on your back, with your head, elevated on two pillows for one week following surgery. This will help reduce swelling. You’ll also want to keep your incisions out of the sun for about a year after facelift surgery. This will help prevent the development of red, raised, and irritated scars.

In general, you should be able to resume all regular activities within 2-3 weeks. However, you will need to refrain from strenuous exercise until Dr. Lee clears you to participate in these activities. It’s important to be patient after surgery. It may take several months before you see your final results.

What Can You Expect From the Results of Your Facelift?

Although you may be able to notice improvements immediately after your facelift procedure, it will take some time before the full results become visible. As the swelling and bruising around your face gradually subside, you’ll start to see the complete effects of the surgery. On average, it takes around six months to see the final results of a facelift procedure.

Typically, the results of a facelift are very long-lasting. Although your skin will continue to age after the procedure, the positive effects should remain for at least around 10 years. However, if you take good care of your facial skin, your results may last even longer than that.

Contact Our Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon

If you have noticed signs of aging and are unsatisfied with your appearance, Dr. Richard H. Lee can help. He is an experienced board-certified plastic surgeon who has been helping patients for over 15 years. He will work with you to develop a customized treatment plan to help you achieve your aesthetic goals.

Please contact Dr. Richard H. Lee to schedule your facelift consultation. We serve patients in Newport Beach, Irvine, Santa Ana, and Orange County, California.

Facelift FAQs:

What is the best age for a facelift?

When can I return to work after a facelift?

How long does the swelling last after a facelift surgery?

Can a neck lift be added to a facelift?

Will my facelift scars be visible?

How long before I can exercise after facelift surgery?

How many years younger will I look after facelift surgery?

What is the best age for a facelift?

There is not necessarily an ideal age to undergo a facelift. The procedure can be an excellent option for people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. Ultimately, the right time for a facelift is whenever the signs of aging start to become more visible in your facial skin.

When can I return to work after a facelift?

In most cases, patients are able to return to work and resume their normal routines approximately 10 to 14 days after a facelift.

How long does the swelling last after a facelift surgery?

The majority of your swelling should subside within three or four weeks of your facelift. However, it can take up to a year for the minor swelling to disappear entirely.

Can a neck lift be added to a facelift?

Yes. A neck lift is one of several cosmetic procedures that can be combined with a facelift.

Will my facelift scars be visible?

There should be very little visible scarring after you’ve had time to heal from your facelift surgery. During the procedure, Dr. Lee will be careful to make the necessary incisions in areas where scarring will be difficult to see.

How long before I can exercise after facelift surgery?

For optimal healing and results, it’s best to wait approximately six weeks after your facelift surgery before you resume strenuous exercise.

How many years younger will I look after facelift surgery?

Although the specific results of a facelift can vary from patient to patient, you can typically expect to look around 12 years younger after the procedure.

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