Many patients who have had previous facial rejuvenation surgery turn to Dr. John Owsley, a world-renowned facelift surgeon based in San Francisco, for a corrective revision facelift. The correction of problems left behind by an earlier facial surgery requires the highest level of surgical skill — a level provided by Dr. Owsley's decades of experience.
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for a traditional facelift to have an outcome that is not entirely satisfactory. Problems that typically persist after a previous facelift include:
In addition, the traditional, "skin-only" facelift can lead to a pulled, too-tight look. Aesthetic problems are also often left uncorrected in traditional facelift surgery because no corrective work was performed on the SMAS platysmal layer, and in the cheek the sagging malar fat pad was not lifted.
Thus, Dr. Owsley performs many revision facelift procedures to correct inadequate prior facial rejuvenation surgeries. At his San Francisco practice, he has treated a significant number of revision facelift patients.
Dr. Owsley stresses that every patient's facial rejuvenation case is unique, and as a facelift surgeon with decades of experience, he has provided hundreds of patients with a revision facelift that truly met their needs.
A revision facelift that includes the SMAS-platysma lift and the malar fat pad suspension can be accomplished by reopening the previous incision and mobilizing the deeper tissues, which were typically untouched in the previous operation. Converting a traditional, "skin-only" facelift to a SMAS-platysma revision facelift is a procedure often performed by Dr. Owsley, and the outcome typically provides dramatic improvement that is both aesthetically pleasing and long-lasting.
Dr. Owsley often performs a forehead lift, eyelid surgery, or cheek or chin implant procedure in conjunction with a revision facelift to provide more comprehensive aesthetic enhancement to the face.
The incisions for the revision facelift may use the same incision scars from the previous surgery. In some ways, making incisions on the scar tissue from the previous surgery can make the revision facelift procedure easier, with less postoperative swelling and bleeding. However, each surgery is a unique procedure, and Dr. Owsley can tell you more about what to expect when he personally examines you face, reviews your prior surgery, and assesses your revision facelift alternatives.
The concept of noninvasive surgery for facial rejuvenation is very appealing, but unfortunately, noninvasive procedures such as a threadlift or a short-scar suture lift do not produce long-lasting results. In addition, although noninvasive procedures such as BOTOX® Cosmetic and filler injections can certainly contribute to facial rejuvenation and allow an individual to postpone consideration of surgery, these procedures address only facial wrinkling . When signs of aging lead to gravitational contour changes such as a jowly appearance or laxity of the skin on the neck, a more invasive facelift operation should be considered.
Noninvasive facial rejuvenation techniques and injections will not address sagging skin on the face and neck. Minimally invasive procedures are certainly appealing, but follow-up evaluations of these procedures consistently show early recurrence of gravitational contour problems to the face and neck. Adequate repositioning of sagging tissue in a revision facelift is the key to a long-lasting benefit.
No matter what type of facelift or facial rejuvenation procedure(s) you have undergone in the past, if you are not satisfied with the outcome, learn what truly consummate surgical skills can accomplish for you — contact Dr. John Owsley, a renowned revision facelift surgeon, to arrange a facial rejuvenation consultation at his San Francisco offices.
John Q. Owsley, MD, FACS
45 Castro Street Suite 111
San Francisco, California 94114
Click for map and directions
Phone
415.861.8040
Fax
415.861.0626
Contact Dr. John Owsley, a world-renowned revision facelift surgeon based in San Francisco, California.