Facelift Pictures with Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Vishal Kapoor, MD

Facelift Pictures with Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Vishal Kapoor, MD, originally uploaded by VishalKapoorMD.

Facelift surgery is commonly performed to correct sagging along the jaw-line (known as jowls) and neck region (commonly referred to as the turkey-neck). Progressive drooping of our facial skin and muscles causes these deformities. Traditionally a facelift would involve tightening only the skin component of the face and neck. The biggest drawbacks of skin only facelifts are somewhat unnatural appearing results with a “pulled back look”, poor scars, and shortly lived results. More advanced facelift techniques involve repositioning the deeper layer of tissue, known as the SMAS (Superficial Muscular Aponeurotic System), which tightens the muscular layer beneath the skin. The benefits of a SMAS facelift are longer lasting results, a more natural appearance, and minimal scarring. Additionally, when a SMAS layer is used in a facelift, it can be repositioned separately from the skin, allowing us to perform a bidirectional facelift. This serves to correct different deformities, and provides optimal results. Due to the complexity of a SMAS facelift, many surgeons are not comfortable performing this type of procedure, and nor do they have the appropriate training to do so. In addition to his training in plastic surgery, Dr. Kapoor has had an additional year of fellowship training in SMAS facelift surgery by Dr. John Owsley, one of the pioneers of the SMAS facelift. He is one of the few surgeons in Southern California who performs the SMAS Bidirectional facelift.