Facelift

You may spend months or years thinking about getting a facelift. When you decide to move forward, finding the best facelift surgeon is a highly important and personal decision. In Oklahoma City, OK, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Oscar Masters is known for providing remarkable facelift results using advanced, less invasive techniques for minimal scarring and downtime. He is the choice of women and men who want to turn back the clock and still look like themselves.

What Happens During Your Consultation?

During your consultation, Dr. Masters takes as much time as you need to listen to you describe your concerns and the results you’d like to see. He uses this meeting to describe your options and explain his reasons for using a specific technique to accomplish your goals. He assesses your facial anatomy and makes sure you have reasonable expectations about the outcome.

Should I Get a Facelift?

At Dr. Masters’ OKC practice, facelift surgery candidates often say they want their outward appearance to match the energy they feel inside. Signs of aging, such as jowls, loose neck skin, hollow or flattened cheeks, and nasolabial folds, can all be addressed by facial plastic surgery. Some patients who relied on nonsurgical treatments such as fillers or BOTOX® Cosmetic in the past are at a point where those procedures no longer produce the desired results.

Good candidates for a facelift are:

• In good overall health with no underlying medical conditions that can affect healing
• Non-smokers
• People who have realistic goals about what the procedure can accomplish

How Is a Facelift Performed?

If you’ve researched facelifts online, you’ve probably encountered several techniques. Unlike facelift surgery of decades past that essentially just tightened the skin, modern techniques use advanced techniques to adjust the tissue and muscle beneath the skin to produce more natural-looking results. These techniques recognize that addressing the loss of facial volume is critical to creating a more youthful appearance.

Dr. Masters prefers combining a less invasive SMAS facelift with fat transfer—strategically injecting the patient’s fat to restore volume. This “lift-and-fill” approach is increasingly popular because it minimizes bruising, swelling, and scarring without compromising results.

What does SMAS mean? 

SMAS stands for the superficial musculoaponeurotic system, a layer of fat and connective tissue between the skin and the facial muscles.

What is facial fat grafting?

Fat grafting, also called fat transfer, involves using liposuction to remove fat from an area of the patient’s body, such as the abdomen or thighs, and injecting it in precise locations of the face to restore volume. Before injecting the fat, Dr. Masters spins it in a centrifuge to separate the fat from impurities. He may use fat grafting as a natural—and longer-lasting—alternative to dermal fillers.

Combining the SMAS facelift with fat transfer 

During facelift surgery, Dr. Masters makes discreet incisions and lifts the skin to expose the SMAS. By lifting and repositioning this layer in a procedure called a SMASectomy, he tightens the neck, jowls, and cheeks. Combined with fat transfer, a lift-and-fill facelift creates smooth, youthful contours that look natural and last for years.

Customizing Your Facelift

Even though the lift-and-fill approach works well for many of Dr. Masters’ patients, it’s not suited for everyone. He offers other options to personalize your results for natural-looking facial rejuvenation.

Is a mini facelift a good idea?

A mini facelift may be appropriate for younger patients (in their 30s to early 50s) with less advanced facial aging. It involves shorter incisions and provides subtle rejuvenation.

Can I get a neck lift without a facelift?

Yes. While facelifts are almost always combined with neck lifts, patients who only want to address fat under the chin, sagging skin, and vertical neck bands may need a neck lift on its own.

Complementary procedures

To complete your facial rejuvenation, Dr. Masters can combine your facelift with other cosmetic procedures, including:

• Eyelid surgery to reduce lax upper eyelid skin, correct puffy under eye bags, and more
• Laser skin resurfacing to address deep wrinkles, rough texture, and an uneven complexion
• BOTOX Cosmetic to relax dynamic wrinkles around the eyes, on the forehead, and between the eyebrows
• Dermal fillers to restore volume and enhance the lips

Buccal Fat Removal

At his Oklahoma City practice, Dr. Masters also offers a procedure that removes fat pads from the cheeks for patients who want to reduce the rounded appearance of their faces. Buccal fat removal creates sharper facial angles and contours.

How Much Does a Facelift Cost?

The cost of a facelift depends on the technique used, the training and experience of the plastic surgeon, and related fees for the operating room and a board-certified anesthesiologist. You will receive a custom quote at your consultation. Dr. Masters understands that the cost of surgery is a factor patients consider when choosing a surgeon, but he advises against shopping for a bargain price. Choose a surgeon based on their training and the rapport you develop during your consultation.