Facelift Techniques

Facelift Surgery can help turn back the clock and rejuvenate your face. If you have been considering a facelift, you more than likely have a few questions. Dr Turner is one of Sydney’s top facelift plastic surgeons & is an expert in creating facial harmony & restoring a youthful appearance. He can create a customised facial treatment plan that’s perfect for you.

Deep plane Facelift (traditional)

A traditional facelift and neck lift is designed to comprehensively treat moderate to severe ageing around the midface and lower face area. It’s more extensive and has a longer recovery time. However, the final results are a lot more visible.

What is a deep plane facelift?
What are the advantages of a deep plane facelift?
How long does a Deep Plane facelift last?

The deep plane facelift is a highly advanced facelift technique that can deliver the most noticeable results when compared to other facelift methods.

Compared to the traditional facelift (SMAS), the deep plane facelift targets deeper structures in the face, including the facial ligaments, muscles, and connective tissue, resulting in a greater lift of the face and neck.

A deep plane facelift has several advantages compared to other facelift techniques.
Firstly, it provides the most dramatic and long-lasting results, which can significantly reverse the signs of aging and take decades off your appearance.

Secondly, because it targets deeper structures of the face such as the retaining ligaments and facial muscles, it allows for a more natural-looking result with less tension on the skin.

Thirdly, the deep plane technique can address a wider range of facial aging concerns, including jowls, nasolabial folds, marionette lines, and midface sagging.

A deep plane facelift is an advanced facelift technique that targets deeper tissues and muscles, resulting in more significant lifting and more natural results compared to traditional facelifts like SMAS facelifts. The procedure allows plastic surgeons to release and reposition ligaments in a higher location, tighten facial muscles, and target herniated fat pads causing excessive droopy jowls.

The results of a deep plane facelift can last up to 10 to 15 years, often longer, making it a long-lasting solution to reverse the signs of aging. However, it's important to note that the results of any facelift will eventually fade due to aging, sun exposure, and gravity. In some cases, patients may require a second facelift after a decade or more to maintain the desired results.

Vertical Restore Facelift

The vertical restore facelift (VR Facelift) is a revolutionary surgical procedure developed to rejuvenate several areas of the face and neck, classing it as a powerful tool against the tell-tale signs of the onset of aging. Are you conscious of the presence of loose skin in your jawline or laxity in your neck or cheeks? There’s no need to bear the burden of lost confidence when one sumptuous, refined procedure can restore your youthful glow.

The vertical restore facelift outshines conventional facelifts by addressing various signs of aging, rather than limiting its scope to one or two individual features. In effect, this technique is a comprehensive solution that tackles every facial indicator of aging in a singular, cohesive intervention, resulting in a youthful appearance that boasts long-lasting results.

What is a vertical restore facelift?
What are the benefits of vertical restoration?

A vertical restore facelift is an extremely advanced surgical procedure that restores fascial laxity through a thorough treatment of the entire face, including the outer brow, midface, jawline, and neck. It’s a novel surgical method for natural-looking facial rejuvenation.

As gravity constantly pulls your facial tissue downward, it creates visible signs of ageing on various areas of your face, including:

The upper segment of the face: the temple and outer brow area that can droop and cause hooding around the eyes.
The midface segment: where you might have heavy nasolabial folds and deflated or sunken cheeks.
The lower segment of the face: where you might have skin sagging that leads to droopy or jowling in the jawline.
The neck: laxity in the neck that can make the neck look heavy and blur out your face contour.

The vertical restore facelift employs an upward lift of the facial and neck tissue, placing the deeper fascia layer in a more vertical position to achieve the natural, restorative outcome that you’re searching for.

For those seeking a state-of-the-art surgical technique to revitalise their facial appearance, the vertical restore facelift offers a comprehensive solution that can address different parts of the face impacted by aging in a single procedure.

The vertical restore facelift is a comprehensive procedure that targets the deeper layers of connective facial tissue known as the fascia. This integral layer functions to support and bind the facial muscles. By gently lifting and repositioning the facial skin and features to their position from earlier in life, a vertical restore facelift effectively shortens and rejuvenates the face.

Therefore, vertical restoration is able to give patients amazing benefits that they wouldn’t be able to get with a traditional facelift, including:

Powerful minimisation of heavy jowls, marionette lines, sunken cheeks, and significant skin excess in the face
Fixes sagging around the mouth by pulling the corners of the mouth slightly upward.
Gives your cheeks a heart shape that makes them look perkier and highlights the cheekbones without needing cheek implants.
Tightens the neck and improves the neck and face contour.
Avoids the clumping of facial skin near the ears and neck that’s caused by pulling the facial tissue sideways during a regular facelift.
Addresses the entire face and doesn’t require additional procedures such as fat transfers, a cheek lift, or a neck lift.
Gives you more natural-looking results – no ‘pulled face’ or ‘tight face’ appearance.
Gives you more harmonious and balanced facial features – every part of the face is restored.
Gives you more durable results that could last 10-15 years.
With this technique, you are still going to look like you, but rather revitalised to a more vibrant, radiant, and younger version of yourself.

