Archive for the ‘Facelift / Face Lift / S lift / Mini Lift / Weekend Face Lift / Quick Lift / Image Lift’ Category

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon Releases New Webpage specialized for the Seattle Area

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

In an ongoing effort to continually improve our patient’s experience, we are constantly updating our website with informative information. We recently started specific topics on certain areas of the face and certain procedures. One example of this is the issue on facial swelling after a facelift. This page is our start of trying to help the many people out there that might be having swelling after a facelift. We advocate the options of steroids injections or oral administration and we discuss the times and situations when you use either or neither. We discuss using a wrap to help you with your swelling in certain defined areas that are having this issue. Also we discuss the use of tape to help with the fine tuning of how you heal. Revisional surgery is always considered. Re doing the liposuction, carrying further tightening, are just some of the options that we can consider.

In addition to the above, we are also specifically addressing the different topics on facial plastic surgery for the Seattle area through additional pages found under our Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon home page. We are updating these pages with before and afters, frequently asked questions, helpful links to help you understand the procedure, and also the links to the specific areas of concern as we just touched on in the topic on swelling after a face lift. More of these topics will be added to help face lift patients and patients from other facial plastic surgery procedures around the world.

Please contact us if you have a specific question or would like additional topics added to our website with this link. Plastic Surgery Contact.

Thanks for reading

Our team at Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery!

Seattle Face Lift Webpage Released

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

We recently updated our page on face lift from our Seattle / Bellevue based office. There are some helpful links to our procedures including face lifts, eye lifts, fat injections, brow lifts, and the YoungVolumizer, the breakthrough incision less face lift. What is the best thing for you. Dr. Young’s ideas are based on results, natural results and constantly improving the way we do things in facial rejuvenation. It started with his theory on facial beauty called the Circles of Prominence. During his training in Los Angeles, he noticed that some of the results from facial plastic surgery were not natural. Facelifts look pulled and stretched. Eyelifts were leading to people looking different from how they used to look when they were younger. This instilled Dr. Young to find out why. He discovered that much of what was out there describing what was beautiful in the face was relatively sparse. Even today’s plastic surgery textbooks, and other book on beauty still use theories from the 1400′s to describe beauty. Those theories are largely based on Leonardo da Vinci’s theories on beauty that are now referred to as the neo classical canons. They are founded on Roman theories and hence are termed “neo”.  These theories however are based on external landmarks that we just don’t spend that much time looking at when we see and analyze a face.  A new theory must be based on what we spend most of our time looking at. Dr. Young discovered, not surprisingly, that there was something in the eyes that was important for a new theory to be correct.  You can read more about Dr. Young’s theory on facial beauty here.

So what procedure should you choose. Well, if you want to look more like what you looked like when you were younger volumizing will play some role no matter what. The question is whether you changed your appearance over time. If you changed from your facial structure from a grape to a larger grape, you may have extra tissue that will need to be removed. This is where a face lift, neck lift and liposuction can help with.  But if you didn’t change much and just lost volume as you aged, then volumizing might be the main way for you to rejuvenate your face. Dr. Young has a way of determining what is best for you through his theory. Within the middle part of the face, Dr. Young believes that mid face lifts, and lower eyelid lifts are rarely the best option / choice. Volumizing is almost always the best way to rejuvenate this area. The one area that volumizing is the weaker choice is for the jowls, and neck laxity. The double chin, and neck banding are better treated with a neck lift and volumizing will not help much. For the eyes, if you don’t mind a more scultped look then an eyelift might be the better choice for you for you upper eyelids. Also if you didn’t like your eyebrows at the position that they were when you were younger, then volumizing might not be the best choice here and browlifting might be better. Just remember that a browlift will change the way you look but it can improve your eyebrow position.  But don’t do a browlift to return to a younger age and the way you looked when you were younger.

Dr. Young has a nice video on Introducing his Breakthrough Incision Less Face Lift, the YoungVolumizer.

You can visit his new page on Face Lift here (Seattle Face Lift) as well.

Thanks for reading

Our team at Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery!

Healing your body and mind

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Once you have the procedure you waited a long time for, it is time to be patient and wait, again, for your body to heal.  Unfortunately, a surgeon’s scalpel is not a magic wand and healing will occur at different rates for different people.  You must allow yourself to heal and be aware it is natural to be impatient for the results and a little anxious because you often look worse before you look better.  Being aware this can happen will help you understand these normal feelings.

 

Sharing your experience with friends and family can help give you a support system during your recovery, but realize they may unintentionally make you question your decision with concerns during your recovery.  While you may think that you are looking pretty rough around the edges, we may tell you that you are healing beautifully.  Trust us.  We will share with you if there is a concern, so if we tell you that everything is healing normally, it is.

 

Your healing will depend on many things such as your general health, your willingness to follow instructions, and your mental attitude toward recovery.  While I can perform the surgery, I cannot “heal” you.  It is up to you to be an active participant in your recovery process to help your body heal the best that it can.  Following all of our instruction is very important, as is working with us to address any complications that may arise.  Even surgeries that are done exactly right can have complications during recovery.  It has to do with the human factor.  We are not machines and every person can react differently and heal differently even when the surgery is done exactly the same.  Every surgeon has unexpected results from time to time.

