You’re ready to do it: Build your Aesthetic Confidence® by contouring your neck and jawline to look more defined and attractive. But as you look into the procedures that could give you the strong, new profile you desire, you wonder whether submental liposuction is the way to go, or if you’d do better with a neck lift.

Dr. Philip Miller in New York City is a double-board certified facial plastic surgeon who was raised by an artist, so he not only has expert surgical skills but also a highly developed sense of aesthetics, proportions, and balance. He’s an expert in using the Golden Ratio, which refers to the ideal proportion of the nose and mouth along with the distance between the eyes and chin. Dr. Miller uses this guide to create symmetry and beauty in your facial features, while also harmonizing with your ethnicity and gender. 

When you meet with him for a one-on-one consultation, he takes the time to evaluate your skin tone, bone structure, and fat-concentrated areas to determine the right procedure or combination of procedures to make you look like the absolute best and most confident version of yourself.

If you’re wondering whether submental liposuction or a neck lift is the right choice for you, ask yourself the following questions:

Submental Liposuction Candidate

If you have submental fat (fat underneath your chin, otherwise known as a double chin), but your skin is smooth, resilient, and snaps back into place immediately after you pinch or stretch it, then submental liposuction may be enough to give you a stronger, more attractive jawline and profile.  

Today’s tumescent liposuction procedures are highly refined and can be performed under local anesthesia at the Gotham Plastic Surgery office. Dr. Miller only needs to make two small incisions underneath your chin or behind your ears. 

By first injecting the treatment area with a special solution, Dr. Miller breaks up the fat cells so that they can easily be aspirated with small metal tubes called cannulas. The thinness of the cannulas allows him to sculpt away tiny packets of fat that mar your chin and jawline to create smooth, uniform, and finely-detailed results.

Since liposuction is a surgical procedure, you should arrange to take a week off from work. You also need to wear a chin strap for a few days to control bruising and swelling. You should be able to return to most of your normal activities within two weeks.

Neck Lift Candidate

One of the most frustrating signs of aging is a drooping, sagging neck, sometimes called a “turkey neck.” Your neck is often the first place where your age becomes apparent because neck skin is thin and poorly attached to the underlying muscle. If the skin underneath your chin and on your neck is wrinkled, crepey, or saggy, the best procedure for you is a surgical neck lift. Neck lifts are one of the top 5 cosmetic surgery procedures performed in the United States.

When Dr. Philip Miller performs a neck lift at his New York practice, he does more than just tighten the skin underneath your chin and around your neck. He also improves jowling, in order to create a more youthful facial shape. Unlike less skilled surgeons who advertise a “skin-only” lift, Dr. Miller always tightens and lifts the underlying neck muscles to give tighter neck skin extra support. After tightening and lifting your neck skin, he trims away any redundant skin, leaving you with a smooth and youthful-looking neck and jawline.

A neck lift is the most dramatic, satisfying, and long-lasting remedy for loose, wrinkled, or drooping neck skin. Dr. Miller hides the scars from your lift behind your ears. You need to arrange for about a two-week recovery period. You’ll wear bandages to control bruising and swelling, and may need surgical drains as well.

As your neck lift heals over the weeks to months after your surgery, your jawline, chin, and neck area look tighter, fresher, and more youthful. After about six months, you’ll notice that your neck lift took about 10 years off of your appearance, and it should keep you looking young for another 10 years. You can enhance the length of your neck lift with regular procedures that help your skin produce new rejuvenating collagen, such as laser skin revitalization. To learn more about necklift, visit clinicaltrials.gov

When You Need a Neck Lift with Submental Liposuction

If you’re unhappy with your profile and you have already begun to age, chances are you have both excess submental fat and loose inelastic skin. To completely re-contour your chin, jaw, and neck, you’d benefit most from combining submental liposuction with a neck lift. Dr. Miller performs both surgeries during one procedure to minimize your expense and recovery time. 

