# facelift.studio

> For people planning a facelift: the top facelift surgeons in the US, ranked by state and city, and the modern facelift explained, from its history to the deep plane facelift and neck lift today, with cost, recovery, the research in plain words, meetings and lectures. PubMed last checked 2026-09-30. Published by Medical Advertising Agency; featured surgeons are clients and are labeled.

## Surgeons
- [Top 500](https://facelift.studio/top-500): the top facelift surgeons in the US, ranked
- [Methodology](https://facelift.studio/top-500/methodology)
- [Featured](https://facelift.studio/featured)
- [Dr. T. Gerald O'Daniel, MD](https://facelift.studio/surgeon/t-gerald-odaniel): Louisville, KY; featured
- [Surgeons by state](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us)
- [California](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/california): top facelift surgeons in California
- [Texas](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/texas): top facelift surgeons in Texas
- [Florida](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/florida): top facelift surgeons in Florida
- [New York](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/new-york): top facelift surgeons in New York
- [Illinois](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/illinois): top facelift surgeons in Illinois
- [Pennsylvania](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/pennsylvania): top facelift surgeons in Pennsylvania
- [Maryland](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/maryland): top facelift surgeons in Maryland
- [Georgia](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/georgia): top facelift surgeons in Georgia
- [Virginia](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/virginia): top facelift surgeons in Virginia
- [Massachusetts](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/massachusetts): top facelift surgeons in Massachusetts
- [New Jersey](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/new-jersey): top facelift surgeons in New Jersey
- [Michigan](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/michigan): top facelift surgeons in Michigan
- [North Carolina](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/north-carolina): top facelift surgeons in North Carolina
- [Tennessee](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/tennessee): top facelift surgeons in Tennessee
- [Arizona](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/arizona): top facelift surgeons in Arizona
- [Ohio](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/ohio): top facelift surgeons in Ohio
- [Kansas](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/kansas): top facelift surgeons in Kansas
- [Washington](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/washington): top facelift surgeons in Washington
- [Missouri](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/missouri): top facelift surgeons in Missouri
- [Colorado](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/colorado): top facelift surgeons in Colorado
- [Louisiana](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/louisiana): top facelift surgeons in Louisiana
- [Indiana](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/indiana): top facelift surgeons in Indiana
- [Kentucky](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/kentucky): top facelift surgeons in Kentucky
- [Minnesota](https://facelift.studio/facelift/us/minnesota): top facelift surgeons in Minnesota

## Guides
- [The modern facelift](https://facelift.studio/guide/the-modern-facelift): What top surgeons do now, and why the results look natural
- [Why facelifts are safer now](https://facelift.studio/guide/why-facelifts-are-safer): What went wrong before, and what changed
- [The papers that changed the facelift](https://facelift.studio/guide/papers-that-changed-the-facelift): The surgeons and discoveries behind the operation
- [The future of the facelift](https://facelift.studio/guide/the-future-of-the-facelift): Who has facelifts now, and what is coming next

## Procedures
- [Procedures](https://facelift.studio/procedures)
- [Facelift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/facelift): A modern facelift lifts the deeper tissue of the cheek, jowl and jawline, not just the skin, and closes the skin without tension through incisions around the ear. The techniques differ in how deep the lift goes and which ligaments are released.
  - [Deep-plane facelift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/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. It treats sagging cheeks, jowls and a soft jawline. Most surgeons who answered a survey of the facial plastic surgery society perform it, and no study has shown that it lasts longer than other SMAS facelifts.
  - [SMAS facelift techniques](https://facelift.studio/procedures/smas-techniques): The SMAS is the layer of fibrous tissue and muscle under the facial fat, and nearly every facelift done by board-certified plastic surgeons tightens it. Surgeons fold it with stitches, remove a strip of it or lift it as a separate flap; reviews find high satisfaction with each method and none proven best.
  - [Short-scar facelift and MACS lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/short-scar-and-macs): A short-scar facelift uses a shorter incision, usually in front of the ear only, and less skin undermining than a full facelift, for a less visible scar and a faster recovery. It works best on the jowls and cheeks of people with modest neck laxity; the best-known version, the MACS lift, holds the face up with purse-string sutures anchored at the temple.
  - [Subperiosteal, vertical and preservation facelifts](https://facelift.studio/procedures/preservation-and-subperiosteal): These facelifts lift the face upward more than back toward the ear. A subperiosteal lift frees the soft tissue from the bone and moves the whole facial "mask" up; vertical, endoscopic and "preservation" lifts are newer versions that leave more tissue attached and often avoid the incision in front of the ear.
  - [Facelift anatomy](https://facelift.studio/procedures/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.
  - [Facelift incisions and scars](https://facelift.studio/procedures/facelift-incisions-and-scars): A facelift scar runs along the temple, in front of the ear, around the earlobe and behind the ear, and where each part sits decides whether the sideburn, hairline, tragus and earlobe keep their natural shape. A fine scar comes from careful placement and from a closure in which the deep layer of the face carries the lift, so the skin is sewn without tension.
  - [Facelift by age](https://facelift.studio/procedures/facelift-by-age): Most people who have a facelift are in their 50s and 60s, and the average age is about 61. Health matters more than age: carefully selected patients over 65, 75 and even 80 have complication rates close to those of younger patients, and people who have a first facelift younger tend to go longer before a second.
  - [Male facelift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/male-facelift): Men are about 1 in 10 facelift patients in the United States, and their operation follows the same principles as a woman's with changes for the male face. A male facelift is planned around the sideburn, beard and hairline, aims for a natural masculine face, and adds strict blood pressure control because older series found more bleeding under the skin in men.
  - [Facelift in skin of color and Asian patients](https://facelift.studio/procedures/facelift-in-skin-of-color-and-asian-patients): Faces of Asian, African, Hispanic, South Asian and Middle Eastern descent often show aging later and often carry thicker, heavier tissue over a different facial skeleton, so surgeons adjust the lift direction, the neck work, the bone contour and the scar and pigment care. The plan follows each person's own anatomy instead of a racial category, and most published facelift experience outside White patients comes from East Asian patients.
  - [Secondary and revision facelift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/secondary-and-revision-facelift): A secondary facelift is a second facelift, usually about a decade after the first, for aging that has continued; a revision corrects a result that fell short or a deformity left by the first operation. Scar tissue makes the second operation harder, yet in published reviews its overall complication rate is close to that of a first facelift and patients are at least as satisfied.
- [Neck lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/neck-lift): A neck lift tightens the platysma muscle and removes fat and skin under the chin and along the jawline. A deep neck lift also treats the fat, digastric muscles and salivary glands below the platysma.
  - [Deep neck lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/deep-neck-lift): A deep neck lift treats the structures under the platysma muscle (deep fat, the digastric muscles and the submandibular salivary glands) as well as the skin and muscle on top. Surgeons add it when a neck would stay full after skin and muscle tightening alone.
