What Really Gets Lifted In A Deep Plane Facelift

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Dr. Richard Balikian explains the deep plane facelift using facial anatomy that was hand-painted on a patient’s face by a professional artist. Rather than relying on animations or generic diagrams, the muscles, SMAS, platysma, ligaments, and deeper facial structures were artistically painted directly onto the face and neck to visually demonstrate what is lifted, released, and repositioned during a

Deep-plane facelift

A deep-plane facelift releases the ligaments that hold the cheek down and lifts the skin, cheek fat and underlying muscle layer together as one flap, to treat sagging cheeks, jowls and a soft jawline. Hamra described the operation in 1990, and no study since has shown that it lasts longer than other SMAS facelifts.

The technique, its anatomy and the papers behind it