FACELIFT IN NEW YORK CITY

At New Look New Life, our board-certified plastic surgeons are dedicated to providing the best care and outcomes for our patients. Our surgeons take the time to understand your goals and create a customized facelift treatment plan to address your specific needs, ensuring that the final results look natural and youthful.   Whether you're concerned about jowls, sagging skin, or midface aging, we have the expertise to restore your facial contours and bring back your confidence.

Facelift surgery is performed on women and men to: • Restore youthful and angular facial contours • Eliminate fine lines and wrinkles on the middle and lower regions of the face • Lessen the development of jowls • Minimize a double-chin • Reposition sagging facial tissues • Maintain a natural appearance

Men and women consider facelift surgery to correct the signs of aging that leave them feeling as though their reflection no longer represents the vibrancy they feel inside. The best candidates for facelift surgery do not smoke, are in good overall health, have realistic expectations of their results. These patients also continue good eating habits and healthy skin care routines over the course of their lives. Dr. Kim is highly experienced in providing optimal and natural-looking facelift results.

Incisions for facelift surgery are made in discreet locations where they will be easy to hide. Usually, incisions are made in the natural creases near the ear or behind the hairline. Through these incisions, the underlying tissues (including fat and muscles) are repositioned, tightened, or removed, and the excess skin is trimmed. The results of these techniques are smoother skin, more defined and lifted facial contours, and reduced wrinkles.

Many patients opt to combine their facelift with other procedures to achieve a more comprehensive facial rejuvenation: • Neck Lift: If you're concerned about neck sagging or a double chin, a neck lift can be combined with your facelift for a balanced, youthful appearance. • Facial Augmentation: To restore volume to the face, cheek implants, chin implants, or fat grafting can be performed alongside your facelift. • Rhinoplasty: For those who want to address nasal concerns, rhinoplasty can be performed in conjunction with a facelift to achieve overall facial harmony.

Facelift surgery restores youthful contours by repositioning and tightening tissues, muscles, and facial fat; however, it cannot restore facial volume that has been lost over time. Facial augmentation, such as cheek augmentation (https://www.newlooknewlife.com/cheek-augmentation)or fillers (https://www.newlooknewlife.com/filler)and chin augmentation with implants, can restore fullness to the face. Fat grafting to the face (https://www.newlooknewlife.com/fat-grafting)also restores facial volume by transferring fat from another area of the body.

While no non-surgical procedure can rival the extensive results offered with the traditional facelift, there are non-surgical treatments that can reduce or eliminate the appearance of fine lines and restore facial volume. Younger patients or those who are only experiencing minor to moderate signs of aging may benefit from a liquid facelift treatment, (https://www.newlooknewlife.com/liquidfacelift)which is a combination of neuromodulators like BOTOX® Cosmetic or(https://www.newlooknewlife.com/botox-dysport) Dysport® injections and dermal fillers like JUVÉDERM®, Restylane® or Restylane® Lyft™, or the collagen-enhancing RADIESSE®. (https://www.newlooknewlife.com/filler)Patients can also undergo laser resurfacing with Sciton® laser treatments.(https://www.newlooknewlife.com/lasers)

Facelift surgery is an outpatient procedure, and you can return home to recover shortly after your surgery. You should plan to rest comfortably at home for several days following your facelift. We suggest that you keep your head upright at all times (even when sleeping) to ensure proper blood circulation. This will help promote comfort, reduce swelling, and limit the possibility of complications. Most facelift patients can return to work and their normal day-to-day-activities after one week, but you may be asked to limit any strenuous or vigorous exercise for a longer period. Most swelling should subside within one month. Dr. Kim provide all of her patients with her cell phone number so that they can be reached at any time during your recovery.

At New Look New Life Surgical Arts in New York, your facelift surgery will be tailored to your needs and aesthetic goals. Our facelift surgery starts at $15,000, but this may vary significantly once anesthesia fees, surgeon’s fees, facility fees, operating room fees, required garments, and follow-up visits are factored in. You will be provided with an accurate cost estimate during your consultation that will take all of the above factors into account. We offer financing options through CareCredit® to assist you in paying for your facelift in New York.

Dr. Kim pays meticulous detail to the placement and size of your facelift incisions. All incisions are placed in locations that will be easy to conceal with hairstyles and makeup, and all scars fade with time.

Facelift surgery is performed under anesthesia to eliminate any pain during the procedure. You may develop some bruising, swelling, tenderness, and tightness following your facelift. Any discomfort can be lessened with prescribed or over-the-counter pain medication.

Your facelift results will start to become visible immediately after the surgery but will continue to refine over the following days and weeks as the bruising and swelling subside. With time, your skin will feel much smoother and tighter, and your face will appear more youthful and rejuvenated.

While Liposuction (https://www.newlooknewlife.com/liposuction)is the gold standard for permanently removing stubborn pockets of fat, it is not designed to tighten the overlying skin. If you have mild to moderate skin laxity, removing fat can sometimes leave the treated area looking slightly loose or deflated. By pairing your liposuction with a Renuvion® (https://www.newlooknewlife.com/renuvion)treatment, Dr. Claudia Kim (https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.newlooknewlife.com/dr-claudia-kim)can actively shrink and tighten the skin from the inside out using advanced radiofrequency and helium plasma energy. This dynamic combination ensures your newly sculpted contours look incredibly smooth, firm, and natural.

Since your facelift is performed under anesthesia, you will need to stop smoking and taking all blood-thinning medication, including aspirin, ibuprofen, NSAIDs, and some herbal supplements, for at least 10 to 14 days before and after the surgery. You will also need to arrange for a family member or friend to get you to and from the surgery and stay with you for the first 24 to 48 hours to assist with all day-to-day activities.

Facelift surgery is very safe, especially when performed by a board-certified cosmetic surgeon. While rare, complications can arise, including: • Negative reactions to the anesthesia • Bleeding/hematoma • Infection • Seroma • Nerve damage • Prolonged wound healing • Unfavorable scarring • Facial asymmetry

No. Facelift surgery addresses the middle and lower regions of the face. It does not address the eyes or forehead. If you are experiencing laxity in the upper third of your face and would like to keep consistency between the youthfulness of your upper and lower face, you may consider combining your facelift with blepharoplasty (eyelid lift surgery) (https://www.newlooknewlife.com/blepharoplasty)to address the eyelids.

Facelift surgery is designed to restore a more rejuvenated and youthful version of yourself. This surgery will not make you look like an entirely different person, but it will highlight your natural beauty.

Facelift surgery is performed to restore natural-looking, youthful facial contours. This surgery often takes between three and four hours to complete.

The results of your facelift will be long lasting; however, they are not permanent, as facelift surgery does not stop the natural aging process. You will continue to develop fine lines and wrinkles in the face and neck; however, they will always be less than if you had not had the surgery. While every person ages differently, you can help prolong the life of your results by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, protecting your skin from the sun, and following a good skin care routine. Some patients choose to follow-up their facelift with a mini facelift after a few years.