  - [Platysma bands and platysmaplasty](https://facelift.studio/procedures/platysma-bands-and-platysmaplasty): Platysma bands are the vertical cords at the front of the neck, formed by the inner edges of the platysma, the thin muscle under the neck skin. Platysmaplasty treats them by stitching, cutting, moving or denervating that muscle, usually during a neck lift or facelift; botulinum toxin softens them for a few months without surgery.
  - [Submandibular gland reduction](https://facelift.studio/procedures/submandibular-gland-reduction): Submandibular gland reduction trims the part of the salivary gland that bulges below each side of the jaw, so the neck keeps a clean line after a neck lift; some surgeons lift the gland instead of cutting it. The main risk is weakness of the lower lip from stretching of the nerve that moves it: about 1 in 20 patients in pooled data, and in most series it recovered within weeks to months.
  - [Submental liposuction and neck contouring](https://facelift.studio/procedures/submental-liposuction-and-neck-contouring): Liposuction under the chin removes the fat that lies just under the skin through small incisions, and it works best when that fat is the main problem and the skin is firm enough to shrink back. Fullness from deeper fat, salivary glands or the digastric muscles, and loose skin or bands, need a neck lift instead.
  - [Facelift and neck lift after nonsurgical treatment and GLP-1 weight loss](https://facelift.studio/procedures/neck-lift-after-nonsurgical-and-glp1): Fat-dissolving injections, fat freezing, energy devices and threads can leave scar tissue in the neck that makes a later neck lift longer and deeper, with contour irregularities afterward. Weight loss on GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide and tirzepatide takes fat mostly from the superficial layer of the face, so surgery after it has to deal with lost volume as well as loose skin.
- [Midface and cheek](https://facelift.studio/procedures/midface): Midface surgery lifts the cheek fat back over the cheekbone, restores lost volume with fat, or removes buccal fat to slim the lower cheek.
  - [Midface lift and cheek](https://facelift.studio/procedures/midface-lift-and-cheek): A midface lift raises the soft tissue of the cheek, including the malar fat pad and the fat under the eye muscle (SOOF), to shorten the lower eyelid and blend the lid into the cheek. Surgeons reach the cheek through the temple, through a lower eyelid incision or during a facelift, and the eyelid route carries more risk of a lower lid that is pulled down.
  - [Buccal fat removal](https://facelift.studio/procedures/buccal-fat-removal): Buccal fat removal takes out part of the buccal fat pad, a deep fat body in the cheek, through a small cut inside the mouth to slim a full lower cheek and show more of the cheekbone. It suits a small group of people with a round face and a large pad; about 1 in 4 patients has a complication, and no published series has followed patients long term.
  - [Fat grafting and volume with facelift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/fat-grafting-and-volume): A face ages by losing volume as well as by sagging, so many surgeons add the patient's own fat during a facelift to refill the cheeks, temples and folds. About a third of the injected fat stays, and the cheek volume it adds was still there at a year.
- [Eyelid surgery](https://facelift.studio/procedures/eyelid-surgery): Eyelid surgery removes or moves skin and fat of the upper and lower lids, fills the tear trough, tightens the outer corner of the eye and raises a drooping lid.
  - [Upper blepharoplasty](https://facelift.studio/procedures/upper-blepharoplasty): Upper blepharoplasty removes excess skin from the upper eyelids, sometimes with a strip of the muscle beneath and a little fat. It suits adults whose loose upper lid skin makes the eyes look heavy or tired, or blocks the upper field of vision and causes heaviness, headache and tearing.
  - [Lower blepharoplasty](https://facelift.studio/procedures/lower-blepharoplasty): Lower blepharoplasty treats bags under the eyes by removing, moving or regrafting the fat that bulges below the eye, and by removing loose skin when there is some. The operation has moved from removing that fat to keeping it and setting it into the hollow along the bone below the eye, because removal alone could leave a sunken, operated look.
  - [Tear trough and lid-cheek junction surgery](https://facelift.studio/procedures/tear-trough-and-lid-cheek-junction): Tear trough surgery smooths the groove between the lower eyelid and the cheek: the surgeon releases the ligament that tethers the groove and fills it with the patient's own fat, either moved from the eye bag on its blood supply or grafted. Surgery is the most predictable and longest-lasting choice for moderate to deep grooves; filler suits a mild groove with good skin, a firm lid and little fat bulging.
  - [Canthoplasty and canthopexy](https://facelift.studio/procedures/canthoplasty-and-canthopexy): Canthopexy and canthoplasty anchor the outer corner of the eyelids (the lateral canthus) to the bony rim so the lower lid stays against the eye and keeps its shape. Surgeons add them to lower eyelid and midface operations that can pull the lid down or turn it out, and to blepharoplasty when the lower lid is loose.
  - [Blepharoptosis repair](https://facelift.studio/procedures/blepharoptosis-repair): Ptosis repair raises an upper eyelid whose edge sits too low, either by reattaching and tightening the lid's lifting tendon through a crease incision or by shortening a small lifting muscle from inside the lid. Drooping lids are often missed in people seeking facial rejuvenation because the forehead muscle lifts them; one series found it in more than half of those patients.
- [Brow lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/brow-lift): A brow lift raises a low or heavy brow through small scalp incisions, the temple, the hairline, the eyelid crease or an incision above the brow.
  - [Endoscopic brow lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/endoscopic-brow-lift): An endoscopic brow lift raises low eyebrows through a few short incisions in the scalp, using a thin camera, and weakens the frown muscles between the brows. It treats a drooping brow and frown lines; a typical lasting lift is about 3 to 4.5 mm, most at the outer brow.
  - [Temporal and lateral brow lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/temporal-and-lateral-brow-lift): A temporal (lateral) brow lift raises the tail of the eyebrow and the hooded skin at the outer corner of the eye through a short incision in the temple, usually behind the hairline. It suits people whose outer brow has dropped, which usually happens before the inner brow drops, and it is often done with an upper eyelid lift or a facelift.
  - [Hairline brow lift and forehead reduction](https://facelift.studio/procedures/hairline-brow-lift-and-forehead-reduction): A hairline brow lift raises the eyebrows through an incision along the front hairline and removes forehead skin, so the hairline does not move back as it can after coronal or endoscopic lifts and stays stable for years. Forehead reduction, also called hairline lowering, uses the same incision and moves the whole scalp forward to shorten a tall forehead, by about 2 cm in large series.
  - [Browpexy and direct brow lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/browpexy-and-direct-brow-lift): A browpexy holds up the outer eyebrow with stitches placed through the upper eyelid incision during a blepharoplasty, so the brow does not drop below the bony rim. A direct brow lift removes a strip of skin just above the eyebrow to raise it, and it suits men, older women and people with facial nerve weakness.
- [Skin resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/procedures/skin-resurfacing): Resurfacing removes the damaged upper layers of the skin with a laser or a chemical peel so new skin forms. It treats wrinkles, sun damage and texture that a facelift does not change.
