Many men come to a facelift consultation assuming it’s the same operation women have, scaled to a larger face. It isn’t. A male facelift differs from a female facelift in the skin, the skeleton, the neck, the recovery, and the goal itself, which is definition rather than softness. Male facelift incisions are one of the […]
Why Facelift Costs Vary So Much in San Francisco If you’ve started researching facelift cost in San Francisco, you’ve probably noticed that the numbers are all over the map. Patients come into my office at Wes Plastic Surgery having collected two or three quotes that differ by tens of thousands of dollars, and the reasonable […]
Why Neck Liposuction Is Almost Never the Answer Most patients who come to see me about their neck arrive with a specific request: take the fat out. They have usually been told, or have read, that a quick liposuction will sharpen the jawline and clean up the fullness under the chin. I understand the appeal, […]
One of the most common situations I see in my office at Wes Plastic Surgery is a patient who has been getting filler for several years and has reached a point where it’s not doing what it used to. The results look shorter-lived. They need more product to get the same effect. Or something looks off and they can’t put their finger on what. They come in asking whether they should try a different filler, a different injector, a different approach.
After “will it look natural,” the most common question I hear is “how long is the recovery.” Patients want specifics, not vague reassurances. They’re planning time off work, rescheduling obligations, figuring out childcare. I respect that, so I’m going to give you the most realistic timeline I can, based on what I see in my patients at Wes Plastic Surgery day after day.
Most patients who sit down in my office at Wes Plastic Surgery have already read something about deep plane facelifts. They’ve seen the term online and they know it’s supposed to be “better,” but they aren’t sure why, or whether it matters for their face specifically. I’m glad patients are researching technique, because it’s the single most important variable in your result. But the internet tends to present this as a binary, deep plane good, SMAS bad, and the reality is more nuanced than that.