 

It is important you approach your surgery and especially your recovery with the mindset that we are a team, and you are an integral part of that team.  We must trust each other to be working for a common goal, your successful result.  As the surgeon, I enjoy my work and strive to achieve an ideal result during every surgery for every patient.  I have rigorous standards that my staff must meet in order to be involved in your care.  I am looking forward to working with you to achieve a great result and do not anticipate any post-operative problems.  I will do everything I can to make sure that you are happy with your result.

 

Dr. Philip Young, MD

 

The YoungVolumizer and its future in facial rejuvenation

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

This blog is to discuss why we think the YoungVolumizer will play a huge part in facial rejuvenation in the future. Here is an example of a patient who received the YoungVolumizer. This will help in the reading below:

YoungVolumizer Before and After

YoungVolumizer Before and After

 

When Dr. Young was training in Los Angeles, he noticed how the most famous and wealthy people were looking odd after facial plastic surgery. Now if the people in the know and the people with all the resources in the world were getting odd results, what would it be like for the average person. I would say not likely much better. Dr. Young tried to find out why. Through his search he discovered that some of the most basic things in plastic surgery needed some improvement. At the core of this was our blue prints for our goals in plastic surgery. Facial beauty and the knowledge of what makes a face beautiful is like an architectural plan is to a builder. Dr. Young found that our ideas on facial beauty were incorrect and flawed. Even today in 2011, our most dominant theories on facial beauty is based on Leonardo da Vinci’s theories of Facial Beauty that were founded back in the 1400′s. Recently, we have shown that these theories were incorrect. So plastic surgeons never really knew what made a face beautiful or not.  Dr. Young thought that this was a serious fact that we needed changing immediately. He then went on a journey to find out just what made a face beautiful or not. During those years of research he discovered his theory on facial beauty called the Circles of Prominence. Also during this time of about 8-10 years, Dr. Young was also discovering the benefits of facial rejuvenation through volumizing of the face. The culmination of the two lead to the YoungVolumizer, the breakthrough incision less face lift. This may sound too good to be true so you can find out more about this procedure on our website www.theyoungvolumizer.com. But, this procedure, has made a difference in many people’s lives and you can read about our testimonials for the YoungVolumizer.

Why is this procedure so important? Well it all has to do with how we age. Ideally, it is most advantageous to reverse aging in the exact order that use to get the person where they are at in the current moment.  If you try to reverse aging in a different order you get unnatural results. This is what happened in the past with traditional procedures. A large part of aging is from a volume loss. This face contracted in and down. The goal of volumizing is making the face younger by directing it up and out.  Most traditional procedures tended to make the face up, backward and more inward.  It brought the face nowwhere near the point that it used to be.  That lead to the pulled, tight and unnatural look.  You can get more of a visual representation of this in our Introduction to the YoungVolumizer here.

Notice in the above picture, how we have made the face amazingly smaller as well.  We did this by adding a lot of volume. How did we do that? Well that is our secret. You can find out more by coming into to discuss your needs through a consultation if you would like. We hope that this article will give you some hope on making your face look more rejuvenated.  We are confident that we can achieve many of your facial rejuvenation goals and we look forward to talking with you in the near future.

Thanks for reading

Our team at Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery!

 

Benefits of Plastic Surgery

Monday, November 28th, 2011

I recently came across this positive article regarding the benefits of plastic surgery. Often plastic surgery is looked at in a negative way but who are we to tell someone they cannot be happy with the way they look.

Plastic surgery is currently experiencing unprecedented popularity with continuing advancements of technologies for the diverse array of procedures. This has inevitably led to superior results with reduced complications and side effects, leading to a higher degree of customer satisfaction. Consequently more and more people are feeling the immense benefits from improving their image through plastic surgery.

Unique Prerequisites

Whether a person opts to have plastic surgery on their face, hips, breasts or thighs the aim is to sculpt the body in a way that looks natural, the physical and external benefits of plastic surgery can be multi-faceted. Surgeons aim to correct this by taking each individual’s body into consideration before deciding on a desired result.

Many find that they are more outgoing, personable and confident when they become accustomed to their transformation and this heightened sense of self-esteem can be a benefit that lasts a lifetime.

The first thing that many people notice after plastic surgery is that their bodies seem more proportional or balanced. Often a nose may appear too large for a particular person’s face, or a bust that is too large or too small can blur all an individual’s other features making them seem disproportionate.

Rejuvenation

Aging and sun-exposure can also takes it toll on men and women, sometimes making an individual seem older than they actually are. Facial rejuvenation procedures like face-lifts, facial implants, dermabrasion, chemical peels, and Botox injections can restore your once youthful appearance, and replenishing your vitality.

The physical and external benefits of plastic surgery can be multi-faceted. Surgeons aim to correct this by taking each individual’s body into consideration before deciding on a desired result.

