Get Natural Results with a Customized Facelift
While facial plastic surgery has evolved significantly in the last decade alone, facelifts continue to dominate the industry. A high-quality facelift is the gold standard of anti-aging treatments. When performed by a skilled surgeon, a facelift can transform your appearance by minimizing unwanted wrinkles and lifting saggy skin around the midface and jawline.
Philip J. Miller, MD, FACS, is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon with more than 20 years of experience. He understands the importance of precision when performing facelifts and other facial plastic surgery procedures. With extensive training and an artistic eye, Dr. Miller delivers subtle, natural-looking results that can rejuvenate your face.
The question is: Which type of facelift is right for you? Dr. Miller performs several different types of facelifts at his plastic surgery clinic in New York City. From traditional facelifts to his proprietary Miller Lift, Dr. Miller utilizes the latest techniques and advanced technology to determine the right type of facelift for you.
To ensure your facelift delivers as promised, Dr. Miller offers a unique service called the NatraLook® process. This collaborative approach allows you to design your tailored treatment plan with Dr. Miller for the most natural, satisfying results possible.
Is a Facelift the Right Choice for You?
With the NatraLook® process, Dr. Miller can tailor a facelift for the precise needs and goals of each patient. This personalized consultation ensures that your results complement your natural facial anatomy and fulfill your expectations.
The type of facelift that addresses your unique needs and goals depends on several different factors. Patients whose signs of aging are exclusive to the jowls and neck may benefit best from a traditional facelift, while those with heavy cheeks and midface sagging may respond better to a different type.
Miller Lift (liquid facelift)
The Miller Lift is a proprietary treatment designed by Dr. Miller. As a liquid facelift, the treatment is nonsurgical. Rather than lifting and tightening the skin through surgery, Dr. Miller uses a combination of facial fillers, like Juvéderm and Restylane, to soften wrinkles and restore lost volume, as well as collagen stimulators, like Sculptra, to tighten collagen fibers in your skin tissue. He also injects fat eliminators, like Kybella, to improve facial definition.
Along with smoothing wrinkles and deep facial creases, the Miller Lift can address volume loss in the cheeks, chin, lips, and other contours of the face.
Benefits of the Miller Lift
Using a combination of injectables allows Dr. Miller to address a variety of aging concerns in one treatment. Common benefits of the Miller Lift include:
- Chin augmentation
- Elimination of dark under-eye circles
- Subtle lift and skin tightening
- Restoration of facial volume
- Enhanced facial contours
- Jawline definition
- Reduction of wrinkles, creases, and folds
The Miller Lift is an in-office treatment that takes just 30 minutes to complete. Downtime is minimal and most patients only experience mild side effects, such as minor bruising, swelling, and redness at the injection site.
Micro-Lift (mini facelift)
What sets a micro-lift apart from a traditional facelift is the length of the incisions. When performing a traditional facelift, Dr. Miller creates incisions along the temple the front of the ear. A micro-life requires a far more localized approach with much smaller incisions.
Benefits of A Micro-Lift
A mini facelift is the perfect treatment to minimize the signs of aging and improve your facial appearance without extensive downtime or costly surgery. Consider a micro-lift if you have:
- Moderate facial wrinkles and creases
- Minor sagging around the cheeks, neck, and jawline
- Skin that is just beginning to wrinkle and sag
Dr. Miller performs the micro-lift using only local anesthesia. The procedure takes just 90 minutes to complete and has minimal downtime.
Traditional Facelift (SMAS facelift)
Benefits of A SMAS Facelift
While a mini facelift treats minor signs of aging, a traditional facelift addresses more advanced symptoms, such as:
- Deep wrinkles and facial folds
- Significant facial sagging
- Laxity around the jawline and jowls
- Excess skin and fat around the face
Dr. Miller performs a traditional facelift through incisions near the temples and the front of the ears, so they’re hidden by your natural facial creases.
Deep Plane Facelift
Benefits of A Deep Plane Facelift
Older adults and individuals with advanced signs of aging can reclaim the youthful tone of their skin with a deep plane facelift. The procedure is especially effective at treating:
- Sunken or fallen cheeks
- Excess fat deposits
- Hollow cheeks
- Saggy jowls
- Deep folds around the mouth
Many facial plastic surgeons shy away from performing deep plane facelifts, due to their invasive nature. It’s critical to choose a surgeon with extensive experience in facial plastic surgery to avoid complications, such as nerve damage. Fortunately, Dr. Miller is a leading facial plastic surgeon in Manhattan, NY with more than 20 years of experience.