  - [CO2 laser resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/procedures/co2-laser-resurfacing): CO2 laser resurfacing removes the outer layer of skin and heats the layer beneath it, so wrinkles flatten, loose skin tightens and new collagen forms. It treats fine and moderate wrinkles around the mouth and eyes and sun-damaged skin, either over the whole surface (fully ablative) or in narrow columns with untreated skin between them (fractional).
  - [Erbium laser resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/procedures/erbium-laser-resurfacing): Erbium:YAG laser resurfacing removes thin layers of skin with each pulse and leaves little heat damage in the tissue around them. It treats fine to moderate wrinkles, sun damage and scars; it heals faster with less redness than the CO2 laser, while CO2 gives more wrinkle improvement in most comparisons.
  - [Phenol-croton oil peel](https://facelift.studio/procedures/phenol-croton-oil-peel): A phenol-croton oil peel is a deep chemical peel: painted on the skin, it wounds into the dermis, and the skin heals with a new band of collagen that smooths deep wrinkles and sun damage for years. Croton oil sets how deep it goes, and modern formulas with less of it give natural results without the bleached look of the classic peel.
  - [TCA and medium-depth peels](https://facelift.studio/procedures/tca-and-medium-depth-peels): A medium-depth peel uses trichloroacetic acid (TCA), usually at 35% after a first coat of Jessner's solution, to remove the outer skin and the top of the dermis so the skin heals with new collagen. It improves sun damage, blotchy pigment, fine lines and precancerous spots, and does less for deep wrinkles and scars than a phenol peel or a laser.
  - [Resurfacing with a facelift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/resurfacing-with-facelift): A facelift moves skin and deeper tissue but does not change fine wrinkles, lip lines or uneven pigment, so surgeons add laser resurfacing, a chemical peel or plasma, at the same operation or later. Done the same day with adjusted settings, the combination had low complication rates: in pooled studies, satisfaction was very high and loss of lifted skin was rare.
- [Lips, chin and fat](https://facelift.studio/procedures/lips-chin-and-fat): These operations shorten the upper lip, lift the mouth corners, enlarge or move the chin and graft processed fat into the face.
  - [Lip lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/lip-lift): A lip lift removes a strip of skin just under the nose to shorten the upper lip, so more of the red lip and a few millimeters of the upper teeth show. Newer deep-plane versions lift the layer under the skin as well, so the skin closes with less tension and the scar heals better.
  - [Corner lip lift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/corner-lip-lift): A corner lip lift removes a small piece of skin at each corner of the mouth to raise a corner that turns down. It treats mouth corners that droop with age or from birth; surgery lifts the corner more than injections do, and it always leaves a small scar.
  - [Chin implant](https://facelift.studio/procedures/chin-implant): A chin implant is a shaped piece of silicone, porous polyethylene or ePTFE placed on the chin bone, through a small cut under the chin or inside the mouth, to bring the chin forward. It suits a mildly to moderately small chin without a major bite problem, and it can be placed during a facelift.
  - [Sliding genioplasty](https://facelift.studio/procedures/sliding-genioplasty): A sliding genioplasty reshapes the chin by cutting the lower front of the jawbone through an incision inside the mouth, moving the chin segment and fixing it in its new place. With a facelift it does a second job: bringing the chin bone forward also firms the tissue under the chin and along the jaw.
  - [Nanofat and microfat](https://facelift.studio/procedures/nanofat-and-microfat): Microfat is fat collected through small-hole cannulas and injected in tiny parcels to add volume, and nanofat is microfat broken down and filtered into a liquid fine enough to inject into the skin with a needle. Both are used for fine wrinkles, skin texture, scars and dark circles, and the evidence that they improve skin quality is still weak.
- [Safety and recovery](https://facelift.studio/procedures/safety-and-recovery): How surgeons prevent bleeding, nerve injury and skin loss after a facelift, how anesthesia and blood pressure control keep patients safe, and what recovery looks like week by week.
  - [Facelift complications and outcomes](https://facelift.studio/procedures/complications-and-outcomes): Serious complications after a facelift are uncommon: about 1 patient in 55 needs an emergency visit, a hospital stay or a second operation, most often for a hematoma. Patients rate their results highly at one year, and most still rate them well more than a decade later as aging continues.
  - [Signs of a bad facelift](https://facelift.studio/procedures/signs-of-a-bad-facelift): A facelift looks bad when the surgery shows: a face pulled sideways, an earlobe dragged down onto the cheek, a moved hairline or lost sideburn, visible scars, or a neck that is hollow, banded or older than the face. Most of these signs come from the direction and tension of the lift and from how much skin, fat or muscle is removed, and many can be corrected in a later operation.
  - [Facelift recovery timeline](https://facelift.studio/procedures/facelift-recovery-timeline): The first night after a facelift carries the main risk, bleeding under the skin, and most people are back to social life in about a week. Return to work averaged two weeks after a short-scar lift, and the swelling inside the face takes about six months to clear completely.
  - [Anesthesia and recovery in facelift surgery](https://facelift.studio/procedures/anesthesia-and-recovery): A facelift can be done under general anesthesia, intravenous sedation or local anesthesia, in a hospital or an office operating room. The anesthetic plan is part of the safety plan: keeping blood pressure down and preventing nausea and vomiting lowers the risk of bleeding under the skin.
  - [Preventing bleeding after a facelift (hematoma)](https://facelift.studio/procedures/hemostatic-net-and-hematoma): A hematoma, blood that collects under the lifted skin, is the most common serious early problem after a facelift. The best-supported protection is strict control of blood pressure, pain and nausea around the operation; tranexamic acid, tissue glue and the hemostatic net each lower the rate in some studies, and none has been shown better than the others.

## From the practices and history
- [Facelift cost: prices practices publish](https://facelift.studio/cost)
- [Recovery: what practices tell patients](https://facelift.studio/recovery)
- [Before and after galleries](https://facelift.studio/cases)
- [History of facial plastic surgery](https://facelift.studio/history)
- [Boards and societies](https://facelift.studio/associations)
- [The surgeons behind the modern facelift](https://facelift.studio/history/innovators)
- [Facelift news](https://facelift.studio/news): what the press reports about facelifts

## Research
- [The research](https://facelift.studio/journal)
- [Latest](https://facelift.studio/latest)
- [Lower blepharoplasty](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/lower-blepharoplasty): Lower blepharoplasty treats lower eyelid bags by removing or moving fat through the skin or inside the lid.
- [Neck lift and platysma](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/neck-lift): A neck lift tightens the platysma muscle and removes excess fat and skin from the neck and jawline.
- [Upper blepharoplasty](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/upper-blepharoplasty): Upper blepharoplasty removes excess upper eyelid skin, and sometimes muscle and fat, through a crease incision.