Treating a Recessed Chin

Even if you sculpt away excess fat and tighten up wrinkled skin, if the point of your chin lies behind the line of your lips, you may benefit from a chin implant. A custom-fitted silicone implant lines your chin up with your lips to impart strength and confidence into your profile. You can have an implant as a stand-alone procedure or as part of submental liposuction with or without a neck lift. Dr. Miller can help you decide if a chin implant is right for you.

Creating a Movie Star Jawline

If you’re a man who’s looking for a jaw and profile that’s as chiseled as an A-list movie star’s, you may be a candidate for Dr. Miller’s G.I. Jaw™ technique. Based on your needs, he selects from a series of procedures, such as chin liposuction, jaw and chin implants, or dermal fillers, to create a strong and masculine look to your lower face and profile.

Schedule a Consultation in New York Today

Before you settle on which procedure you want, you have a more important decision to make: choosing your surgeon. Be sure to interview the most highly skilled surgeons in your area or consider traveling to get the best, longest-lasting, most natural-looking results. To schedule a consultation with Dr. Miller in New York City, call our office today, or use our online contact form.

Next, read about our Recommended Skin Tightening Treatments.

Let’s face it: getting older is hard. Have you been poking and prodding at your face, trying to smooth out the wrinkles you see? If so, then the signs of aging are probably bothering you more than you think. Fortunately, plastic surgeons have many tools for non-invasive rejuvenation available. In fact, there are so many options that no one needs to spend even another minute worrying about how their skin looks.

Laser treatment in NYC is one of the most popular treatment types available for many different skin and aging concerns. Laser treatment uses light to control the skin’s natural processes and gradually heal the skin. The result is a refreshed and more youthful appearance. There are so many different types of laser treatments that choosing one can be totally overwhelming (a good problem to have)! If you’re thinking about laser treatments to look and feel younger, here’s what you need to know about choosing the laser that’s right for you—whether that’s a full laser option like Fractora, or a radiofrequency treatment like Face Tite or Tite-FX.

What are Your Goals?

Before you choose the laser treatment that’s right for you, you need to think about what your goals are for the procedure. Are you interested in repairing the sun damage to your face? Do brown spots and rough skin have you wearing layers of makeup to hide the damage? Are you seeing the beginnings of deep wrinkles? Or are you feeling that your body contour just never makes you feel good, no matter how much you exercise?

Ask yourself these tough questions and pinpoint what’s really behind your desire for cosmetic treatments. It’s much easier to choose the perfect treatment if you’re fully aware of your goals and motivations.

Learn About Types of Laser & Radiofrequency Treatments

Once you know what you want to achieve, you’ll need to know what some of your options are. Take some time to research the many laser and radiofrequency treatments available. This will help prepare you to talk with your plastic surgeon about the procedures you’re interested in. Here are just a few great choices:

Face Tite

While many people are focused on wrinkles and sun damage, others face different problems like sagging skin and excess fat in the face. If you’re struggling with these issues, Face Tite is a great option for improving the overall appearance of the face. This treatment combines radiofrequency energy with gentle liposuction. This will help to contour and tighten the face for a youthful, refreshed appearance.

Fractora

Fractora is a laser radiofrequency technology that helps stimulate and resurface the skin. This is a minimally-invasive procedure that can be completed in just one visit! Like many other laser resurfacing treatments, Fractora uses fractional energy to address skin concerns. The benefit is that there is no prolonged downtime or extensive side effects. Fractora treatments can address many different problems, including fine lines, wrinkles, pigmentation issues, poor skin tone and texture, visible blood vessels and the overall appearance of the skin.

Tite-FX

We all know that exercise and a healthy diet are a key part of any wellness plan. Unfortunately, it’s not always possible to achieve your desired cosmetic results through these methods alone. Tite-FX is a great way to help tone and contour the body when exercise alone isn’t working. Using a combination of vacuum technology and radiofrequency energy, this treatment can help improve body contour and even address cellulite. Some patients prefer to combine Tite-FX with liposuction treatments for more comprehensive results.

