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The Deep Plane Facelift is the most advanced facelift technique that is designed to improve the appearance of the jowels, lift the neck, and elevate the mid-face (cheeks). The deep plane face lift specifically targets the deepest layer of the facial tissues in order to achieve the most effective and natural appearing results.
Unique from other SMAS facelifts, the deep plane lift targets the deepest layer of the facial muscles. In doing so, sagging tissues (the jowel, neck, and cheeks) are repositioned at their points of laxity. Since the sagging tissues are elevated directly, the skin does not have to be pulled tightly to achieve these results. This is why the facelift results look natural and are long-lasting.
Dr. Steiger is a face specialist who customizes each facelift procedure to the unique needs of his individual patients. Performing the most advanced types of facelifts and facial cosmetic procedures, Dr. Steiger will help you determine the best method for rejuvenating your facial appearance.
Patient - I wanted as natural a look as I could get.
Reporter - It's a common request and one sixty-eight year old Becca Hillman had when she went in for a face lift last fall.
Patient - I needed my neck done and you know my jowels, but that was all I wanted.
Reporter - Hillman also wanted a facial plastic surgeon and that's what led her to Doctor Jacob Steiger. He performed something called the deep plane facelif,t which goes beneath the muscle to make improvements.
Doctor Steiger - This is going beyond that and going into the jowel and into the neck, what the facelift is designed to correct. It's really tightening those deep tissues, not the skin, almost none of the skin is tightened.
Reporter - Cost and recovery are similar to other face lifts but what makes the deep plane face-lift unique is how it restores facial tissues to original positions.
Dr. Steiger - One thing it does that no other face-lift technique does it actually improves that midface area, you get a lift of the cheek fat.
Reporter - And research supports those claims. According to the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery: "The deep plane face lift is better than other more conservative facelift techniques at counteracting the effects of midface aging." Dr Steiger says this procedure meets the three main criteria women want in a face-lift.
Dr. Steiger - One, they want to look completely natural. Two, they want the best possible result, and three they want it to last a long time.
Reporter - Hillman believes she now has the natural look she was hoping for.
Patient - I didn't want to look twenty-five, I didn't want to look forty. I just wanted to look the best I could within the framework of what I should look like. When I look in the mirror I see me, my vision of me.
Reporter - Obviously the deep plane face lift goes deep into the facial tissues which is why you should want someone who specializes in faces for this procedure. It takes longer and there is more technical skill involved. The doctors say the payoff is that this face lift last up to twelve years.
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