Facelift in Beverly Hills
When you look your best, you can also feel your best. This concept is a key part of our cosmetic philosophy and our goal behind every facelift in Beverly Hills. Age and many other factors might change how we look, but cosmetic surgery helps us overcome them to maintain an aesthetic that brings out our true selves. With every procedure at Sykes Plastic Surgery fully adapted to match your individual needs and enhance your unique beauty, we aim to improve your quality of life.
With modern cosmetic surgery, signs of aging only exist as long as we allow them. Facelift surgery can help you achieve a considerable transformation, turning back the clock to look like a younger version of yourself. Dr. Sykes works closely with you to discover your aesthetic desires and build an individualized plan to help you achieve them. Complete our contact form today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Jonathan Sykes and learn more about a Los Angeles Facelift.
What Is a Facelift?
With the latest techniques and an eye for facial aesthetics, facelift surgery reduces signs of aging so that you can match your outer beauty to your vibrant inner self. The procedure addresses common signs of aging around the face and neck, including wrinkles, loose skin, and stubborn pockets of fat. More than simply “tightening” everything, which would create an unnatural look, Dr. Sykes uses his extensive experience to deliver results that work with your natural beauty. A facelift is about providing unique contouring and repositioning of tissues to not only restore a youthful appearance but also to create a rested, natural look of rejuvenation and vibrance.
Facelift Surgery with Dr. Jonathan Sykes
Benefits of a Los Angeles Facelift
- Tighten sagging facial skin
- Minimize fold lines around the nose and mouth
- Reduce jowls
- Remove excess skin and stubborn fat around the jaw & neck
- Achieve a more youthful appearance
- Rejuvenating results that look natural
- A boost to your quality of life and overall confidence
- Results that last for years
What Happens During Facelift Surgery in Beverly Hills?
Dr. Sykes provides a facelift experience wholly centered around the patient’s unique characteristics and features. Accordingly, he and his staff work closely with each patient to build each aspect of their treatment plan from the ground up. Each step is fully communicated to the patient and adapted to match their needs.
The operation starts with anesthesia, ensuring you remain comfortable throughout the process. Dr. Sykes then makes the agreed-upon incisions, subtly adjusting skin and underlying tissues toward a more youthful position. Each incision is placed in a targeted location so that any scarring is hidden and virtually out of sight.
Your facelift in Beverly Hills will last about two hours, but this varies according to your customized plan, the extent of the surgery, and whether you are combining other facial enhancements. Once complete, Dr. Sykes carefully closes the incisions to minimize any scarring. You can return home the same day with someone to drive you.
Am I A Candidate for Facelift Surgery in Los Angeles?
Dr. Sykes’ specialization as a facial surgeon has allowed him to provide facelifts to a wide range of patients. The ideal candidate will have signs of aging that they want to address while being in overall good health. Candidates must also avoid smoking before and after the procedure to improve their healing process and, therefore, their results. The primary qualification is a healthy outlook and a readiness to look your best! During your initial consultation, Dr. Sykes will discuss your goals and options to find the ideal treatment plan to help you get the desired results. Contact us today to learn more about how we help you look your best.
Meet Jonathan Sykes, MD
Double Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon
A renowned leader and award-winning educator in the field of facial plastic surgery, Dr. Sykes served as the Director of Facial Plastic Surgery at the University of California, Davis Medical Center for over 30 years. He is considered one of the top facial plastic surgeons in the world. Having performed live demonstrations of his cutting-edge techniques in over 15 countries, Dr. Sykes received the prestigious William Wright Teaching Award from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
The Advantages of a Deep Plane Facelift
The goal of a deep plane facelift is to lift the tissues of the face by going under the superficial muscular aponeurotic system, the SMAS, which is the investing layer of the face. This gives the sturdiest lift and, in Dr. Sykes’ opinion, the most natural lift. He lifts the skin on the neck and tightens it to create a better angle to the chin and neckline. By lifting the jowls so that they disappear, the mandible – or jawline – achieves better definition.
Dr. Sykes also lifts the cheeks to make the face appear top-heavy rather than bottom-heavy. A youthful face is shaped like an upside-down triangle, but as we age and the cheek fat and jowls descend, the triangle becomes upright with more volume at the bottom. When we lift those areas into a better position, it improves and increases the volume of the face in the right places. Dr. Sykes believes a deep plane facelift does the best job lifting the cheeks and calls it “an underwire bra for cheek fat.”
The Beverly Hills Facelift Recovery Process
Our facelifts are designed to do more with less, allowing for a shorter recovery period. After your procedure, Dr. Sykes will apply a snug surgical dressing to the area. He closely monitors each patient’s recovery, changing surgical bandages and removing sutures. Most patients can expect to take about two weeks off from work for initial downtime and avoid strenuous activities for three weeks. This crucial window of recovery allows you to rest and heal, reducing the risk of complications and improving your results. Patients can expect some pain and swelling after the procedure, but we can help you manage these through proper medication and detailed recovery instructions.
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When Can I See the Results From My Facelift?
