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Home » No Facelift Scars – Facelift Scar Revision

No Facelift Scars – Facelift Scar Revision

Avoiding Facelift Scarring

Facelift Scarring This female facelift patient dicsusses her surgical concerns and her experience with Dr. Jacono. Listen to her explain how happy she was that there was no visible scarring.

One of the most popular surgical technique used to address the signs of facial aging is a facelift. Dr. Jacono performs this procedure to restore the lost volume to the midface (cheeks), correction of the jowls (fat build up between the cheeks and chin), reduction of deep folds and wrinkles, and to improve the contour of the neck. The results of this procedure can restore a youthful appearance leaving patients looking 10 years younger. What is also to be noted, is that a facelift is a surgical procedure and since incisions will be made, some scarring may be present.

One of the most frequent questions that facelift patients regularly ask Dr. Jacono is “will I have a visible scar”. So, unless you are doing non-invasive facial rejuvenation like microdermabrasion or chemical peels, you should expect the potential for some scarring to be present. That potential is greatly reduced when you are working with an experienced facial plastic surgeon like Dr. Jacono.

While facelift scars are designed to be undetectable once fully healed, it is truly an art to be able to place them in creases and other natural hiding spots to help them be less visible. Considered a pioneer in the field of facelift surgery, he has given lectures on facelift at Harvard Medical School, Yale University, Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as delivered over 100 lectures on facelifting at the most important national and international plastic surgery symposia of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgeons, and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Jacono has hosted hundreds of surgeons from 6 continents to observe and teach them how to master the art of proper incision placement.

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Facelift Patient 1:
A good example of one of Dr. Jacono’s minimal scar facelift procedures.
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Facelift Patient 2:
Dr. Jacono facelift patient example with no visible scarring.
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Facelift Patient 3:
Another example of a short scar facelift by Dr. Jacono with no visible scar.

Facelift Scarring and Incision Placement

Where the facelift incisions are placed is important to the success in not only the results of the facelift procedure, but also in hiding the scar. Regardless of what type of facelift surgery is being performed, most of the incisions will involve the skin around your ear.

Below is a list of areas most facelift incisions occur:

  • Hairline above and inform of the top of the ear
  • Directly in front of the ear
  • Behind the ear
  • The hairline behind the ear
  • If a neck lift is being performed as well, an incision under the chin will be done

The most visible scar from the above list is when placed directly in front of the ear. Dr. Jacono has developed a technique that allows the scar to be less visible by hiding the incision inside the tragus a cartilage of the ear canal and behind the ear. By doing this, Dr. Jacono eliminates an unsightly scar leaving natural looking results.

There are a few other techniques that Dr. Jacono uses to help eliminate scarring. They include:

  • Avoidance of extreme tension on the sutures when the incisions are closed
  • Use of very fine micro-sutures to close the incisions
  • SMAS deep muscle tightening prior to incision closure to allow for less tension on the sutures
  • Removal of sutures within 4 days following the facelift procedure
  • Proper wound care
  • 2 Decades of surgical experience

What Can Patients Do to Improve Facelift Scars?

Prior to your surgery patients should learn as much about the facelift procedure as they can. During your consultation with Dr. Jacono, he will explain the procedure in detail and any questions that you have will be answered. Pre-operative and post-operative instructions will be given to each patient and it is important they follow those instructions. Keeping the incision area clean is extremely important and after about two weeks of recovery, patients should gently massage the incision to help with the healing process.

Schedule your consultation with Dr. Jacono today. You can also call 516-773-4646 to schedule your appointment.

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Dr. Jacono was selected as one of the Top Ten Facial Plastic Surgeons in New York.
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I am at @artbasel in Miami and today one of my patients came in for a routine post-operative visit this week and I think her result is beautiful art!!! Many of my patients as they approach their early forties want to rejuvenate their appearance and do not want to wait till they get older and want to reset a youthful appearance for the next 10 plus years!! On this beautiful woman I performed a #deepplanefacelift fir drooping cheeks #nasolabialfolds and early #jowling, and a lower eyelid #blepharoplasty and #temporallift to open and rejuvenate her eyes . She always hated her dropping #nasaltip and #dirsalhump on her bridge so I performed a #closedrhinoplasty to balance and perfect her look! As you can see with her hair pulled back you cannot see any scars!!! You can wear your hair up in a #ponytail after surgery!!! She is an anesthesiologist so I am always humbled and honored when someone in medicine trusts me with their face!! She is only a few months post op but looking so beautiful and rejuvenated already !!! I am grateful she trusted me with her face at such a young age . #facelift can rejuvenate like injectable fillers and Botox cannot!!! plasticsurgerybeforeandafter #faceliftbeforeandafter #faceliftnyc #faceliftdubai #faceliftspecialist #faceliftexpert #plasticsurgerynyc #plasticsurgeon #plasticsurgeonnyc #extendeddeepplanefacelift #minifacelift #eyeliftsurgery #faceliftnyc #rhinoplastynyc ...

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Doctor Jacono’s desire to become a facial plastic surgeon was solidified in grade school. There was a girl on his school bus route who was born with a cleft lip and palate deformity. Unfortunately, whenever she spoke, air and words escaped through her nose. Kids teased her and were cruel, and nobody would sit next to her on the bus, so he decided to sit with her. One day, the girl had plastic surgery and returned to school with her face repaired. Suddenly, classmates saw her face instead of her deformity and immediately treated her normally. It was at that moment that Doctor Jacono knew he wanted to fix people’s faces and change their lives. This is why he has gone on over twenty plastic surgery missions to poor countries around the world and provided free cleft lip and surgery for birth defects to over 500 children.

Because of this experience in his childhood, Doctor Jacono understands that one of our basic needs as human beings is to feel confident about our appearance. It’s is Doctor Jacono’s passion to help his patients achieve their facial aesthetic goals, creating natural appearing results to either enhance their beauty and proportion or rejuvenate their aging appearance. He is a world-renowned leader in the field of facial plastic surgery and only performs surgery on the face, not the body. He has innovated many facelift, eyelid lift, and rhinoplasty surgical techniques, publishing in leading peer reviewed literature and lecturing at plastic surgery conferences all over the world. He is committed to sharing what he has learned teaching surgeons from around the world.

His approach is to maintain your uniqueness and facial identity; it is still you just better. To do this he uses a customized, bespoke approach to each patient employing the most minimally invasive, innovative, and cutting-edge technology. Doctor Jacono has never performed the same procedure on any two of the thousands of patients he has treated. He is committed to providing his surgical expertise in a caring, supportive environment with a professional staff that has you as their focus and concern.