Put Your Best Face Forward
With a Facelift

What is a facelift?

A Facelift, also known as a rhytidectomy, is a procedure to rejuvenate the lower face and neck. As we age, the superficial muscular aponeurotic system (SMAS), a layer of tissue deep under the facial skin that helps maintain our facial structure, weakens and loses its flexibility. This can result in jowling and excess skin under the chin and on the neck. A Facelift in Houston helps tighten the SMAS of the lower face and neck and removes excess skin. The result is smoother, tighter skin and a more youthful appearance.

What Sets Dr. Rodman Apart?

double board-certified facial plastic surgeon

Dr. Regina Rodman stands out as a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon, specializing exclusively in facial cosmetic procedures. Her dedication to the art and science of facial surgery ensures patients receive expert care and exceptional results. What truly distinguishes Dr. Rodman is her commitment to advanced techniques and comprehensive patient care.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Dr. Rodman's practice, Face Forward Houston, is one of the few offices offering hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO). This innovative treatment enhances wound healing and accelerates recovery by increasing oxygen delivery to tissues. HBO therapy is provided complimentary for all Houston facelift patients, both pre- and post-surgery, to ensure optimal healing and results.

Personalized Care and Advanced Techniques

Dr. Rodman combines her extensive training with a personalized approach to each patient's unique needs. She specializes in balancing and harmonizing the face, often combining procedures for optimal results. By creating custom treatment plans based on each patient's individual characteristics and goals, Dr. Rodman ensures that every patient achieves their desired outcome. Her expertise in advanced surgical techniques, coupled with a focus on patient education and comfort, makes her a top choice for those seeking facial rejuvenation.

The Facelift Procedure

During the Facelift procedure, excess skin is removed, underlying tissues are tightened, and the remaining skin is repositioned for a smoother, firmer look. This comprehensive approach targets wrinkles and folds and improves the overall contour and structure of the face. Ideal for those seeking long-lasting results, a facelift can significantly enhance facial harmony and boost confidence, making it one of the most sought-after procedures in aesthetic surgery. The facelift procedure involves several precise steps designed to rejuvenate the face and neck. Here's an overview of what the process entails:

Anesthesia: The procedure begins with administering anesthesia to ensure patient comfort. This can be either general anesthesia or intravenous sedation, depending on the patient's needs and preferences.
Incisions: The surgeon makes strategic incisions to minimize visible scarring. Typically, incisions are made at the hairline near the temples, continuing around the ear, and ending in the lower scalp. For minimal rejuvenation, a shorter incision may be made at the temples, around the ear, and possibly within the lower eyelids or under the upper lip.
Repositioning and Tightening: Once the incisions are made, the underlying tissues are lifted and repositioned. The superficial muscular aponeurotic system (SMAS) is tightened to enhance the contour and support the newly positioned tissues. This step is crucial for achieving long-lasting results and a more youthful appearance.
Excess Skin Removal: Any excess skin is carefully trimmed away to eliminate sagging and wrinkles. This process helps to smooth out deep folds and create a firmer facial structure.
Skin Redraping: The remaining skin is gently draped over the newly repositioned contours. This step ensures a natural-looking result without a pulled or overly tight appearance.
Closing the Incisions: The incisions are meticulously closed with sutures or skin adhesives. Their placement allows them to blend seamlessly with the natural lines of the face and hairline, making scars virtually invisible.

What are the Benefits of a Facelift?

A facelift offers numerous benefits, making it a highly sought-after procedure for those looking to combat the signs of aging.

Rejuvenation: A facelift addresses multiple areas of the face simultaneously, including sagging skin, deep creases, and jowls, providing an overall more youthful and refreshed appearance.

Long-Lasting Results: Unlike non-surgical treatments that may require frequent maintenance, the results of a facelift can last up to 10-15 years, offering a more permanent solution to aging concerns.

Enhanced Facial Contours: By tightening and repositioning the skin and underlying tissues, a facelift can restore more defined jawlines, reduce the appearance of jowls, and improve the overall facial structure.

Reduction of Deep Wrinkles: Deep lines and creases, particularly those around the mouth and nose, can be significantly reduced, creating a more youthful and harmonious facial appearance.

Tailored to Individual Needs: Facelifts can be customized to meet the unique needs and goals of each patient, ensuring personalized and optimal results.

What Aesthetic Issues are Addressed with a Facelift?