Mini (short scar) facelift

A mini facelift or ‘short scar’ facelift focuses on rejuvenating the lower third of the face and can help patients with pronounced signs of ageing in the jowls and neck area. A mini facelift is a cosmetic procedure designed to address the signs of aging in the upper third of the face, including the forehead, brows, and upper eyelids. This procedure is less invasive than a full facelift and typically involves smaller incisions and a shorter recovery time. We take great care to ensure that each patient receives a customised treatment plan that is tailored to their individual needs and goals, and we strive to provide a safe and comfortable experience from start to finish.

Mini Facelift - the less-invasive facial rejuvenation surgery.

As we age, our skin gradually loses collagen, elasticity, and starts to sag. Factors such as sun damage, smoking, genetics, and gravity can all exacerbate the aging process. If you are considering plastic surgery to reverse the signs of aging, a mini facelift may be the perfect solution for you! Dr Scott Turner, one of Sydney’s top plastic surgeons, offers tailored procedures that leave patients looking younger and rejuvenated.

What is a Mini Facelift?
How is a mini facelift performed?

A mini facelift is a minimally invasive procedure that can correct early signs of aging in the lower third of the face. This facial rejuvenation procedure is ideal for patients who want to get rid of jowls and sagging skin in the lower third of the face. The procedure also recontours the jawline and can create a fuller cheek appearance with additional add-on procedures like fat transfer or fillers. Dr Scott Turner, one of Sydney's top plastic surgeons, offers a tailored facelift procedure that can make you look younger and rejuvenated.

During the procedure, Dr Turner lifts the skin in the lower face upwards and removes excess loose skin. The surgery can get rid of jowls, remove loose skin from the lower third of the face, recontour the jawline, and create a fuller cheek appearance. After the procedure, your face will look less tired, refreshed, and rejuvenated.

Mid Facelift

A mid facelift is a cosmetic surgical procedure that targets the middle of the face, including the area around the cheeks, nose, and mouth. This procedure is designed to address sagging skin and volume loss in the cheeks, which can lead to a tired or aged appearance.

During a mid-facelift, the plastic surgeon will make small incisions in the hairline and around the ears to access the underlying tissues. They will then lift and reposition the fat and muscle in the cheeks to restore volume and improve the contour of the face.

This procedure can be performed alone or in combination with other procedures such as a lower facelift, neck lift, or blepharoplasty.

A mid facelift is performed under general anaesthesia and takes about two to three hours to complete. After the procedure, patients may experience some swelling, bruising, and discomfort, but these symptoms can be managed with medication and typically subside within a week or two. Most patients are able to return to work and other regular activities within a week to ten days after the procedure.

At Face Plus Aesthetics, our experienced team are skilled in performing mid facelift procedures with excellent results. We take great care to ensure that each patient receives a customised treatment plan that is tailored to their individual needs and goals, and we strive to provide a safe and comfortable experience from start to finish.

What is a vertical restore facelift?
What are the benefits of vertical restoration?

As gravity constantly pulls your facial tissue downward, it creates visible signs of ageing on various areas of your face, including:

The upper segment of the face: the temple and outer brow area that can droop and cause hooding around the eyes.
The midface segment: where you might have heavy nasolabial folds and deflated or sunken cheeks.
The lower segment of the face: where you might have skin sagging that leads to droopy or jowling in the jawline.
The neck: laxity in the neck that can make the neck look heavy and blur out your face contour.

Therefore, vertical restoration is able to give patients amazing benefits that they wouldn’t be able to get with a traditional facelift, including:

Powerful minimisation of heavy jowls, marionette lines, sunken cheeks, and significant skin excess in the face
Fixes sagging around the mouth by pulling the corners of the mouth slightly upward.
Gives your cheeks a heart shape that makes them look perkier and highlights the cheekbones without needing cheek implants.
Tightens the neck and improves the neck and face contour.
Avoids the clumping of facial skin near the ears and neck that’s caused by pulling the facial tissue sideways during a regular facelift.
Addresses the entire face and doesn’t require additional procedures such as fat transfers, a cheek lift, or a neck lift.
Gives you more natural-looking results – no ‘pulled face’ or ‘tight face’ appearance.
Gives you more harmonious and balanced facial features – every part of the face is restored.
Gives you more durable results that could last 10-15 years.
With this technique, you are still going to look like you, but rather revitalised to a more vibrant, radiant, and younger version of yourself.

