Deep Plane Facelift — Before & After

Dr. Levesque on the Deep Plane Facelift

She looked tired even though she wasn't, and the fix was the lower face and neck. A sub-SMAS vertical-vector lift with lateral platysmaplasty re-draped the deeper layers, and I avoided an anterior platysmaplasty so there'd be no scar under the chin.

Conservative submental liposuction refined the neckline and fat grafting to the cheeks, orbital rim, temples, and nasolabial folds restored youthful volume. Doing it under local meant a couple of days of pain medication and none of the nausea or fatigue of a general anesthetic.