- [Blepharoptosis repair](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/ptosis): Ptosis papers raise a drooping upper eyelid by shortening or reattaching the levator or Muller muscle.
- [Brow and eyelid with facelift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/brow-eyelid): Combined procedure papers cover brow lift, forehead lift and blepharoplasty done with a facelift.
- [Facelift technique, general](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/technique): General technique papers describe a surgeon's facelift method, its steps and the results in a patient series.
- [Canthoplasty and canthopexy](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/canthal): Canthal papers tighten or reset the outer corner of the eye to support the lower lid.
- [Facial fat grafting, nanofat and microfat](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/facial-fat-grafting): Fat grafting papers move processed fat into the face for volume, lips and skin quality.
- [Lasers, peels and energy devices](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/adjuncts): Adjunct papers pair facelift with laser resurfacing, peels and energy devices for the skin surface.
- [CO2 laser resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/co2-laser): CO2 laser papers resurface facial skin by vaporizing thin layers, fully or in fractional columns.
- [Eyelid surgery complications](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/eyelid-complications): These papers report dry eye, lid malposition, vision loss and revision surgery after eyelid surgery.
- [SMAS techniques](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/smas): SMAS techniques reposition the superficial musculoaponeurotic system by plication, imbrication, excision or a raised flap.
- [Midface and subperiosteal lift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/midface): Midface lifts reposition the cheek fat and tissue over the cheekbone, often in the subperiosteal plane.
- [Facial anatomy](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/anatomy): Anatomy papers map the layers, retaining ligaments, fat compartments and nerves that facelift techniques are built on.
- [Asian eyelid and double eyelid surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/asian-eyelid): Asian eyelid papers cover double eyelid surgery, epicanthoplasty and eyelid anatomy in East Asian patients.
- [Fractional resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/fractional): Fractional papers treat skin in columns and leave skin between them to speed healing.
- [Threads and nonsurgical lifting](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/threads-nonsurgical): These papers test thread lifts, suture suspension and nonsurgical lifting against surgical facelift.
- [Chin implant and genioplasty](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/chin): Chin papers enlarge or move the chin with an implant or by cutting and moving the bone.
- [Tear trough and lid-cheek junction](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/tear-trough): Tear trough papers treat the groove between the lower lid and the cheek with fat, fillers or ligament release.
- [TCA and medium-depth peels](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/medium-peels): Medium and superficial peel papers use trichloroacetic, glycolic, salicylic and Jessner's solutions.
- [Fat grafting and volume](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/fat-grafting): Fat grafting restores facial volume at the time of facelift or afterwards; the papers measure take, technique and longevity.
- [Incisions and scars](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/incisions-scars): Incision papers compare hairline, tragal and postauricular placements and the scars they leave.
- [Complications](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/complications): Complication papers report the rates of hematoma, nerve injury, skin loss, infection, hair loss and scarring after facelift.
- [Outcomes and longevity](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/outcomes): Outcome papers measure how long a facelift lasts, how much younger patients look and how satisfied they are.
- [Facial nerve safety](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/facial-nerve): Facial nerve papers measure where the branches run and how often they are injured during facelift.
- [Submental fat and neck contouring](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/submental-fat): Neck contouring papers treat fat under the chin with liposuction, deoxycholic acid injections and cooling devices.
- [Erbium laser resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/erbium-laser): Erbium papers resurface skin with the 2940 nm laser, which removes tissue with less heat than CO2.
- [Endoscopic brow lift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/endoscopic-brow): Endoscopic brow lift papers raise the brow through small scalp incisions and test how each fixation holds.
- [Pigment and skin of color](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/skin-pigment): These papers measure dark spots and light spots after resurfacing and how to treat darker skin types safely.
- [Hematoma and hemostasis](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/hematoma): Hematoma is the most common early facelift complication; these papers test blood pressure control, drains, sealants, tranexamic acid and the hemostatic net.
- [Acne scars](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/acne-scars): Acne scar papers compare lasers, peels, needling and subcision for pitted facial scars.
- [Deep plane facelift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/deep-plane): The deep plane facelift releases the retaining ligaments and lifts skin and SMAS as one flap below the SMAS layer.
- [Deep neck: glands, fat, digastric](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/deep-neck): Deep neck surgery works below the platysma on subplatysmal fat, the digastric muscles and the submandibular glands.
- [Anesthesia and recovery](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/anesthesia): Anesthesia papers compare sedation, general and total intravenous anesthesia, pain control and recovery after facelift.
- [Dermabrasion](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/dermabrasion): Dermabrasion papers sand the upper skin layers mechanically to smooth scars and wrinkles.
- [Imaging, measurement and AI](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/imaging-ai): Measurement papers use 3D imaging, photography standards and machine learning to grade facelift results.
- [Phenol and croton oil peels](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/deep-peels): Deep peel papers use phenol and croton oil to resurface wrinkled and sun-damaged skin.
- [Buccal fat removal](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/buccal-fat): Buccal fat papers remove part of the cheek fat pad through the mouth to slim the lower cheek.
- [Perioral and periorbital wrinkles](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/perioral-wrinkles): These papers treat fine lines around the mouth and eyes with lasers and peels.
- [Brow position and measurement](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/brow-position): Measurement papers define the ideal brow shape and measure how far a brow lift raises it and for how long.
- [Short scar and MACS lift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/short-scar): Short scar lifts shorten or remove the incision behind the ear; the MACS lift suspends tissue with purse-string sutures.
- [Browpexy and direct brow lift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/direct-brow): These papers fix the brow through the eyelid crease or lift it through an incision above the brow.
- [Male facelift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/male): Male facelift papers cover beard-bearing skin, hairline, bleeding risk and incision placement in men.
- [Lip lift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/lip-lift): Lip lift papers shorten the space between nose and lip with an incision under the nose.
- [Temporal and lateral brow lift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/temporal-brow): Temporal lift papers raise the outer brow through incisions in the temple hair.
- [Hairline lowering and forehead reduction](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/hairline-lowering): Hairline papers shorten a tall forehead and lift the brow through an incision at the front hairline.
- [Smoking and skin flap](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/smoking-skin): Smoking and flap papers measure skin survival and the risk that nicotine and flap tension add.
- [Training and education](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/training): Training papers cover how residents and fellows learn facelift and how surgical volume is measured.
- [History of the facelift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/history): History papers trace the facelift from skin-only lifts in the early 1900s through SMAS, deep plane and today's techniques.
- [Secondary and revision facelift](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/secondary): Secondary facelift papers cover repeat and corrective operations after an earlier facelift.
- [Weight loss and GLP-1](https://facelift.studio/journal/topic/weight-loss): These papers address facial laxity after major weight loss, including GLP-1 medicines such as semaglutide.

