best Facelift in San antonio, tx, with Dr. Jose Barrera at the Texas Center for Facial and Laser Surgery
Ready to restore the natural, younger you?
Like most of our San Antonio facelift patients, you’ve put years into deciding if a facelift is right for you. Talking with facial surgery expert Dr. Jose Barrera during your customized consultation gets you the specific answers to questions that have kept you from committing to facelift surgery.
In your one-on-one consultation, you may be surprised to learn:
Instead, a facelift softens wrinkles, restructures displaced fat to add more sculpted contours and tightens sagging skin to recapture the you of years ago.
Board-certified facial plastic surgery expert Dr. Jose Barrera specializes in custom facial surgery plans that may include a neck lift, eyelid lift, and brow lift. He has also achieved marvelous results combining surgical solutions with minimally invasive techniques like Botox, C02 Fractional Laser, and dermal fillers. Dr. Barrera’s in-depth medical scholarship on achieving ideal results through the combination of plastic surgery procedures with or without cosmetic procedures can be found in our resources.
Every patient comes in with their own history written on their face in supremely unique ways. Dr. Barrera takes the time to listen to patients so that, together, they can design a custom plan that resets time, allowing the future to roll out in the most beautiful way possible.
Dr. Barrera has published facelift research in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and in the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery.
Research has established that the deep plane facelift has the most long-lasting results. Combining it with other procedures like a brow lift, eyelid lift and or neck lift adds to overall improvement. Facelift patients who also commit to a healthy diet, exercise, and skincare regimen keep their youthful appearance longer. Dr. Barrera offers both Skinceuticals and Sente skincare lines.
Why Should You Choose a Facial Specialist for Your Facelift?
Many plastic surgeons perform facelifts and neck lifts, but few have published more than 70 articles about the subtleties of facial fat volume, combining laser resurfacing with surgery, nasal tip support and many more subjects in publications like the Journal of the American Medical Association Facial Plastic Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Fewer still can say they have served as the Chief of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Chairman of Otolaryngology Surgery at the San Antonio Military Medical Center or Clinical Professor at Stanford University, the University of Texas in San Antonio, and the Uniformed Services University in Washington, D.C. And, really, we don’t know anyone else who’s successfully removed a grenade from a soldier’s cheekbone.
Seeing a plastic surgeon that is a facial specialist ensures you get celebrity-level results and the utmost in safety and integrity. The breadth and depth of Dr. Barrera’s experience means he can draw from the most proven, cutting-edge techniques to match your goals, health, and medical history. Of all the buying decisions you make in your life, when choosing your facelift surgeon, you must go for the top-most of the top drawer. Dr. Barrera is that consummate surgeon who also knows the importance of a kind, down-to-earth bedside manner.
What Are the Common Signs of Aging That Facelift Patients Experience?
Even the most premium anti-aging lotion ultimately loses to time and gravity.
As we age, facial fat becomes displaced and muscle tone is lost, leading to a hollow or sunken appearance. The jawline softens into jowls and fine lines appear around the corners of the eyes, forehead and face. Vertical folds and laugh lines appear on the neck and around the mouth. All of these aspects add up to a tired and older-looking appearance.
A Facelift addresses the following:
- Wrinkles, fine lines and creases on the lower eyelids, cheeks and jawline.
- Displaced fat
- Jowls
- Excess fat on the jawline and underneath the chin
- Horizontal neck bands
- Loose, hanging skin on the neck and underneath the chin
The facelift is considered to be the gold standard in facial rejuvenation because it addresses several signs of aging around the middle and lower face
What is a Facelift?
In the past, facelifts (rhytidectomy) only tightened the skin. Modern facelifts offer far more advanced techniques to seemingly reverse aging by removing and repositioning skin, tightening muscle, and removing and/or adding fat to key areas. Dr. Barrera may also remove excess skin around the jawline and chin (the double chin). Typically, Dr. Barrera can hide incision scars behind the hairline.
The facelift is most often combined with the neck lift because results would appear inconsistent if the neck skin weren’t addressed as well.
Patients choose from different types of full or minimally-invasive facelifts:
Dr. Barrera employs a tailored facelift approach using the deep plane facelift technique which removes excess skin and repositions fat on the middle and lower facial areas and the neck. With this step accomplished, he separates the skin from the musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) in order to reposition muscles over the cheekbones to achieve a more youthful and natural-looking position.
Often performed in conjunction with a neck lift or liposuction of the neck, the mini facelift rejuvenates the lower two-thirds of the face. The incisions are made at the ear tragus and continue around the ear. Drooping skin on the middle and lower facial areas is excised and supported with sutures in the underlying muscle structures and SMAS. When combined, the mini-facelift and necklift bring a more natural proportion to the lower face and neck.
Men often seek rejuvenating facelift surgery. Men can benefit from minimal incisions, a strong jawline, and improvement in submental fullness. A tailored male facelift can provide the aesthetic features most desired by men in the jawline and neck.
