As you age, your skin loses some of its natural elasticity. This can result in things like wrinkles and fine lines, sagging skin under your chin and jaw, and lines around your neck. Together, these common age markers can cause you to look older than you feel. One solution is the facelift, a surgical procedure that can pull the skin tighter, rejuvenating the appearance of the face and neck. Dr. Brad Gandolfi, a double board-certified plastic surgeon, performs facelift procedures for patients in New York City. Dr. Gandolfi is known for elegant, natural-looking results that target the root causes of facial aging, gently lifting, smoothing, and refining facial contours while preserving the unique beauty of your expressions.
A facelift is a cosmetic surgery procedure designed to reverse visible signs of aging by tightening underlying tissues, repositioning facial fat, and removing excess skin from the face and neck. Facelift surgery primarily rejuvenates the lower two-thirds of the face, targeting sagging skin along the jawline, jowls, and cheek area, while also smoothing deep nasolabial folds and improving the transition between the face and neck for a refined, balanced appearance.
Dr. Gandolfi customizes each facelift procedure to address the patient’s individual anatomy and goals. His approach prioritizes artistry and anatomical precision, enhancing the natural contours of your face while maintaining your fundamental appearance.
Facelift surgery treats a wide range of aesthetic concerns that develop with age, gravity, and sun exposure. Rather than simply removing loose skin, it lifts and sculpts the deeper facial muscles and tissues to restore graceful, youthful contours. This comprehensive approach addresses a range of concerns related to facial aging to provide an overall rejuvenated and natural look:
By tightening the superficial musculo-aponeurotic system and lifting the deeper tissues, Dr. Gandolfi restores youthful balance and rejuvenation throughout the face and neck.
What can you expect from your facelift? While the specifics may vary according to your needs and expectations, here is a broad overview of what you can anticipate.
You will begin your journey by having a phone call with a member of our team, discussing your medical history and aesthetic goals, and then scheduling your consultation with Dr. Gandolfi.
During this appointment, Dr. Gandolfi will perform a physical examination, review images, and ask some additional questions about your cosmetic goals. You will also have a chance to ask your questions and learn more details about the procedure, anesthesia options, recovery timeline, and expected results. The average length of a consultation is around 30 minutes.
Dr. Gandolfi and his team will provide you with guidelines to help you prepare for your facelift. This will mean abstaining from smoking, pausing certain medications and supplements, and ensuring that you fast for a few hours before the procedure. You can always contact our office with any specific questions about surgical preparation.
Upon your arrival at our surgery center, you can expect a warm welcome from our surgical team. They will walk you to your operating suite and administer anesthesia to ensure you are comfortable.
For your facelift, Dr. Gandolfi will need to make incisions either behind the ears or behind the hairline, minimizing any visible scarring. Through these incision sites, he will carefully sculpt, remove, or reposition fat tissue. Once your face has been recontoured, he will redrape the skin tissue over it and remove any excess skin. The incisions are then closed using meticulous tension-minimizing techniques to minimize scar formation. Patients return home the same day with a friend or family member to drive them and assist with early recovery.
Facelift surgery treats a wide range of aesthetic concerns that develop with age, gravity, and sun exposure. Rather than simply removing loose skin, it lifts and sculpts the deeper facial muscles and tissues to restore graceful, youthful contours. This comprehensive approach addresses a range of concerns related to facial aging to provide an overall rejuvenated and natural look:
By tightening the superficial musculo-aponeurotic system and lifting the deeper tissues, Dr. Gandolfi restores youthful balance and rejuvenation throughout the face and neck.
A facelift is the most effective and longest-lasting method of reversing the signs of aging in the mid-to-lower face. By addressing the deeper muscles and tissues, Dr. Gandolfi’s facelift provides an overall refreshed appearance that lasts a decade or longer. While the facial aging process will continue, a facelift resets the baseline, helping you look more youthful and refreshed for years to come.
A well-performed facelift highlights the unique beauty of your features while subtly lifting, sculpting, and smoothing the midface, lower face, and jawline to restore graceful contours. With Dr. Gandolfi’s advanced techniques, personalized approach, and careful eye for harmony and proportion, each facelift procedure is designed to provide beautifully natural-looking rejuvenation.
