Archive for January, 2010

Some people may think that a Quick lift is something new. It is a repackaged name for a skin lift, called a Mac lift, that has been around since the early 70’s. Most board certified plastic surgeons agree that the SMAS lift is the gold standard lift against which all other rejuvenation procedures are compared. A skin lift under local anesthesia can be performed by me in a minor surgical setting. It requires no drains and has indeed a little quicker recovery than a more extensive architecture suspension seen with the SMAS lift. A short scar face lift is an even more limited procedure that has an incision that starts at the earlobe and stops at the top of the ear in the hair. This too can be done under straight local anesthesia. How much recovery time you may need and how much result you want will be discussed at the time of our consultation.

PS Some patients who have a few more days available for recovery can have their skin laser resurfaced at the same time as a facelift.

Celebrate your Beauty! Contact my office for a consultation at 440 205 5750. Board Certified by The American Board of Surgery and The American Board of Plastic Surgery. Check out PaulVanekMD.com for results you’ll love

Mirror Imaging™ software has been a feature of my consultation process for facial rejuvenation procedures for years. I have found that showing you your image with the changes we have discussed allows us to create mutually attainable goals. I will listen carefully to you, examine you and make recommendations based upon your discussed priorities. Your digital photographs are then obtained for review and study. These photographs can be “morphed” or modified in order to simulate the outcome after swelling has subsided and healing has occurred. Your pictures in several views can be shown next to the digitally changed photographs for side-by-side comparison. My ability to obtain a surgical result is then discussed in the context of your features compared with the results seen in the before and after photographs of other actual patients with similar concerns who have already healed. In this combined method, you will be educated about the architectural features of your face and the results you wish to obtain. Many patients remark that they can see their own areas of concern in the photographs of others, and are reassured that the proposed facial rejuvenation procedures will address those concerns. Check out my website! www.paulvanekmd.com

Your sweetheart can be met with a “fuller lip” kissing experience this New Year’s eve after a simple injection of Restylane or Juvederm. The hyaluronic molecule is cross-linked to last about a year or so. It stays supple throughout the year and looks great even as you leave the office! As we age the mid-face loses fat volume which gives the mouth an aged appearance. Depending on your preference, the addition of volume can be dialed in to just alleviate wrinkles or escalated to tastefully enhance the overall volume of the lip appearance. The injection is performed under local and may have some bruising. Borrowing some from your tummy and transferring autologous fat to the lips gives an enhancement that lasts 5 or more years.

P.S. Microdroplet silicone is not approved by the FDA to be injected in the lips.

Wishing for fuller lips? Call my office at 440 205 5750 for an appointment or visit my website PaulVanekMD.com to get more information. I am Board Certified by The American Board of Surgery and The American Board of Plastic Surgery. My office is located at Suite #100, 9485 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, OH 44060