Working through small incisions in the hairline and inside of the mouth, Dr. Barrera lifts and tightens skin and underlying muscles over the cheekbones. A midface lift utilizes a temple incision and can be combined with a high SMAS facelift to improve volume in the midface and neck.
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Are You a Good Candidate for a Facelift?
A good candidate for rhytidectomy are individuals whose facial skin has fine lines and wrinkles about the mid-face and is experiencing the emergence of jowls and excess skin below the neck. Ideal patients are at their optimal weight, don’t smoke, and are in good health. Realistic expectations and a positive outlook are essential to achieve the best results.
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What Complementary Procedures Can Be Combined with a Facelift?
This treatment diminishes fine lines and wrinkles, brown spots, scars, redness, and rosacea the facelift cannot address. Laser skin resurfacing sends short pulses of light into the inner layers of skin, stimulating the body’s collagen regeneration. The fractional C02 laser creates tiny holes that the skin then heals with collagen.
Using fat from the abdomen, Dr. Barrera can build up the existing malar fat pad and cheek mound, restoring a youthful contour to the face. Facial Fat Grafting also reinforces the lower eyelid to prevent that sunken, tired, and aged appearance. Supporting midface and lower face with fat creates a more natural result than can be achieved with cheek implants.
This procedure removes excess skin, fat, pouches, and wrinkles from upper and lower eyelids. The traditional facelift doesn’t address the eyes, but the eyelid lift is often carried out in conjunction with it.
Did you know the most expressive people have the deepest forehead wrinkles? No matter how you got them, forehead wrinkles can make convey an aged and even concerned appearance. The brow or forehead lift smooths the area providing a relaxes and refreshed appearance.
Sometimes, a patient’s goals can’t be achieved through a facelift alone. When Dr. Barrera hears the patient expressing signs, he or she feels her face is out of proportion, he may recommend a chin augmentation. The synergy between the tightened facial skin and the chin augmentation can produce a well-defined jawline.
These aren’t the only procedures that will enhance your facelift results. Trust that double fellowship trained plastic surgeon Dr. Jose Barrera can address any unique concerns you have through the combination of traditional surgical techniques, minimally invasive procedures and cosmetic solutions.
What Can You Expect During Facelift Recovery?
Facelift recovery depends on the procedures chosen. Multiple procedures require more care and healing time than simple, single ones. With procedures completed, patients remain in the recovery room at the Texas Center for Facial and Plastic Surgery until anesthesia wears off. They will then be discharged in the care of a friend or loved one. Patients coming in from other states often choose to go to one of our recommended recovery facilities or complete this process in a nearby hotel room with a recovery nurse.
Patients can expect bruising and swelling in the treatment areas. Before their surgery, patients will have received extensive instructions on managing these issues using ice packs, rest, and pain medication. While most patients return to work and normal routines within a week, Dr. Barrera will advise them to avoid vigorous exercise and exertion for three weeks.
Because facelifts and neck lifts are long-lasting treatments, Dr. Barrera’s patients enjoy results for up to 15 years. Of course, the typical aging process will impact skin and facial contours despite the best facelift, but most patients report they appear years younger than their peers and their chronological age in the years after their facelift. Dr. Barrera is happy to treat patients looking for touch-ups or any other complementary procedures at any time following the initial surgery.
Do you want the most natural-looking, youthful facelift? Arrange a consultation with renowned San Antonio otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon Dr. Jose Barrera to get a glimpse of how much younger and more refreshed you can look. During your consultation, Dr. Barrera will find out more about your aesthetic goals and reveal the many options you can leverage.
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FAQs: What to Ask During Your Facelift Consultation
Your facelift consultation with Dr. Barrera, a board-certified and double fellowship-trained facial plastic surgeon, is a great time to learn more about the procedure, Dr. Barrera, and realistic outcomes. Before your consultation, we suggest you compile a list of questions to ask. If you are unsure of what to ask, Dr. Jose Barrera can help. Here, Dr. Jose Barrera, MD, San Antonio facial plastic surgeon shares important questions to ask during your consultation.
Why should I choose Dr. Barrera as my facelift surgeon?
Dr. Jose Barrera, MD, FACS has extensive experience in facelift surgery. He has earned triple board certification from the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is one of 50 prestigious Fellowship Directors in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Barrera has authored numerous peer-review publications in the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal. Additionally, he is double fellowship-trained from Stanford University in Facial Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery. Trust your face in the hands of Dr. Barrera, a highly regarded and qualified facial plastic surgeon.
Once you have determined that your surgeon is board-certified, you should find out how many facelift surgeries they have performed. Working with an experienced facial plastic surgeon ensures that you are being treated by someone with the training to achieve successful results and the experience to handle complications. As an experienced plastic surgeon, Dr. Barrera has a variety of patient before and after pictures to show as an example of the results.