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In this episode, Kym and Dr. Christopher Park discuss facelifts, facial rejuvenation, neck lifts, and maintaining healthy facial skin. While the facelift has been considered the linchpin to everything plastic surgeons use, there are now many surgical and non-invasive procedures to lift, enhance, and tighten the face and neck. So, what is facial rejuvenation? Facial rejuvenation is a harmonious approach to looking at and enhancing the whole patient aesthetic from the hairline to the collarbone and then using 1 or a combination of procedures for an intended plastic surgery outcome. Dr. Park details many of the medical options that are available to plastic surgery, cosmetic, and reconstructive patients, plus the ins and outs and benefits of these choices. Please LIKE Plastikos on Facebook Key Takeaways 1. A facelift and facial rejuvenation are not the same things. 2. A facelift is a procedure that addresses the lower half to 2/3 of the face. 4. Facial rejuvenation is a term to mean Dr. Park is looking at the whole aesthetic from the hairline to the collarbone 4. Facial rejuvenation is not altering your looks but enhancing your looks. 5. Recovery time from a facelift or facial rejuvenation surgery will be 10-14 days. 6. Patients must be nicotine-free for weeks before plastic surgery. 7. Nicotine rapidly ages the skin by causing blood vessels to spasm. 8. Dr. Park wants a natural look result from a facelift or facial rejuvenation not a pulled tight or windswept look. 9. The Mid 50's is a great age to consider your first facial rejuvenation. 10. Facial rejuvenation can include surgical and non-surgical options like lasers, fillers, injectables, and chemical peels. 3 Most Common Skin Destroyers 1. Life and days living 2. The Sun 3. Smoking and nicotine Need A Consultation or Appointment with Dr. Park? To set up an appointment with The Park Clinic staff call 251.445.8888 or click here >>> Dr. Park Says: A facelift is one procedure and addresses the lower half to two-thirds of the face. - Dr. Christopher Park Facial rejuvenation is many procedures from the hairline down to the collarbone. - Dr. Christopher Park I'm going to evaluate the face and neck usually together a facelift almost always includes a neck lift unless it's a mini facelift. - Dr. Christopher Park These are not Hollywood facelifts. We won't make you look different like you're now in the Witness Protection Program. I'm just improving things. - Dr. Christopher Park It's not changing your look; it's enhancing your look. - Kym Anderson My goal is always natural facial rejuvenation essentially on average trying to take ten years off of your age. Not to make you look like a different person. - Dr. Christopher Park Traditionally people used to wait too long in my opinion late 60s early 70s and come in and they had a very dramatic change which was great except it was so dramatic everyone notices. - Dr. Christopher Park I think 55 is an excellent age to consider your first facial rejuvenation. - Dr. Christopher Park As we age our skin on the nose tends to thicken especially patients with rosacea. - Dr. Christopher Park I'm not trying to convince people to do more than they want to do, but people have no idea all these little things we can do. - Dr. Christopher Park The more sun damage you get, the more you damage the elastin and the collagen in your skin. Elastin is a protein that makes things tighten up, and it is damaged by the sun. Smoking magnifies skin issues all that I just said about the sun-times 100. We can help prevent damage; then you can help rebuild the skin with a good skincare regimen. Cervicofacial Rhytidectomy, It's a big word but what that means is - "cervico" means neck and then face. A face and neck together and rhytidectomy is essentially wrinkle removal. Gone are the days where a facelift is just removing some skin. We are going to do a deeper support system. Our goal is for you to hardly remember that we did anything with your face. We want you to look good, younger, rested, and better, and not anything weird. I require people to be completely nicotine free for six weeks before surgery and the longer, the better. And so that's nicotine-free. So even vaping, nicotine gum, and nicotine patches are bad.