## Paper summaries
- [Treatment of inflamed hypertrophic scars using intralesional 5-FU](https://facelift.studio/journal/10193972) (Dermatol Surg 1999)
- [Comparison of erbium:YAG and carbon dioxide lasers in resurfacing of facial rhytides](https://facelift.studio/journal/10206045) (Arch Dermatol 1999)
- [Cryogen spray cooling in combination with nonablative laser treatment of facial rhytides](https://facelift.studio/journal/10376697) (Arch Dermatol 1999)
- [Evolution of technique of the direct transblepharoplasty approach for the correction of lower lid and midfacial aging: maximizing results and minimizing complications in a 5-year experience](https://facelift.studio/journal/10627009) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2000)
- [Nonablative treatment of rhytids with intense pulsed light](https://facelift.studio/journal/10685092) (Lasers Surg Med 2000)
- [Transconjunctival orbital fat repositioning: transposition of orbital fat pedicles into a subperiosteal pocket](https://facelift.studio/journal/10697189) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2000)
- [Surgical anatomy of the ligamentous attachments in the temple and periorbital regions](https://facelift.studio/journal/10744245) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2000)
- [Outcomes research in facial plastic surgery: a review and new directions](https://facelift.studio/journal/10890946) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2000)
- [Corrugator supercilii muscle resection and migraine headaches](https://facelift.studio/journal/10946944) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2000)
- [The evaluation and management of lower eyelid retraction following cosmetic surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/10946945) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2000)
- [National plastic surgery survey: face lift techniques and complications](https://facelift.studio/journal/11039390) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2000)
- [Structural fat grafts: the ideal filler?](https://facelift.studio/journal/11248861) (Clin Plast Surg 2001)
- [Measuring cosmetic facial plastic surgery outcomes: a pilot study](https://facelift.studio/journal/11497506) (Arch Facial Plast Surg 2001)
- [The prevention of haematoma following rhytidectomy: a review of 1078 consecutive facelifts](https://facelift.studio/journal/11513508) (Br J Plast Surg 2001)
- [Minimal access cranial suspension lift: a modified S-lift](https://facelift.studio/journal/11994618) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2002)
- [Removal of facial soft tissue ptosis with special threads](https://facelift.studio/journal/12030865) (Dermatol Surg 2002)
- [Anatomical structure of the buccal fat pad and its clinical adaptations](https://facelift.studio/journal/12045584) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2002)
- [Surgical anatomy of the ligamentous attachments of the lower lid and lateral canthus](https://facelift.studio/journal/12172154) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2002)
- [Surgical anatomy of the midcheek and malar mounds](https://facelift.studio/journal/12172155) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2002)
- [Can thermal lasers promote skin wound healing?](https://facelift.studio/journal/12477368) (Am J Clin Dermatol 2003)
- [The use of nonablative radiofrequency technology to tighten the lower face and neck](https://facelift.studio/journal/12877230) (Semin Cutan Med Surg 2003)
- [Smoking and wound healing](https://facelift.studio/journal/1323208) (Am J Med 1992)
- [Multicenter study of noninvasive radiofrequency for periorbital tissue tightening](https://facelift.studio/journal/14571447) (Lasers Surg Med 2003)
- [Anatomy of the SMAS revisited](https://facelift.studio/journal/15058546) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2003)
- [Consensus recommendations on the use of botulinum toxin type a in facial aesthetics](https://facelift.studio/journal/15507786) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2004)
- [Connective tissue remodeling induced by carbon dioxide laser resurfacing of photodamaged human skin](https://facelift.studio/journal/15545540) (Arch Dermatol 2004)
- [Changes associated with the aging face](https://facelift.studio/journal/16085282) (Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2005)
- [Composite rhytidectomy](https://facelift.studio/journal/1615067) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1992)
- [Facial sculpting and tissue augmentation](https://facelift.studio/journal/16416645) (Dermatol Surg 2005)
- [Facial augmentation with structural fat grafting](https://facelift.studio/journal/17085224) (Clin Plast Surg 2006)
- [The treatment of melasma: a review of clinical trials](https://facelift.studio/journal/17097400) (J Am Acad Dermatol 2006)
- [Selective creation of thermal injury zones in the superficial musculoaponeurotic system using intense ultrasound therapy: a new target for noninvasive facial rejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/17224484) (Arch Facial Plast Surg 2007)
- [The relationship of the superficial and deep facial fascias: relevance to rhytidectomy and aging](https://facelift.studio/journal/1741467) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1992)
- [Autologous fat transfer for facial recontouring: is there science behind the art?](https://facelift.studio/journal/17519732) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2007)
- [Primary transcutaneous lower blepharoplasty with routine lateral canthal support: a comprehensive 10-year review](https://facelift.studio/journal/18176227) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2008)
- [Barbed sutures: a review of the literature](https://facelift.studio/journal/18317092) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2008)
- [The spectrum of laser skin resurfacing: nonablative, fractional, and ablative laser resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/journal/18423256) (J Am Acad Dermatol 2008)
- [The retaining system of the face: histologic evaluation of the septal boundaries of the subcutaneous fat compartments](https://facelift.studio/journal/18454006) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2008)
- [The extended subperiosteal face lift: a definitive soft-tissue remodeling for facial rejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/1852815) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1991)
- [Complications of fractional CO2 laser resurfacing: four cases](https://facelift.studio/journal/19291745) (Lasers Surg Med 2009)
- [The malar septum: the anatomic basis of malar mounds and malar edema](https://facelift.studio/journal/19327681) (Aesthet Surg J 1997)
- [The tear trough and lid/cheek junction: anatomy and implications for surgical correction](https://facelift.studio/journal/19337101) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2009)
- [Dexmedetomidine: a new alpha-agonist anesthetic agent for facial rejuvenation surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/19338881) (Aesthet Surg J 2006)
- [A systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures after facial cosmetic surgery and/or nonsurgical facial rejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/19483584) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2009)
- [Ultrasound tightening of facial and neck skin: a rater-blinded prospective cohort study](https://facelift.studio/journal/20115948) (J Am Acad Dermatol 2010)
- [Comparison of the rheological properties of viscosity and elasticity in two categories of soft tissue fillers: calcium hydroxylapatite and hyaluronic acid](https://facelift.studio/journal/20969663) (Dermatol Surg 2010)
- [Acne scars: pathogenesis, classification and treatment](https://facelift.studio/journal/20981308) (Dermatol Res Pract 2010)
- [Early gold weight eyelid implantation for facial paralysis](https://facelift.studio/journal/2126116) (Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1990)
- [Multimodal management of atrophic acne scarring in the aging face](https://facelift.studio/journal/21491169) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2011)