Synergies

The wonderful thing about plastic surgery is that the direct benefit is external, but more importantly it will greatly improve your external condition – your inner beauty will be magnified with your newfound self-esteem, confidence and assurance.

Water Ripple Effects

The physical result of plastic surgery produces a healthier look and the ramifications are immense, as this healthy look will often permeate to the patient’s entire lifestyle. People who have surgeries like liposuction and breast reduction usually feel more comfortable in their clothes, that their new bodies allow them to participate in physical activities that they wouldn’t have considered before surgery. Plastic surgery can open new doors to people who have previously lived their lives sheltered. They find themselves participating in activities they never would have in the past such as swimming or aerobics, due to their renewed confidence.

The wonderful thing about plastic surgery is that the direct benefit is external, but more importantly it will greatly improve your external condition – your inner beauty will be magnified with your newfound self-esteem, confidence and assurance.

Heightened Sense Of Self-Esteem That Lasts A Lifetime

Whether a person chooses to undergo plastic surgery to improve their lifestyle or to improve their look, there will always be emotional benefits when a person is finally able to feel comfortable in their body. Many people find that they are more outgoing, personable and confident when they become accustomed to their transformation and this heightened sense of self-esteem can be a benefit that lasts a lifetime.

 

The YoungVolumizer the Breakthrough Incision Less Face Lift

We are releasing our new website www.theyoungvolumizer.com

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

We are excited to release our new website www.theyoungvolumizer.com. The Young Volumizer is a Breakthrough Incision Less Face Lift. This minimally invasive procedure can rejuvenate your face in a natural way making you look up to and sometimes more than 10 years younger. It can be a minimally invasive substitute for a mid face lift, face lift, cheek implants, facial implants, lip augmentation, brow lift, eye lift upper / lower, etc. You can learn more about the YoungVolumizer with this introductory video, An Introduction to the YoungVolumizer.  The YoungVolumizer was founded by me because I discovered some important things when I was training in Los Angeles under the tutelage of very famous plastic surgeons including Paul Nassif, Mark Berman, Stephen Pincus, etc.  What I was noticing among the stars was that these people with access and all the money and fame in the world were still looking strange after plastic surgery. In my mind, there had to be something wrong with this picture. So I sought out to find out why. This idea ultimately culminated in me discovering my theory on facial beauty called the Circles of Prominence. This theory was the foundation of improving facial aesthetics and it is the source of energy and ideas that have developed our technique, The YoungVolumizer.  If you watch your video on the Introduction it will expand your mind.

I have been so busy that I haven’t been able to blog very much lately. But I’m resuming this as a new goal.  Write me anytime at any of our website’s contact pages:

http://www.drphilipyoung.com/contact.php

http://www.theyoungvolumizer.com/contact.php

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Thanks for reading,

Dr Young

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Can you remove cheek implants and what are some things to think about? Will my cheek drop?

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

You can remove them and then carry out fat injections or put smaller ones in. Sometimes when you remove large cheek  implants you can get contracture that will cause your cheek to ball up. This phenomenon occurs in chin implants as well. The other alternative is to take out the implants and plan on fat injections to restore some of this volume. This can be done as early as one month. Although, I have done it as early as 2 weeks. Taking out cheek implants can make your cheek drop with the decrease in volume to avoid this you can replace the volume with another cheek implant. But in this case you can carry fat injections to avoid the dropping from the loss of volume.  A facelift or midface lift is another way of removing the extra tissue. But volume replacement is the most natural way to rejuvenate the face in this area.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Residual neck bands and neck skin

Monday, June 6th, 2011

A Neck lift will help the banding your neck, but additional fat grafting / transer could also be needed in the future. This basic suggestion / opinion is from knowledge gained from doing nearly 1300 face and necklifts.  I don’t think a face lift revision will lead to a complete resolution to your issues unless you definitely approach the neck area with a neck lift. In my opinion, these are two different techniques (the face and neck lift).  The neck lift will markedly improve the neck bands and then after this you may still need to graft fat.  Based on the images, the neck probably is in need of some fat in some areas.  But I would wait to see how the neck lift improves your current status.  You may not need fat grafting at all. Only time will tell.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

I don’t like my neck folds and laxity of my skin there do I need a facelift to address this or could I just get a neck lift?

Monday, June 6th, 2011

A face lift is good for reducing extra skin, elevating the jowls, and softening the naso labial folds wrinkles. A necklift is good for tightening up the neck banding and platysmal banding, removing fat within the neck, and sculpting the whole neck region. I opine that they are totally different operations that can be combined together  The face lift can improve the neck to a subtle degree and less so the other way around (neck lift does not improve the face that much at all).  In this particular situation where you have more concerns with the neck than the face, you could do just a neck lift and avoid the face lift.  This could also save you some money as well and less complications.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

volume changes in aging is taking more prominence in our thinking about facial aging

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

This is a new report which I thought was interesting. It discusses more of the idea that volume is the likely playing more of role in facial aging and not drooping.  This is more evidence that the future of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and facial rejuvenation surgery lies in volume replacement instead of tissue reduction / excision.  Here is an interesting article in Plastic Surgery News on this subject.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington