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Face Lift Surgery (Rhytidectomy)

Are you one of the thousands of people who don't recognize themselves in the mirror anymore because of wrinkles? Are your crow's feet and expression lines making you look older than you feel? Many people consider undergoing a facelift procedure to bring back that smooth, youthful look of years past. This procedure can take years off your face, giving you self-esteem and confidence back. LocateADoc.com can help you make a more informed decision about this procedure.

While there are several different techniques, usually a facelift, or rhytidectomy, involves lifting the skin from the face, tightening the muscles and tissue underneath, and stretching the skin back over the face, cutting away any excess. Incisions will be made at the hairline, extending down below the ears. If the patient also wants to tighten the neck area, an incision can be made under the chin. Most doctors perform this procedure with general anesthesia. There will be swelling and bruising for several weeks after the surgery. As with any surgery, there is a risk of infection. Some patients report excessive pain and moderate to severe discomfort.

When the signs of aging appear, it’s a natural reaction to consider a facelift. But where do you begin to select a surgeon? The answer is simple. You use LocateADoc.com, a comprehensive database of qualified surgeons. Not only can you review their accreditations, you can also read reviews from former patients. Perhaps the biggest benefit is our extensive library of before and after photos, which will help you better envision the end results. Plus, if you use our filtering tool you can limit photos to those who are roughly the same age, height, weight, and skin tone as you. You can filter by location to find a surgeon in your area whose patients have experienced the type of results you are looking for. Take a look now and be on your way to looking and feeling younger.

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  • 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.

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  • Avg. Cost: $5283
  • Candidate: Loose skin, deep lines, wrinkles, jowls
  • Length: 2-3 hours
  • Treatment: One
  • Results: Long-lasting
  • Back to Work: Within 2 weeks

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