Talk to a Plastic Surgeon in New York

After you know your options, it’s time to choose a plastic surgeon and discuss your treatment options with an expert. Your consultation is the most important step in choosing the perfect laser treatment. You’ll get an opportunity to receive personalized recommendations based on your goals and the condition of your skin. Be sure to come to your consultations prepared to make the most of them. Ask questions, get to know your surgeon, and make sure you feel comfortable before you commit to any treatment.

If you’re looking for an experienced plastic surgeon to help you make this important decision, consider a consultation with Dr. Philip Miller. Dr. Miller is an acclaimed facial plastic surgeon in the competitive New York area. His distinguished credentials have earned him respect from both colleagues and patients. If you’d like to schedule a consultation with Dr. Miller in New York, call (646) 791-3025 today!

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A facelift is a type of plastic surgery procedure designed to make improvements to your face in order to reduce signs of aging in these areas. The following will provide a detailed look at the many benefits of a facelift and why this procedure, offered in New York, is right for you.

When You Should Receive a Facelift

It’s important to understand that aging, stress, heredity and environmental conditions are just a few of the factors as to why you may begin to lose your youthful appearance. However, this exceedingly safe procedure will ensure that your face remains as youthful at the age of 40 as it was at 25.

If you notice signs of aging and believe that you could look better, a facelift if perfect for you. Full confidence with your appearance can do wonders to your personal and professional lives. These signs of aging include a loss of skin tone in the lower portion of the face, creases below the eyelids and along the nose, sagging around the middle portion of the face and drooping fat.

What a Facelift Procedure Entails

The primary procedure for a facelift is minimally invasive and only takes a small amount of time to complete. The procedure begins with the administration of anesthesia in order to make you comfortable during the surgery. This can include either general anesthesia or intravenous sedation. Once the anesthesia has been administered, the incision will be made. Where this incision takes place largely depends on the type of facelift you are looking to have done.

For a traditional facelift, the incision begins at the hairline and extends around the ear and towards the lower scalp. For a limited incision facelift, the incisions at the temple are smaller and only extend around the ear. Once the fat has been sculpted and rearranged for a better looking face, the incisions will be closed and will fade relatively quickly.

Ideal Candidates for This Procedure

Thankfully, it doesn’t require much to be an ideal candidate for this procedure, so there’s practically no reason to worry about being denied for it. The best candidates largely include people that don’t have health conditions that would cause problems with the healing process.

Non-smokers are preferable over smokers as well. It’s also important that you have realistic expectations of what this procedure will do for you and have a generally positive outlook about the results from the procedure, which will make preparations for a facelift much easier.

Benefits of a Facelift

There are a wide variety of benefits that you will receive when getting a facelift. For instance, you’ll automatically have a much more youthful and natural look to your face, which will aid in aging gracefully as the years pass by. This will also help to boost your confidence levels.

A few of the primary advantages of having this procedure done include repairing loose skin for a smoother look, providing improvements for facial contours for a better looking jawline and tightening your facial muscles for less tension in the face. To learn more about facelift, visit medlineplus.gov

Risks and Recovery Time

Like any surgical procedure, there are a few risks involved as well. These include bleeding, risks with anesthesia, infections, fluid accumulation, skin discoloration, prolonged swelling, numbness, pain that persists and poor wound healing.

As for recovery time, you will generally be provided with instructions on how to treat your face once the surgery has been completed. Overall, recovery time is typically anywhere from two to three weeks.

Call us today to find out more about the facelift procedure and to schedule a consultation with Dr. Miller at his New York plastic surgery office.

Next, find out if a Micro Facelift is Right for You

When it comes to facelift surgery, many patients worry about the scarring that could result once their incisions have fully healed. Scarring around the hairline and ears is a legitimate concern to those who have a tendency to heal poorly or develop excess scar tissue. Obviously, fewer incisions and a less invasive surgical approach could limit the presence of potential scarring around the face. For this reason, many patients choose a micro-lift facelift surgeries in NYC instead of the traditional incision pattern and surgical approach. Of course, a different approach can meet different results, so your choice should be made carefully under the guidance of your facial plastic surgeon. Here are just some of the things you should know before you make your decision.

