Face Lift Surgery (Rhytidectomy) Articles

Face Lift - A Youthful Appearance is Often the Key to an Attractive Face

We all want to look our best and having a youthful appearance is often the key to an attractive face. Nevertheless, time, gravity, stress, and the elements are constantly working against us. The results can be seen on your face in the form of wrinkles, sagging skin, jowls, or a "turkey wattle" neck. It is so easy to improve these flaws with a neck or face lift in New York.

"Painless Breast Augmentation" - Fact or Fiction

There seems to be a lot of attention recently about pain-free cosmetic procedures and especially breast augmentation. Most of this surrounds a new promising long-term local numbing medicine that has far-reaching implications. This local numbing medicine, specifically studied with breast augmentation, showed good results with little to no complications. This is potentially exciting to aesthetic patients who often fear discomfort associated with various cosmetic procedures. Often this is the only reason they do not proceed with their desires. However, there has been no study showing that any method of breast augmentation or use of special medicines has led to consistent “painless breast augmentations”.

How to Evaluate Your Surgery Center and Anethesiologist

Because cosmetic surgery is now relatively safe and predictable many people have become relaxed about safety precaution. A lot of emphasis is placed on trusting your cosmetic surgery doctor or board-certified plastic surgery doctor to give you the results you expect. This means many patients find out about their surgeon's qualifications and neglect to find out about the anesthesia or the accreditation of the surgery rooms.

10 Things You Need for Recovery After Plastic Surgery

Your cosmetic plastic surgery procedure may leave you with scars, pain and stress during the recovery stages, and planning ahead with the right tools and supplies can make recovery much easier.

New LocateADoc Advisory Board Member: Edward E. Dickerson, IV, M.D.

Edward E. Dickerson, IV, M.D., Facial Plastic Surgeon at Cape Fear Aesthetics in Fayetteville, NC. Dr. Dickerson graduated with a medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine and a undergraduates in Chemistry from West Virginia State College. Dr. Dickerson is a member of the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, International Society for Hair Restoration Surgeons, American Board of Otolaryngology, International Association of Physicians for Aesthetic Medicine. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.

Plastic Surgery Cost Infographic

13.8 million cosmetic procedures were completed in 2011. Cosmetic procedures are more popular than ever - for both men and women!

DOCTOR SPOTLIGHT: William Rosenblatt, MD, Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Rosenblatt serves cosmetic and reconstructive surgery patients at Lenox Hill Plastic Surgery Center in Manhattan and the surrounding areas of New York City.

DOCTOR SPOTLIGHT: Arnold S Breitbart, MD, Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Arnold Breitbart is accomplished in the wide spectrum of plastic surgery. From his offices in Manhattan and Long Island, he provides renowned cosmetic surgery services to patients seeking abdominoplasty, Liposuction, breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reduction, face lift, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, gynecomastia surgery, and other body contouring procedures. He also offers non-invasive treatments such as Restylane®, Perlane®, BOTOX® Cosmetic, JUVÉDERM™ Injectable Gel, and Radiesse® injections.

DOCTOR SPOTLIGHT: Michelle Hardaway, MD, Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Michelle Hardaway, M.D.,F.A.C.S. has a broad and extensive background not only in plastic surgery but general surgery as well.

DOCTOR SPOTLIGHT: Ricardo L Rodriguez, MD., Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez is a board certified plastic surgeon specializing in face lift, body lift and tummy tuck procedures in the Baltimore, Maryland/Washington, DC areas. Dr. Rodriguez and his surgical team have over 20 years of experience performing multiple Cosmetic Surgery Procedures in the same operative session. These procedures also include thigh lift, breast augmentation, Brazilian butt lift, and labioplasty (or labiaplasty) procedures.