facelift rancho mirage

Posted by James Hawk on February 28th, 2020

Facelift

• Beverly Hills 
• Palm Springs

DR Andrew j. HAYDUKE

A facelift, or cervicofacial rhytidectomy, is a surgical procedure that improves visible signs of aging in the face and neck. Facelift surgery is one of the most common and favorite facial cosmetic procedures of Dr. Hayduke’s practice and one of the main reasons Dr. Hayduke has an office location in the Palm Springs area. Being largely a retirement community, facelift surgery is quite common in the greater Palm Springs area. Dr Hayduke’s background in art and sculpture provides a strong and natural foundation for his facial esthetic surgery work.

Once we reach our late 40’s, aging changes in our face and neck start to become apparent, albeit it at different rates among individuals. These changes may include:

• Sagging of your neck and jawline
• Sagging in the middle third of your face (cheekbone area sag)
• Deflated facial appearance from tissues falling downward
• Loss and decent for facial fat including cheek fat
• Loss of skin tone in the lower face
• Appearance of two walnut sized jowls at your jawline
• Loose skin accumulation and excess fat deposits under your chin and jaw, giving even a person of normal weight the appearance of a double chin
• Bands of muscles in the neck may become apparent and give the appearance of hanging neck cords that are outright impossible to hide

The loss of youthful contours in the face and neck are due to a variety of factors, including heredity, gravity, age, diet, smoking, environmental conditions, and even stress. Most patients show aging changes of the entire face and neck. In rare cases, however, a lift of only the neck (NECKLIFT) or only the midface (MIDFACE LIFT) is satisfactory to achieve facial rejuvenation.
Additional rejuvenation procedures typically performed together with a facelift include a BROW LIFT to correct a sagging or deeply furrowed eyebrow region, EYELID SURGERY to rejuvenate aging eyelids, and a CHIN IMPLANT that helps create a better defined and youthful jawline/profile (for those with a weak chin).

WHAT A FACELIFT WON’T DO

As a restorative cosmetic surgery, a facelift does not change your fundamental appearance and cannot stop the aging process. What it can do, however, is set a person’s “aging clock” back several years.

A true facelift can only be performed surgically. Non-surgical rejuvenation treatments cannot achieve the same level of results as a true facelift (in the hands of a skilled surgeon) and consumers should be suspect of flashy ads claiming facelift results by non-surgical means. Non-surgical treatments usually only cost a few thousand dollars, but the results themselves and the amount of time the results actually last usually do not even justify the relatively low cost. One should seriously consider saving that money toward a true facelift by a skilled facelift surgeon. Although patients love to see flashy ads for “non-surgical” means of attaining a facelift result (with “no down time”), we caution you against them.

FACELIFT CANDIDATES

In general, good candidates for a facelift include:

• Healthy individuals who do not have medical conditions that impair healing
• Non-smokers
• Individuals with a positive outlook and realistic expectations
• Individuals without any uncontrolled psychological/psychiatric conditions

CHOOSING A SURGEON YOU CAN TRUST

Facelift surgery involves many choices. Finding a skilled and credentialed facelift surgeon is exceptionally difficult. Since insurance does not cover facelift surgery, many types of surgeons from different specialties (dermatology, ear nose throat, otolaryngology, general surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery) will try to capture you as a facelift patient.

Please take the time to visit this link to an interesting online article from The New York Times entitled “Ear Doctors Performing Face-Lifts? It Happens” by Kate Murphy.

We feel that the first and most important recommendation is selecting a true formally trained plastic surgeon who is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) and a member in good standing of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).