Primary Facelift

With aging comes wonderful experiences and memories, and you should experience them while feeling and looking your best. As we age, the face loses volume and some of its support mechanisms, resulting in facial sagging and drooping. A beautiful facelift should look youthful, refreshed, and natural, reflecting your personal aesthetic goals.

If you are considering a facelift, the latest surgical techniques can create a rejuvenated look that is beautifully natural, not obviously pulled, or awkwardly tight. Dr. Sulyman-Scott is a member of the “new generation of plastic surgeons” who focuses on using recently developed techniques with smaller incisions and a multimodal approach. A “multimodal” approach is a fresh approach to facelift surgery, involving a combination of surgical and non-surgical techniques to create a stunning, natural outcome.

Facelift Benefits

A facelift is quite beneficial for patients who would like a dramatic facial rejuvenation that targets multiple concerns at once. Benefits include the following:

Lifted features and firmer skin
Achieves a defined jawline
Eliminates jowls and double chin
Contours and sculpts the facial features
Turns back time by as much as ten years
Smooths heavy lines and wrinkles
Can improve self-confidence
Achieves overall facial rejuvenation

Who is a Candidate for a Facelift?

Men or women who are experiencing sagging features and other signs of aging and want to achieve significant facial rejuvenation are generally good facelift candidates. Ideal candidates for a facelift should meet the following criteria:

Are generally healthy, without serious medical concerns
Do not smoke
Have realistic expectations about what can be achieved with a facelift
The skin on the face and neck is sagging significantly
The jawline is poorly defined
There is a loss of facial volume (sunken cheeks or other hollow areas)

The First Step Your Consultation at That Face in Chicago

Your consultation will be a pleasant and informative experience in which Dr. Sulyman-Scott will ensure that you feel comfortable, heard, and understood. She focuses on ensuring that, as a team, you and she have a shared vision for your aesthetic outcome. She takes all the time needed to share information about your treatment options, the surgical process, and your recovery while addressing any questions or concerns you may have.

Before & After

Cost of Facelift Surgery

The cost of a facelift procedure varies based on the unique needs of each patient. Which type of facelift you’re having and the complexity of what is required to achieve your aesthetic goals will factor into the cost. During your consultation, we will determine the details of your surgery, and this will include the exact cost of your facelift.

Enhance the Results of Your Facelift

Several ancillary procedures can be performed to greatly enhance your facelift results:

Facial Fat Transfer

Removing excess skin and repositioning the underlying tissues to a youthful position can be enhanced by natural fat transfer to restore age-related volume loss.

CO2 Laser Treatment

To rejuvenate your skin quality, CO2 laser treatment may be the ideal added procedure. This treatment triggers natural collagen production for firmer, more supple skin, and results that last longer.

Neck Liposuction

If you have an excess of fat on your neck, neck liposuction can be added to your procedure to create a more elegant, refined profile.

Neck Lift

A facelift treats the mid-facial region, but you may have sagging skin, creases, excess fat, or visible vertical bands on your neck that can be treated with a custom neck lift, in the same surgical appointment.

Microneedling + RF

To enhance or maintain the beautiful results of your custom facelift, Microneedling + RF treatments can help achieve optimal results. The radiofrequency energy emitted by the system stimulates natural skin regeneration, with exceptional rejuvenating effects.

How a Facelift Procedure Works

During a facelift procedure, incisions are made around the ears. This is done with meticulous care to ensure scarring is best to an absolute minimum.

Using these incisions, the underlying facial muscles are tightened. Fat tissues are sculpted and repositioned to achieve youthful volume and contoured features. In the jawline or other areas, fat pockets are removed to achieve a smoother, more refined appearance. Excess, sagging skin is removed, and the skin is lifted and repositioned on the face to achieve a natural, youthful appearance.

Facelift Techniques: The Modern Approach to Surgical Facial Rejuvenation

Older facelift techniques were far less successful and produced results that were obviously the result of surgery, looking overly tight and pulled with a distortion of the normal facial appearance.

Recent developments in surgery have resulted in several methods that can create an exceptionally natural, refreshed outcome.

These techniques involve tightening the underlying facial fascial layer—or muscle structure—and repositioning the tissues to their original youthful location to achieve a very natural-looking result. For firmer, more youthful skin, Dr. Sulyman-Scott may recommend ancillary procedures to trigger natural skin regeneration that will prolong the results of your surgery by enhancing skin quality.

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Recovery From a Facelift Newer Techniques Mean Faster Healing

Dr. Sulyman-Scott uses techniques that involve shorter incisions, which heal more quickly and leave less visible scars. You can expect to take one to two weeks off from your usual activities. You will be given detailed instructions on your post-operative care. Dr. Sulyman-Scott will closely monitor your progress and healing after surgery. You will have several follow-up appointments with Dr. Sulyman-Scott, who provides an outstanding level of care during recovery. You should feel well enough for the “big reveal” within a month or less.

Will There Be Scars From My Facelift Surgery?

Incisions are made around the ears for a facelift procedure. These are made very carefully and precisely to ensure that scarring is kept to an absolute minimum. Ultimately the scars will fade with time and be hardly noticeable, as they are hidden in the natural folds of the skin.

Facelift Complications

Complications arising from a facelift are rare, but like any surgery, a facelift includes some risks. Some of the complications that could arise are bleeding, infection, poor wound healing, scarring, facial nerve injury, pain, and unfavorable results.

Dr. Sulyman-Scott and Facelift Surgery in Chicago

Dr. Sulyman-Scott is a talented facial plastic surgeon who is intrigued by facial anatomy and the artistry of plastic surgery. A facelift allows her to explore and preserve your unique facial structure while achieving a rejuvenated appearance. She is deeply gratified when she sees her patients rediscovering their own beauty after a facelift. Her techniques, meticulous methodology, and dedication to her patients are truly extraordinary.

Deep Plane Facelift The Ultimate Facial Rejuvenation Treatment

What is a deep plane facelift? This groundbreaking technique gets its name from the “deep plane,” an aspect of the underlying facial structure that is made up of muscle and fascia. This surgical approach creates stunning results, with exceptionally natural outcomes—free from the tightness and tension of older techniques.