As the initial swelling subsides, you can begin to see noticeable improvements. Skin will be tighter and wrinkles reduced to create a more youthful expression and appearance. It is important to remember that swelling can take several weeks to a couple of months to go down entirely, revealing your final results. Dr. Sykes recommends avoiding important social events for the first four to six weeks. The benefits of a facelift can last for years, especially with proper aftercare and healthy skin habits. By caring for your skin and avoiding aging factors, such as excessive sun exposure or smoking, your skin can look refreshed and youthful well into the future.
Complementary Procedures
Many other procedures related to facial aging are often done synchronously with face lifting. For instance, patients often undergo a brow lift, upper or lower blepharoplasty, or a combination. Other patients want to restore lost facial volume using facial fat transfer. Dr. Sykes performs rhinoplasty, lip lifts, chin implants, and chemical peels simultaneously with facelifts. Dr. Sykes recommends combining as many procedures while under anesthetic as possible to maximize healing and minimize the financial impact for patients who desire a multifaceted facial rejuvenation. That said, he always supports your decision about your operation.
Schedule Your Consultation Today
If you are ready to revitalize your face and neck, use our online form to schedule your consultation for a facelift in Beverly Hills with Dr. Jonathan Sykes. His compassionate communication style will help you feel at ease and empower you to make the best choice to suit your cosmetic goals.
FAQ
Beverly Hills Facelift
Patients who have scheduled a consultation for lower facelifting should carefully research their surgeon and be aware of their specific desires regarding the outcome of surgery. Each patient should consider their wants and needs before the consultation to enhance their communication during the consultation.
Before surgery, it is important to thoroughly read all instructions, including understanding and carrying out the things to avoid. These include avoiding sun exposure a few weeks before surgery, stopping alcohol intake one week before surgery, and avoiding smoking for at least two weeks. Our patient care coordinator will provide an exhaustive list of blood thinners, including medications and herbal supplements, to avoid at least two weeks before surgery.
The length of time varies from surgeon to surgeon related to their surgical skill and experience. It also varies based on whether conjunctive procedures, such as blepharoplasty, brow lifting, laser resurfacing, lip lifts, or fat augmentation, are simultaneously performed. Many patients who desire facelift and neck lift surgery also have aging of the upper face and skin changes that require some or all of these procedures to produce optimal results. More procedures require more surgical time, and if a patient has multiple procedures performed, they may take up to 4 hours. However, in our practice, a facelift and neck lift on most patients takes significantly less surgical time—1 to 1 and a half hours. In our practice, these lower operative times diminish the incidents of hematoma and other complications and require less anesthetic time for the patient.
The age range for patients is vast, starting in the mid-30s up until the mid-80s. However, the most popular age range for a facelift is 45 to 65.
A mini facelift requires shorter scars and less operative dissection. However, this procedure allows much less correction of aging problems. For this reason, Dr. Sykes rarely performs it. Many patients ask for a mini facelift, but they do not want mini-facelift results—they often want the full rejuvenation of a traditional facelift.
In Dr. Sykes’ opinion, there are no acceptable alternatives to create the results that a surgical facelift creates. Non-surgical options, such as a liquid facelift and PDO threadlift, can provide minor facial improvements. The effects these treatments produce are minimal compared to a deep facelift.
To extend facelift results, it is important to avoid sun exposure, use routine skincare, visit an esthetician regularly, and have minimally invasive procedures, such as Botox®, facial fillers, and laser procedures, to improve the signs of aging.
Most patients can go out after a surgical facelift 7 to 10 days after the procedure. However, if a patient wants to look great, especially in most photographs, that may take 3 to 4 weeks.
Dr. Sykes likes patients to take at least 3 weeks off from exercising after all surgical procedures, including a facelift. During follow-up visits, Dr. Sykes will advise when it is safe to resume normal workouts.
The length of time off after a facelift depends entirely on what type of work the patient does. If the patient works at home and does computer work, they can likely work 3 to 4 days after the procedure. However, if the patient has a job that requires being out in public, such as sales, they may need 10 days before returning to work.
Many surgeons will not perform facelifts on patients who actively smoke. The reasons for this are that smoking diminishes blood supply and increases the risk of skin compromise and post-operative complications. Dr. Sykes has performed facelifts on smokers with very good results, but we have slightly altered the length of the skin flap to diminish the risk of vascular compromise to the tissue. This alternation and technique have worked very well in Dr. Sykes’ practice.
Like any surgery, a facelift comes with risks. These risks may include post-operative bleeding, infection, skin flap compromise, or motor nerve injury. In our practice, the risk of hematoma is very low. Dr. Sykes has never had a patient experience motor nerve injury after facelift procedures.
Another risk after a facelift is poor scarring. However, we have many options today that alter and improve the scars after a facelift. These include perioperative hyperbaric oxygen treatments, steroid injections into hypertrophic scars, and advanced post-operative laser treatments that radically improve scar appearance. Our laser specialist commonly performs post-operative laser treatments to diminish scar appearance.