- [Facial reanimation using the masseter-to-facial nerve transfer](https://facelift.studio/journal/21532419) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2011)
- [The tear trough ligament: anatomical basis for the tear trough deformity](https://facelift.studio/journal/22634656) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2012)
- [Corset platysmaplasty](https://facelift.studio/journal/2304983) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1990)
- [Augmentation blepharoplasty: a review of 500 consecutive patients](https://facelift.studio/journal/23515379) (Aesthet Surg J 2013)
- [The deep-plane rhytidectomy](https://facelift.studio/journal/2359803) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1990)
- [Nanofat grafting: basic research and clinical applications](https://facelift.studio/journal/23783059) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2013)
- [Retaining ligaments of the face: review of anatomy and clinical applications](https://facelift.studio/journal/23855010) (Aesthet Surg J 2013)
- [Minimizing the pain of local anesthesia injection](https://facelift.studio/journal/23985640) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2013)
- [Reduction of unwanted submental fat with ATX-101 (deoxycholic acid), an adipocytolytic injectable treatment: results from a phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled study](https://facelift.studio/journal/24147933) (Br J Dermatol 2014)
- [Adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction cells and platelet-rich plasma: basic and clinical evaluation for cell-based therapies in patients with scars on the face](https://facelift.studio/journal/24406591) (J Craniofac Surg 2014)
- [Efficacy, patient-reported outcomes and safety profile of ATX-101 (deoxycholic acid), an injectable drug for the reduction of unwanted submental fat: results from a phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled study](https://facelift.studio/journal/24605812) (J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2014)
- [FACE-Q scales for health-related quality of life, early life impact, satisfaction with outcomes, and decision to have treatment: development and validation](https://facelift.studio/journal/25626785) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2015)
- [Antiaging treatment of the facial skin by fat graft and adipose-derived stem cells](https://facelift.studio/journal/25811565) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2015)
- [Fat Grafting for Facial Filling and Regeneration](https://facelift.studio/journal/26116934) (Clin Plast Surg 2015)
- [REFINE-1, a Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial With ATX-101, an Injectable Drug for Submental Fat Reduction](https://facelift.studio/journal/26673433) (Dermatol Surg 2016)
- [The retaining ligaments of the cheek](https://facelift.studio/journal/2909050) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1989)
- [The prominent mandibular angle: preoperative management, operative technique, and results in 42 patients](https://facelift.studio/journal/2911627) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1989)
- [Understanding Deep Neck Anatomy and Its Clinical Relevance](https://facelift.studio/journal/30268237) (Clin Plast Surg 2018)
- [Hyaluronic acid, a promising skin rejuvenating biomedicine: A review of recent updates and pre-clinical and clinical investigations on cosmetic and nutricosmetic effects](https://facelift.studio/journal/30287361) (Int J Biol Macromol 2018)
- [Gliding Brow Lift (GBL): A New Concept](https://facelift.studio/journal/31511923) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2019)
- [Neck Deformities in Plastic Surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/31587772) (Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2019)
- [Free autogenous pearl fat grafts in the face--a preliminary report of a rediscovered technique](https://facelift.studio/journal/3273033) (Ann Plast Surg 1986)
- [Optimizing Outcomes in Neck Lift Surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/33543747) (Aesthet Surg J 2021)
- [Subperiosteal approach as an improved concept for correction of the aging face](https://facelift.studio/journal/3406175) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1988)
- [A Prospective Randomized Study of Lateral Brow-Eyelid Complex Volume after Internal Browpexy Using Three-Dimensional Stereophotogrammetry](https://facelift.studio/journal/34166117) (Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2024)
- [Total Intravenous Anesthesia With Dexmedetomidine for Hemodynamic Stability and Enhanced Recovery in Facial Aesthetic Surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/35512645) (Aesthet Surg J 2022)
- [The Utilization of Poly-l-Lactic Acid as a Safe and Reliable Method for Volume Maintenance After Facelift Surgery With Fat Grafting](https://facelift.studio/journal/35662905) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2022)
- [Mycobacterium chelonae wound infections after plastic surgery employing contaminated gentian violet skin-marking solution](https://facelift.studio/journal/3600710) (N Engl J Med 1987)
- [Establishment of Safety of Hemostatic Net Application Utilizing Laser-Assisted Fluorescence Angiography With SPY-Q Software Analysis](https://facelift.studio/journal/36636947) (Aesthet Surg J 2023)
- [The Functional Anatomy and Innervation of the Platysma is Segmental: Implications for Lower Lip Dysfunction, Recurrent Platysmal Bands, and Surgical Rejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/37186556) (Aesthet Surg J 2023)
- [Aponeurotic ptosis surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/375893) (Arch Ophthalmol 1979)
- [Evolution of the Surgical Net](https://facelift.studio/journal/38806160) (Facial Plast Surg 2025)
- [Trends in Surgical and Nonsurgical Aesthetic Procedures: A 14-Year Analysis of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery-ISAPS](https://facelift.studio/journal/39103642) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2024)
- [Neck Lift After Nonsurgical Treatments: Fibrosis, Fat Loss, and Surgical Complexity](https://facelift.studio/journal/40712094) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial of AYP-101 (Soybean Phosphatidylcholine) for Submental Fat Reduction in Asian Adults](https://facelift.studio/journal/40850886) (Clin Ther 2025)
- [A Systematic Review of Injectable Lipolytic Agents for Nonsubmental Fat Reduction](https://facelift.studio/journal/41296813) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2026)
- [Effectiveness and Safety of a Polyvinyl Alcohol Microsphere and Hyaluronic Acid Suspension for Chin Augmentation: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Multidisciplinary Study](https://facelift.studio/journal/41305938) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Efficacy and Safety of Poly-L-lactic Acid for Midface Rejuvenation: A 12-Month Split-face Controlled Evaluation With 3D Imaging and Patient-reported Outcomes](https://facelift.studio/journal/41662390) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Forehead Length Reduction Surgery: Quantifying Complications and Outcomes Through Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis](https://facelift.studio/journal/41663770) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Surgical vs Non-surgical Chin Augmentation: A Systematic Review of Techniques Satisfaction, and Complications](https://facelift.studio/journal/41714371) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [The Bullhorn and Beyond: Evidence-Based Review and Clinical Recommendations for Lip Lift Techniques](https://facelift.studio/journal/41731334) (J Cosmet Dermatol 2026)
- [Upper Blepharoplasty Suturing Techniques: A Paired-Eye Comparative Study of Intradermal vs Continuous Sutures](https://facelift.studio/journal/42118953) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Double-Eyelid Blepharoplasty Combined With Levator Palpebrae Superioris Release Remedy the Unfavorable Expression of Raising Eyebrows and Foreheads](https://facelift.studio/journal/42223985) (J Craniofac Surg 2026)
- [Microcoring](https://facelift.studio/journal/42303357) (Dermatol Clin 2026)
