Facelift Surgery in Cleveland, OH

The procedure can last between 4 to 8 hours depending what is being done. If the eyes are included or upper lip shortening or fat grafting, it will take longer.

With a healthy lifestyle including good nutrition, adequate sleep, exercise, bio-identical hormones and minimal stress the results should last 10 to 15 years. You will still look years younger as your face continues to age, but the more you can do to slow down the process, the better.

A skin-only traditional facelift primarily tightens and removes loose skin. The results only last 2 to 3 years and the outcome is often very noticeable because it does not look very natural. Lesser experienced plastic surgeons who are not as familiar with the underlying deep structures of the face are more comfortable doing a traditional facelift. When it comes to cosmetic surgery, experience and skill matter.

I have always said that you get what you pay for. The cost of my facelift procedure is between $30,000 - $45,000 depending on how many procedures are being done; face, neck, eyes, lip shortening, fat grafting, open neck lift or closed neck lift, or laser resurfacing. Another variable is whether it is a male or female as the male face is always much larger. The price for this procedure also depends on the years of experience and expertise of the surgeon and also the market they reside in. Obviously, experienced plastic surgeons in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas charge much more for the same procedure than in Cleveland, Ohio.

Not necessarily depending on what was done and how it was done. Sometimes a more extensive correction is required which can increase the cost.

How do you know they don't? A facelift performed the right way by a skilled plastic surgeon should not be noticeable. I particularly like doing facelifts on men because they present different challenges. Their faces are larger, the hairlines are different and less likely to hide incisions and the sideburns cannot be altered.

Due to the type of anesthetics we use, it is no problem for several reasons. First and foremost, all of our anesthesiologists are highly experienced board certified doctors, not nurse anesthetists. Next, we don't use anesthetic gas to keep patients asleep. Instead, we have you breathing a combination of oxygen and air. This is much healthier for you than breathing gas. Then through an IV in your arm, you are receiving very fast-acting anesthetics that completely leave your system within 6 minutes after the surgery ends. This allows you to wake up quickly with no nausea and no hangover effect. You are alert and in control of yourself going into the Recovery Room.