Home / Lectures / The Beauty Authority: Facelifts at 40 with Dr. Sam Rizk

The Beauty Authority: Facelifts at 40 with Dr. Sam Rizk

NewBeauty Magazine · 2026-06-08 · 22 minutes

From the channel

Facelifts are getting younger—and they're looking more natural than ever. In this episode of The Beauty Authority, NewBeauty Director of Aesthetic Content Tatiana Bido sits down with renowned facial plastic surgeon Dr. Sam Rizk and his 41-year-old patient, Lindsi Lane Watts of @lindsilanestyle, to discuss why more women are choosing facial rejuvenation earlier, what makes someone a good candidate

Facelift anatomy

The face is built in layers: skin, fat, a layer of fibrous tissue and flat facial muscles that surgeons call the SMAS, a deep fascia, and the facial nerve branches beneath it. Facelift techniques differ in which layer the surgeon lifts, which ligaments are released and how close the work runs to the nerve.

The technique, its anatomy and the papers behind it

New research on facelift technique, general

Recent studies on the subject of the video, each with a plain summary where one is written.

2026
How to Optimally Prepare the Patient for a Facelift Procedure
Mariani M, Fabbri M, Serra PL, Botti C, Botti G · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 41183544
2026
Use of Nerve Integrity Monitoring (NIM) in Facelifts
Wongkietkachorn A, Hah WWH, Wongkietkachorn N · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 42085580
2026
Epidemiological and Economic Factors in Facelift Surgery in the USA: A Retrospective Multi-center Analysis
Knoedler L, Lellouch AG, Aguglia R, Sadati K, Knoedler S, Kehrer A, et al. · Aesthetic Plast Surg · PMID 40897962
2026
Evaluating the Time of Maximal Vasoconstrictive Effect of Epinephrine in Facelift Surgery
Tarabishy S, Meyers A, Kragel MC, Janssen PL, Zins JE · Aesthet Surg J · PMID 40692271
2026
Facelift Randomized Controlled Trials Compliance With CONSORT Checklist: A Systematic Review
Yousif YF, Jamel WA, Perez H R, Farooq O, Balcı EB, de la Torre V, et al. · Aesthet Surg J Open Forum · PMID 41847318
2026
Evaluating the Quality of Rhytidectomy-Related Content Posted on Social Media: Facelift Patient Information on TikTok
Szymczak A, Park AC, Benjamin A, Eggerstedt M, Meleca JB, Sidle DM, et al. · Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med · PMID 40474785
2026
Facelift Photo Quality on Social Media: Prevalence of Potentially Misleading Before-and-After Images
Mehta MP, Eskandari S, Long WE, Neptune N, Sethna AB, Chou DW · Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med · PMID 40351156