- [Multimodal Conscious Analgesia with Oliceridine and Alfentanil Plus Local Anesthesia in Revisional Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial](https://facelift.studio/journal/42310080) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Asymmetrical Correction of Facial Rotation Using Unilateral Thread Insertion](https://facelift.studio/journal/42310088) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Scar-Minimizing Full-Face Rejuvenation: A Novel Multiplanar and Multivector Approach Using Combined Forehead, Transoral Midface, and Limited-Incision Lower Face and Neck Lift Techniques](https://facelift.studio/journal/42315787) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Synergistic lower blepharoplasty and midface lift: The role of multi-directional thread fixation](https://facelift.studio/journal/42318491) (JPRAS Open 2026)
- [Predictors of Unplanned Admission After Outpatient Rhytidectomy](https://facelift.studio/journal/42322187) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Age-stratified Discrepancy Between Expectations and Satisfaction in Facial Cosmetic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis](https://facelift.studio/journal/42324396) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Neck Contouring Prejuvenation Techniques](https://facelift.studio/journal/42331030) (Facial Plast Surg 2026)
- [Platelet-Rich Plasma and Platelet-Rich Fibrin in Facial Plastic Surgery: A Comprehensive Literature Review](https://facelift.studio/journal/42331032) (Facial Plast Surg 2026)
- [Comparing fractional CO₂ laser and needling-based modalities in facial acne scar treatment: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis](https://facelift.studio/journal/42334669) (Lasers Med Sci 2026)
- [Wrinkles in Time: Uncovering the Early History of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery (1850-1890)](https://facelift.studio/journal/42358659) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2026)
- [LigaSure-assisted Retaining Ligament Release during Composite Deep Plane Face and Neck Lift: A Three-Sign Structured Framework](https://facelift.studio/journal/42370934) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2026)
- [Ligament-Focused Advanced Monopolar Radiofrequency: A New Approach to Face and Neck Skin Laxity](https://facelift.studio/journal/42371438) (Cureus 2026)
- [Comparison of Surgical Outcomes According to Applied Different Tensile Forces in Asian Rhytidectomy](https://facelift.studio/journal/42371719) (J Craniofac Surg 2026)
- [Topical Recombinant Collagen Following Fractional Radio Frequency Microneedling for Nonsurgical Facelift: Case Report](https://facelift.studio/journal/42372198) (JMIR Dermatol 2026)
- [Buccal Fat Suspension: Not Just a Lift-Restoring the Foundational Anatomy of a Youthful Cheek](https://facelift.studio/journal/42374830) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [In-Office Surgical Procedures for Prejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/42379225) (Facial Plast Surg 2026)
- [SMAS Plication Facelift and Platysmaplasty Under Tumescent Local Anesthesia: A 10-Year Retrospective Evaluation of Safety, Efficacy, and Patient Satisfaction in an Outpatient Setting](https://facelift.studio/journal/42380310) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Temporofacial (TemFa) Lift](https://facelift.studio/journal/42380311) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [The Okumus Incision: A Hairline-Preserving Temporozygomatic Approach for Facelift Surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/42380314) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Challenges and complications in secondary rhytidectomies, a systematic review](https://facelift.studio/journal/42382704) (JPRAS Open 2026)
- [Why Straight and Curved Platysma Morphologies May Produce Opposite Clinical Effects?](https://facelift.studio/journal/42383876) (J Craniofac Surg 2026)
- [Deep Plane Versus SMAS Plication Facelift: A Prospective Cohort Study of Clinical Outcomes and Complication Rates](https://facelift.studio/journal/42384060) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Clinical evaluation of complications and the learning curve in deep plane facelift surgery: A single-surgeon experience](https://facelift.studio/journal/42385438) (J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2026)
- [Effectiveness of a rhGM-CSF-Containing Gel on Promoting Wound Healing After 1927-nm Fractional Thulium Fiber Laser Treatment of Atrophic Acne Scars: A Prospective, Randomized, Split-Face, and Evaluator-Blinded Clinical Trial](https://facelift.studio/journal/42410191) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Management of the Buccal Fat Pad During Deep-Plane Facelift: Technique, Safety, and Aesthetic Outcomes in 68 Patients](https://facelift.studio/journal/42412177) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Facial Aesthetic Surgery: A Systematic Review](https://facelift.studio/journal/42422339) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2026)
- [Geographic and Socioeconomic Variation in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Pricing Across the United States: A State-Level Analysis of Income, Gross Domestic Product, and Real Economic Burden](https://facelift.studio/journal/42422340) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2026)
- [All About Clonidine and Its Role in Preventing Hematoma Following Aesthetic Facial Surgery: A Narrative Review With Practical Guidance](https://facelift.studio/journal/42434376) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2026)
- [Individualized HIFU in women over 60: ultrasound assessment of layer-specific facial soft-tissue thickness changes](https://facelift.studio/journal/42469307) (Sci Rep 2026)
- [Neck Rejuvenation Without Periauricular Scars](https://facelift.studio/journal/42481793) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Anatomical Variations and Surgical Implications of the Cervical Branch of the Facial Nerve: A Systematic Review](https://facelift.studio/journal/42483742) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2026)
- [Surgical Correction of the Nasolabial Fold: A Critical Review of Rhytidectomy Techniques](https://facelift.studio/journal/42488922) (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2026)
- [A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Role of Open Platysmaplasty in Facelift and Necklift Surgery: Comparative Outcomes of Closed- vs Open-Neck Rejuvenation With Liposuction Using FACE-Q Scales](https://facelift.studio/journal/42500364) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2026)
- [Dual-plane Deep Reduction Neck Lift for Cervical Lengthening in Short-neck Patients](https://facelift.studio/journal/42517588) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Novel Minimally Invasive Mastoid Sling for a Nonsurgical Neck Lift: A Combination of Liposuction, Thermal Energy, and Suture Suspension for Neck Rejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/42529611) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2026)
- [Pilot Study: Endoscopic Anatomical Study of the Lower Premasseter Space and Buccal Space for Sub-superficial Musculo-aponeurotic System Face Lift: Observations Based on Live Dissections](https://facelift.studio/journal/42559558) (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2026)
- [Two Endoscopic Surgical Approaches to Facial Rejuvenation: A Longitudinal Study on Safety and Patient Satisfaction](https://facelift.studio/journal/42565105) (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2026)
- [Deep Plane Facelifts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes](https://facelift.studio/journal/42576065) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Intraoral Anatomy of the Buccal Nerve for Buccal Fat Pad and Facelift Procedures](https://facelift.studio/journal/42579285) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Uniform Treatment Protocol With Hybrid Stromal Vascular Fraction and Platelet-Rich Plasma on Micro-Fat Grafting With Facelifting: A Preliminary Retrospective 3D Vectra Observational Study](https://facelift.studio/journal/42582686) (Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2026)
- [Conservation facelift: The mesoface](https://facelift.studio/journal/42630822) (JPRAS Open 2026)
