Considering a facelift or facial rejuvenation procedure but not feeling informed enough? In this 9-part series, Board Certified facial plastic surgeon Dr. Thomas Buonassisi of Vancouver, Canada discusses everything you need to know about facelifts—from facial anatomy basics, to the post-op recovery process, to a discussion of the unprecedented deep plane facelift technique that he performs regularly alongside less than 5% of other surgeons.

In this episode of Part 1, Dr. Buonassisi discusses the purpose of this series and introduces the many topics that are important to be informed on before considering the procedure.

With so many different types of facelift techniques and procedures that are improperly identified as facelifts, he aims to untangle these and help you find where your goals might fit in while informing on the details that are essential to know:

→ The anatomy of the face as it pertains to facelifts,

→ How the face ages and how to figure out if you need a facelift,

→ Procedures with the word “facelift” in their names that aren’t really facelifts,

→ All the types of surgical facelifts,

→ All about surgical incisions, scarring, and healing for facelifts,

→ Surgical vs. non surgical facelift techniques,

→ Ancillary procedures that may commonly go with a facelift,

→ All about anaesthesia for facelifts and how they pertain to recovery,

→ All about the facelift recovery process and what to expect,

→ What makes an unnatural-looking facelift result,

→ Extra procedures that complement facelifts for the best possible results