Plastic surgery Face enhancement videos

Empowering Patients to Navigate Lip Lifts with Confidence!

Explore upper lip lift anatomy to better understand how to communicate with your plastic surgeon the things you might want to change, or that you’re not satisfied with, during your consultation.

This African American lip lift patient requested the remaining distance between the bottom of the nose and the top of the upper lip to be 8mm, shorter than the average 12 to 15 mm, but it totally works for her. See her progression from surgery day pre-op markings through her 1-week and 2-week post-op visits.

If you’re considering a lip lift, be sure to check out our procedure information, before and after photos, as well as reviews from patients and articles I’ve written on the subject.

This patient came to me concerned about her heavy eyelids infringing on her eyelashes. While she was thinking of an eyelid lift, she ended up choosing an endoscopic browlift, which sometimes is a better option to rejuvenate and refresh the eye area. Learn more about them here. She’s also had a lip lift to address her upper lip getting “thinner” with age. The results are a very marked change in her appearance and she’s happy with the results!

This patient had fat grafting to the upper and lower face, liposuction of her jowls, and a lip lift for a younger, fresher look. Now she just looks great with #nofacelift and without looking *done*. The recovery from this fantastic procedure is much shorter than the traditional facelift.

This is a facial rejuvenation patient holding her pre-op photo, allowing us to see the results achieved with facial fat grafting alone – it was all done with fat grafting.

Stacey talks about her decision to have rhinoplasty and septoplasty about six weeks after her surgery with Dr. Rodriguez. Hear about her experience in her own words.

Diane had a full facelift four years ago and talks about her decision and results in this video testimonial.

See Kelly talk about her endoscopic brow lift and mid-facelift procedures in her video testimonial.

When patients come in talking about a Facelift, they generally want to look younger and point out the things that they don’t like about their faces… but when you stretch your facial skin back, it results in a *pulled* look, with the corners of the mouth also stretching back.

If you are considering Rhinoplasty to change the shape of your nose, communication is key. I find that sometimes the surgeon and the patient do not speak the same language when it comes to talking about noses in particular. Explaining what you want from your nose job in ways that are more meaningful to your surgeon can help you get the final results you’re after.

In this video, to present a cautionary tale for those seeking perfection from their cosmetic surgery results, I discuss how Rhinoplasty can become an uneasy marriage between beauty and oxygen supply by looking at Michael Jackson’s changing appearance and breathing problems.

A rejuvenated facial appearance can be achieved in many patients by using a combination of Botox injections and Facial fillers such as Juvederm, Restylane, and Sculptra. I routinely combine multiple procedures in the same operative session, and years ago I realized that combining botox and facial fillers fit the needs and desired results for some patients. This technique is called the Liquid Facelift.

What makes a Lip pretty? While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, two characteristics are found to be common to beautiful lips. Whether fleshy or thin, beautiful lips are often defined by a nice cupid’s bow and by having the perfect amount of space between the base of the nose and the top of the upper lip.

An Upper lip lift shortens the skin distance that is between the top of the upper lip and the base of the nose. Watch as I explain the markings made during pre-op for a lip lift patient.

Besides a Facelift, there are several options for treating the signs of an aging face. As our dermis thins, facial skin loosens, and wrinkles develop, many patients seeking short-term results turn to Botox. For patients who are not interested in a Facelift, but want long-lasting results, the alternatives are Laser skin resurfacing or Fat grafting.