Do I Need a Neck Lift Also?
Facelifts and neck lifts often go hand in hand. Individuals with deep creases and saggy skin around the jawline often have skin laxity around the neck. A neck lift is an excellent complement to a facelift, particularly if you have crepey neck skin or horizontal bands. Combining these two treatments delivers a comprehensive rejuvenating effect that can take years off of your appearance.
Our Plastic Surgery Clinic’s Combination Approach for More Dramatic Results
On its own, a facelift can revitalize your appearance. However, for treatment that addresses a full range of aging symptoms, talk to Dr. Miller about combining your procedure with blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) or a brow lift. These treatments focus on the top half of your face, while a facelift targets the bottom portion.
Nonsurgical treatments, such as laser skin resurfacing, microneedling, and chemical peels can help you maintain your results as you navigate the aging process.
To schedule a consultation with Dr. Miller, contact his Manhattan, NY plastic surgery clinic today.
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Facial Plastic Surgery
Dr. Philip Miller and his team of New York's top rated facial plastic surgery experts provide custom cosmetic treatment plans that include a combination of minimally-invasive techniques and advanced procedures, to help each patient achieve the Aesthetic Confidence® they desire. Our unique NatraFace™ approach to facial rejuvenation includes the following effective procedures:
Eyelid Plastic Surgery
Dr. Miller provides patients with Manhattan's #1 customized care and treatment for smooth, supple skin that brightens the eyes and revitalizes the face. With our NatraFace™ approach, we utilize a combination of effective aesthetic techniques tailored to suit each patient’s needs. We offer:
Rhinoplasty (Nose Jobs)
Dr. Miller and his staff of NYC's best aesthetic specialists offer the NatraNose® process, which is a comprehensive range of minimally-invasive and advanced techniques to achieve natural-looking rhinoplasty results, improve nasal function, and meet the patient’s aesthetic goals. Dr. Miller specializes in nose jobs, nose reductions, non-surgical nose jobs, and more: Adjust the links in these sections as follows:
Skin Care Treatments
Widely acclaimed for our broad range of flawless skincare solutions, Philip J. Miller, MD, FACS and his team of aesthetic specialists offer customized skincare treatment plans to achieve healthy, natural-looking results. As part of our NatraLook™ process, the following procedures may be performed individually or in combination with more advanced surgical treatments for optimal rejuvenation.
Male Plastic Surgery
Philip J. Miller, MD, FACS, is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon with over 20 years of experience working with male and female patients. He specializes in facial plastic surgery and is recognized as an expert in facial rejuvenation procedures. Utilizing the most advanced surgical techniques, Dr. Miller can maintain or enhance masculine features while producing the most natural-looking results.
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The Plastic Surgery Podcast with Dr. Philip Miller
Tune into The Plastic Surgery Podcast, hosted by facial plastic surgeon Dr. Philip Miller. Dr. Miller is here to answer your questions, de-mystify plastic surgery, and help you feel more knowledgeable and empowered about any procedure performed at our center.
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Episode 44: My First Time
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Episode 43: Top 10 Reasons Not To Get A Rhinoplasty ( Plastic Surgery)
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Episode 42 : Osteomas & Lipomas
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Episode 41: All Ears Considered!
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Episode 40: Infrared Light Therapy
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Episode 39: Beauty, the Plateau
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Episode 38: Botox and Dermal Fillers
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Episode 37: Cost of Rhinoplasty
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Episode 36: Different Types of Nasal Surgeries
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Episode 35: Do You Have to Break the Nose for Rhinoplasty?
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Episode 34: Do You Have to Stay Overnight After Having a Rhinoplasty?
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Episode 33: Don't Have a Rhinoplasty!
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Episode 32: Endonasal or External
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Episode 31: Are You a Candidate?
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Episode 30: In The Office
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Episode 29: Can My Nose be Made Smaller?
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Episode 28: Can't Breath Through Nose
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Episode 27: Chin Implants - Mentoplasty
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Episode 26: Columellar Struts
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Episode 25: Common Terms
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Episode 24: Connection Between Facial Resurfacing and Tattooing
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Episode 23: The Sooner, The Better?
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