- [Sweet syndrome following cervicofacial rhytidectomy: A case report](https://facelift.studio/journal/42633396) (JPRAS Open 2026)
- [How I Do It: Surgical Face and Neck Rejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/42635321) (J Craniofac Surg 2026)
- ["Objectifying Outcomes in Facial Aesthetic Surgery Using Artificial Intelligence"](https://facelift.studio/journal/42658153) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2026)
- [Efficacy and Safety of Local Tranexamic Acid in Rhytidectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis](https://facelift.studio/journal/42689241) (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2026)
- [Submandibular Gland Resection in East Asian Patients: An Anatomical and Clinical Series of 240 Cases](https://facelift.studio/journal/42695798) (Plast Reconstr Surg 2026)
- [Topical Carboxytherapy as an Adjunct to Skin Recovery Post-CO2 Laser Fractional Resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/journal/42696341) (J Drugs Dermatol 2026)
- [The effect of compression dressing on postoperative outcomes after upper eyelid blepharoplasty: a randomized, controlled, observer-blinded evaluation study](https://facelift.studio/journal/42711437) (Int Ophthalmol 2026)
- [SMAS Modifications in Subnasal Lip Lifting: Evaluation of 600 Patients](https://facelift.studio/journal/42711479) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 2026)
- [Tunneled Deep-plane Lift: A Novel Approach to Lower Facial and Neck Laxity](https://facelift.studio/journal/42719910) (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2026)
- [Course Patterns of the Marginal Mandibular Branch of the Facial Nerve over the Facial Vessels in Relation to the Inferior Mandibular Border](https://facelift.studio/journal/42739192) (Diagnostics (Basel) 2026)
- [Interval to Secondary Facelift: A Match-Cohort Analysis of Interval Time, Technique, and Complications](https://facelift.studio/journal/42741888) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Botulinum Toxin Type A for the Management of Lower Face and Neck Lifting: A Systematic Review](https://facelift.studio/journal/42743552) (J Craniofac Surg 2026)
- [Minimally invasive interventions for atrophic acne scars: a PubMed/PMC-based systematic evidence review and exploratory network meta-analysis toward phenotype-guided interpretation](https://facelift.studio/journal/42745895) (Front Surg 2026)
- [Anatomy-Driven Aesthetic Design for Facial Contouring in Northeast Asian Females: A Conceptual Framework and Case Report](https://facelift.studio/journal/42751284) (Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol 2026)
- [The Anatomy of Sentinel Vein Based on Cadaver and Ultrasound](https://facelift.studio/journal/42757998) (J Craniofac Surg 2026)
- [Safe Submandibular Gland Reduction in 7 Steps: The Carina Technique](https://facelift.studio/journal/42759497) (Aesthet Surg J 2026)
- [Comparing Deep Plane and Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System Facelifts Using Artificial Intelligence-Based Age Estimation](https://facelift.studio/journal/42775335) (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2026)
- [Prehabilitation for Aesthetic Surgery: An Evidence-based Guide](https://facelift.studio/journal/42781611) (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2026)
- [Cannabis and Wound Healing: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence and Applications to Facial Plastic Surgery](https://facelift.studio/journal/42783473) (J Pers Med 2026)
- [Avoiding facial nerve injuries in rhytidectomy. Anatomical variations and pitfalls](https://facelift.studio/journal/515227) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1979)
- [Contouring the neck in rhytidectomy by lipectomy and a muscle sling](https://facelift.studio/journal/625501) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1978)
- [The effect of cigarette smoking on skin-flap survival in the face lift patient](https://facelift.studio/journal/6728942) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1984)
- [Blepharospasm surgery. An anatomical approach](https://facelift.studio/journal/7236103) (Arch Ophthalmol 1981)
- [Visual criteria for success in restoring the youthful neck](https://facelift.studio/journal/7443846) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1980)
- [Melasma. Etiologic and therapeutic considerations](https://facelift.studio/journal/7492140) (Arch Dermatol 1995)
- [Skin resurfacing with the Ultrapulse carbon dioxide laser. Observations on 100 patients](https://facelift.studio/journal/7496669) (Dermatol Surg 1995)
- [Skin resurfacing of fine to deep rhytides using a char-free carbon dioxide laser in 47 patients](https://facelift.studio/journal/7582831) (Dermatol Surg 1995)
- [Arcus marginalis release and orbital fat preservation in midface rejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/7624408) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1995)
- [Extended SMAS dissection as an approach to midface rejuvenation](https://facelift.studio/journal/7634739) (Clin Plast Surg 1995)
- [A study of the supraorbital nerve](https://facelift.studio/journal/7638280) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1995)
- [The suborbicularis oculi fat pads: an anatomic and clinical study](https://facelift.studio/journal/7809265) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1995)
- [Endoscopic techniques in coronal brow lifting](https://facelift.studio/journal/7972423) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1994)
- [Endoscopic techniques in facial rejuvenation: an overview. Part I](https://facelift.studio/journal/8017216) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 1994)
- [Endoscopic facial rejuvenation: endoforehead, the functional lift. Case reports](https://facelift.studio/journal/8122572) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 1994)
- [Lifting the malar fat pad for correction of prominent nasolabial folds](https://facelift.studio/journal/8438018) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1993)
- [Resurfacing of atrophic facial acne scars with a high-energy, pulsed carbon dioxide laser](https://facelift.studio/journal/8608377) (Dermatol Surg 1996)
- [The role of orbital fat preservation in facial aesthetic surgery. A new concept](https://facelift.studio/journal/8617025) (Clin Plast Surg 1996)
- [Pulsed carbon dioxide laser resurfacing of photo-aged facial skin](https://facelift.studio/journal/8629842) (Arch Dermatol 1996)
- [An anatomically based study of the mechanism of eyebrow ptosis](https://facelift.studio/journal/8643714) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1996)
- [Treatment of facial rhytides with a high-energy pulsed carbon dioxide laser](https://facelift.studio/journal/8823015) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1996)
- [The short- and long-term side effects of carbon dioxide laser resurfacing](https://facelift.studio/journal/9236869) (Dermatol Surg 1997)
- [Infections complicating pulsed carbon dioxide laser resurfacing for photoaged facial skin](https://facelift.studio/journal/9236870) (Dermatol Surg 1997)
- [The superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS) in the parotid and cheek area](https://facelift.studio/journal/935283) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1976)
- [The first clinical study using a new biodegradable implant for the treatment of lips, wrinkles, and folds](https://facelift.studio/journal/9502839) (Aesthetic Plast Surg 1998)
- [Complications of carbon dioxide laser resurfacing. An evaluation of 500 patients](https://facelift.studio/journal/9537005) (Dermatol Surg 1998)
- [The zygorbicular dissection in composite rhytidectomy: an ideal midface plane](https://facelift.studio/journal/9774027) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1998)
- [Redraping the inferior orbicularis arc](https://facelift.studio/journal/9858189) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1998)
- [Botulinum A exotoxin for the management of platysma bands](https://facelift.studio/journal/9950556) (Plast Reconstr Surg 1999)

## Meetings
- [Meetings](https://facelift.studio/meetings): where surgeons present and teach new facelift techniques