At Face Forward, our facelift procedure is designed to address a range of aesthetic concerns, helping you achieve a more youthful and refreshed appearance. Here’s how a facelift can enhance your facial features:

Sagging Skin: As we age, the skin loses its elasticity, leading to sagging and drooping. A facelift tightens and lifts the skin, reducing sagging in areas such as the cheeks, jawline, and neck.
Deep Wrinkles and Folds: Facelifts effectively smooth out deep wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds (the lines that run from the nose to the corners of the mouth) and marionette lines (lines that run from the corners of the mouth down to the chin).
Loss of Facial Contour: Over time, the face can lose its youthful contours due to the shifting of fat and the weakening of muscles. A facelift restores these contours by repositioning the underlying tissues and removing excess fat, giving you a more defined jawline and cheekbones.
Loose Neck Skin: The neck is often one of the first areas to show signs of aging. A facelift can tighten and lift the skin on the neck, reducing the appearance of "turkey neck" and creating a smoother, more elegant neck profile.
Jowls: Jowls are the sagging skin that forms along the jawline. A facelift addresses this by lifting and firming the lower face, eliminating the jowls and restoring a cleaner, more defined jawline.
Hollow Cheeks: Loss of volume in the cheeks can make the face look gaunt and tired. A facelift can help reposition the fat pads in the cheeks, adding volume and creating a fuller, more youthful appearance.
General Facial Fatigue: The overall effect of a facelift is a fresher, more vibrant appearance. By simultaneously addressing multiple signs of aging, a facelift can take years off your appearance, making you look as youthful and energetic as you feel.

Am I a Good Candidate for a Facelift?

The ideal candidates for a Facelift are people with sagging facial skin, especially under the chin or along the jawline. Those who feel their aging appearance does not match the youthful way they feel are the best candidates for the procedure.

People with high blood pressure, heart disease, take blood thinners, have bleeding-related health conditions, or depression are not good candidates for this procedure. People with unrealistic expectations and those who do not have enough time for recovery may not be suitable candidates as well. Patients who smoke may need to address this before undergoing a Facelift.

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What Should You Expect During a Facelift Consultation?

discuss your available options

During the initial consultation, you will discuss your goals and expectations for a facelift with Dr. Regina Rodman. Be open about your general health, medical history, and smoking history. Dr. Rodman will examine your face, consider your medical history, and discuss your available options. She might suggest minor procedures or discuss additional beneficial surgeries that might be performed in conjunction with a Facelift. The cost of the procedure will also be discussed. The staff may take before and after photos for documentation.

Facelift Recovery

achieve a natural-looking result

Patients should expect bruising and swelling for about 10-14 days after surgery. Swelling in the face will continue to fade for several weeks after surgery. Houston Facelift patients should plan for two weeks of downtime. Patients should walk daily, but spend the majority of time resting and recuperating the first week. The second week patients often feel more energized, but activities should still be limited, and bruising or swelling will likely still be visible. In the third week after surgery patients may begin to resume daily activities again. Patients should not perform strenuous exercise for 3-4 weeks after surgery.

Meet The New You

Facelift Results

The results of a facelift can be remarkably long-lasting, typically enduring for up to 10-15 years. This longevity is due to the comprehensive nature of the procedure, which addresses multiple layers of facial tissue to create enduring improvements. The facelift procedure itself generally takes around 5-7 hours, depending on the complexity and the specific techniques used. It is usually performed under general anesthesia to ensure patient comfort and safety throughout the surgery.

FaceliftFrequently Asked Questions

Can a Facelift be combined with other procedures?

At our practice in Houston Facelift can be combined with a brow lift and eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) to rejuvenate the upper face or any other facial rejuvenation procedures. Many patients opt to have fat grafting and skin resurfacing done at the same time as a Facelift. This restores lost volume with fat, tightens the skin with the lift, and resurfaces all fine lines.

What are the alternatives to a Facelift?

An alternative to the Facelift is skin tightening through Renuvion. Similar to a Facelift, Renuvion also tightens the skin of the lower face and neck to reduce jowling. However, the main difference is that Renuvion does not remove any excess skin. It only tightens the existing skin, basically “shrink wrapping” it to the lower face and neck. A Facelift tightens the skin and underlying tissues by lifting the tissues and removing the excess.

Are there scars with a Facelift?

During a Facelift Houston patients will have an incision made in front of the ear. This loops around behind the ear and hides in the hair. Sagging skin is adjusted, extra fat, tissue, and skin is removed, and the underlying musculature is re-suspended with long-lasting sutures to prolong the lift. The objective is to achieve a natural-looking result rather than a tight “wind-blown” appearance. That’s why the skin is gently re-draped upward, but never pulled with tension, to create a more natural appearance. Any scars usually lie in a skin crease, generally heal well, and are well hidden.

How much does a Facelift cost?

Health insurance will not cover the cost of a Facelift, since it is a cosmetic procedure. The total price may be impacted by anesthesia fees, the techniques utilized, and the total time needed to perform the surgery.

Look Forward to The Future

Schedule Your Houston Plastic Surgery Consultation Today

The Face Forward process starts with a consultation. You will meet with Dr. Rodman (either in the office or via video call) to discuss the result or look you want to achieve. Dr. Rodman will review and educate you about your options and schedule you for the procedure of your choice. Follow-up appointments will be scheduled as necessary. Achieve your look and enjoy the new you! Schedule your consultation for plastic surgery in Houston at Face Forward today.

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