A Facelift is Generally Ideal For:
It is Not So Great For:
Before you are discharged, you will receive all the guidelines you need concerning diet, skincare, and cleaning your incision sites. By adhering to these guidelines, you can ensure that you heal properly, minimize the visibility of your scarring, and promote optimal results. You should plan to take at least a week to rest and recover at home, using medications to manage discomfort as needed and applying icepacks to control swelling.
Swelling and bruising may last for a few weeks, making the results of your facelift not immediately evident. Dr. Gandolfi and his team provide ongoing support throughout your recovery, monitoring your healing at follow-up appointments and remaining available to address questions or concerns at any time.
Dr. Brad Gandolfi is a double board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon with offices in New York City and Englewood, NJ. He specializes in cosmetic surgery and is a member of The Aesthetic Society, a by-invitation-only society for doctors with experience and excellence in cosmetic surgery. He obtained his plastic surgery degree at Duke University Medical Center and spent additional training in facial surgery at UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Gandolfi is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Brad Gandolfi is a highly experienced, double board-certified plastic surgeon with a reputation for promoting patient safety, comfort, and wellbeing. He combines artistic skills along with advanced surgical techniques to ensure natural-looking facelift results, helping patients to look rejuvenated but not overly surgical. To schedule a consultation with Dr. Gandolfi, please call (212) 287-7211.
Your facelift results can last a very long time! To extend your results as long as possible, be sure that you adhere to aftercare guidelines carefully and maintain an overall healthy lifestyle. You may also benefit from future treatments such as BOTOX®, fillers, and medical-grade skincare to enhance and extend your plastic surgery results. Many patients say the procedure not only revitalizes their face but also restores their confidence, energy, and joy in seeing themselves in the mirror.
A board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in facial plastic surgery, Dr. Brad Gandolfi combines technical expertise with artistic vision to achieve elegant, balanced results. Trained at Duke University and UCLA, Dr. Gandolfi has extensive experience in today’s most advanced techniques, including the deep plane facelift. At his boutique NYC practice, patient safety, comfort, and natural-looking outcomes are always the top priority. From your first consultation to your final follow-up, Dr. Gandolfi and his team ensure your experience is seamless, precise, and deeply personalized.
All facial cosmetic surgery carries some degree of risk, with rare but possible complications including temporary facial nerve injury, poor wound healing, infection, changes in skin sensation, or permanent hair loss at the incision sites. These risks are minimal when you choose a highly skilled and competent surgeon. Double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Gandolfi boasts an exemplary pedigree of training and has extensive experience performing facelifts for patients from New York City and across the country.
You should plan to take at least one to two weeks off from work, allowing your body a chance to heal and your swelling and bruising to subside. Dr. Gandolfi will provide detailed recovery instructions based on the specifics of your procedure and your individual recovery process.
Only you can decide whether getting a facelift is worth it. Keep in mind that virtually all patients who get a facelift from Dr. Gandolfi are extremely satisfied with their results!
The entire procedure usually lasts between three and five hours, depending on the complexity and whether other facial procedures are combined.
Dr. Gandolfi places all incision sites along the hairline and behind the ears, where they are easily concealed and fade very well over time.
Yes. Many patients combine their facelift with a neck lift, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), brow lift, or facial fat transfer for comprehensive, balanced facial rejuvenation. Dr. Gandolfi will help you create a treatment plan tailored to your needs and goals.
There are many different ways to perform a facelift from a technical standpoint. You may hear terms like Deep Plane, Composite, High SMAS, skin, mini, vertical, and dual plane when it comes to facelift. Even within these terms, there is significant variability as to how a surgeon may approach the surgery. Despite what you may see on social media, extensive studies have been done to compare different techniques and concluded no real difference in outcomes related to the different techniques. Dr. Gandolfi personalizes every facelift surgery to the patient’s unique facial structure, signs of aging, preferences, and aesthetic goals using today’s most advanced surgical techniques.