Lower facelift

Many patients wait until they see the early signs of ageing then consider facial rejuvenation surgery. The primary goal is to reverse the ageing process and get a more youthful appearance. A Lower facelift is generally suited to patients with ageing of the lower face.

As your body ages, the skin starts to lose its elasticity. The facial tissues also lose their volume. With time, the jowls on the lower section of the face develop loose skin, wrinkles, and sag into the neck. A lower face procedure targets all the areas of facial ageing below the corners of the mouth. The procedure can help target the jawline (jowls), laugh lines (nasolabial folds and marionette lines) and neck skin laxity, skin. In other words, the procedure targets the lower two-thirds of a patient’s face.

A lower facelift has a longer incision that starts in front of the ear and extends around the ear into the posterior hairline, often combined with a small incision under the chin. This extra exposure allows much more extensive elevation of the lower cheek, jowl and neck region for a much more dramatic improvement of the lower face and neck region.

This procedure targets:

Corners of the mouth
Deep wrinkles on the face
Loose jawline skin
Loose neck skin
Jowls

Potential Risks and Complications of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery

Dr Turner, as part of the comprehensive informed consent process, will meticulously address the potential risks and complications associated with plastic surgery during your consultation. His utmost priority is to ensure your well-being and he will outline the measures he will undertake to diligently manage and minimise these risks. It is important to note that despite all precautionary efforts, surgical complications can still arise.

The success of any surgical procedure heavily relies on the collaborative efforts of both the surgeon and the patient. We kindly urge you to actively participate in this partnership by diligently following Dr Turner’s instructions. Prioritise ample rest, maintain a nourishing diet, and allocate sufficient time for a smooth recovery, as these factors significantly contribute to expediting the healing process.

Outlined below are the general risks that pertain to all surgical procedures:

Postoperative infection: There is a possibility of developing an infection following the surgery.
Bleeding or hematoma: Occasional bleeding or the formation of a hematoma may occur.
Poor scarring, including keloid scars: Although efforts are made to achieve favourable scarring, there is a chance of suboptimal scarring, including the formation of keloid scars.
Blood clots in legs or lungs: In rare instances, blood clots may form either in the legs or lungs.
Revision surgery needed to correct or improve outcome: It is important to acknowledge that additional surgical intervention may be required to rectify or enhance the initial outcome.

By maintaining open communication, adhering closely to Dr Turner’s guidance, and implementing appropriate self-care measures, we can enhance the likelihood of achieving a remarkable outcome. Your well-being is of paramount importance to us, and we are committed to providing you with the highest level of care throughout this journey.

Next Steps

Your Cosmetic Plastic surgery consultation

During your consultation, Dr Turner will discuss your goals, and provide an in-depth explanation of your desired surgery and what that means for you. He can also discuss different surgical techniques, benefits, and risks of procedures available.

Most importantly, however, this is the time for you to have all of your questions answered and to be completely listened to and understood by your surgeon. We ask that you please come prepared with any questions you may have for Dr Turner, and look forward to discussing your individualised plan.

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Research

Ensure you have done your research, both on your desired surgery, as well as your surgeon.

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Book a consultation

Submit an enquiry through our website or give us a call before booking your consultation. To ensure you are a suitable candidate for your desired procedure, Dr Turner asks to review your images before making a booking. This saves time and money if you are not a suitable candidate, in which case our lovely team will help direct you to an alternative procedure.

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Meet with Dr Turner

Once your images have been approved and your consultation has been booked, we ask that you prepare any questions you may have for Dr Turner, as well as some images of desired outcomes for your surgery, this helps ensure you and Dr Turner are on the same page when discussing realistic results.

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About Dr Scott Turner FRACS (Plas) – Specialist Plastic Surgeon

Dr Scott J Turner has spent a lifetime acquiring the qualifications, education, training, and hands-on surgical experience to perform superior cosmetic plastic surgery to give you beautiful results. He is one of Sydney’s great Specialist Plastic Surgeons with a focus on face surgeries in New South Wales.
Achieving this personal goal requires not only in-depth knowledge of human anatomy and refined surgical techniques but an ongoing commitment to learning the latest procedures around the world. This is why Dr Turner regularly attends both local and international surgeon meetings – discussing these advances with the leaders around the world in order to offer you the most effective and safest surgical procedures.
Dr Turner and his highly trained staff will do everything to ensure that you are fully informed, while providing exceptional cosmetic plastic surgery, in a personal and caring environment.