What Is a Micro-Lift?

During a traditional facelift, incisions are placed along the hairline, down and around the ears, and then along the lower hairline. This allows the surgeon optimum access to the areas that will be addressed during your surgery, typically the lower face, jawline, and chin.

During a Micro-Lift procedure, a cutting-edge approach is used with a small incision placed just in front of each ear. Through these incisions, the skin and underlying tissue can be adjusted for a more youthful appearance. This procedure’s effects mimic the taut, firm look created by a ponytail.

What Is the Difference Between a Micro-Lift And a Regular Facelift?

*Prices reflect an average cost of the procedure in the area. For an actual cost, please contact Dr. Miller directly.

Are There Benefits to a Micro-Lift?

• Shorter recovery time.
• Minimal discomfort.

Patients of the micro-lift can experience a youthful boost with minimal pain and recovery time. The Micro-Lift requires just a few days of taking it easy, rather than one or more weeks of intense recovery. This makes it more favorable to patients with busy schedules or those who have a need for faster results. Shorter recovery means less time spent away from work, activities, and other responsibilities.

With only two small incisions to heal, scarring is also much less of a concern, especially if you have shorter hair or a recessed hair line. The minimally invasive approach also involves less swelling and redness around the incision site. Patients experience only minimal discomfort, though tightness and temporary numbness are a fairly common side effect.

Are There Drawbacks to the Micro-Lift?

On the downside, however, Micro-lift facelift surgery will not provide results as extensive as those of the traditional facelift. This alternative approach is best used for patients who want to achieve an improvement in their look that is subtle instead of dramatic, or those who require very limited adjustments to achieve their desired results.

The micro-lift is a good alternative to the traditional approach for those patients of a younger age, usually in their late 30s or 40s. While a micro-lift provides less extensive intervention, it can certainly improve the right patient’s look when needed. A micro-lift is just one of many alternatives to a traditional facelift.

Who Is a Good Candidate for Micro-Lift Surgery?

To be considered a good candidate for any facelift surgery, you should be in good physical health, not smoke, and have a realistic expectation for your results. In addition, you should have specific aging concerns around the lower portion of your face, including double chins, jowls, deep creases, lines and wrinkles, and lax skin.

As a candidate for a micro-lift, you may be looking for less extensive changes to the face. You may also be in the earlier stages of the aging process. Other patients who consider the limited incision facelift may have concerns about post-surgical scarring, a past history of poor scarring, or other concerns. Talk with your facial plastic surgeon about making the right surgical plan to suit your own needs.

Plan Your Facelift Surgery with an Expert in New York

Minimize scarring and optimize results from your consultation to your recovery when you consult with a highly qualified, board certified facial plastic surgeon. Dr. Philip Miller has specialized exclusively in facial plastic surgery, offering over 20 years of experience and knowledge to his patients.

A recognized expert in facial rejuvenation procedures, Dr. Miller has been frequently invited to share his specific techniques with his peers at various national facial plastic surgery meetings. He has been voted among the Best Doctors in America each year since 2007 and has also been named a Top Doctor of New York. To schedule a consultation with Dr. Miller, contact his office located at 60 East 56th Street, Third Floor in New York City, by calling (646) 791-3025.

Next, learn about The Life Changing Benefits of a Facelift

If you’re considering facelift surgery to reverse the signs of aging, you have probably already identified the trouble spots you want to address. Many men and women in New York complain about their lower face and the effects aging has had on this area. Jowls, double chins, and turkey wattle are often high on the list of complaints that many prospective facelift patients share with their facial plastic surgeons. If fatty deposits around the lower face are a concern of yours, it might be worthwhile to plan a buccal fat removal alongside your facelift surgery.

What Is Buccal Fat?

Have you ever been told you have a round face, chipmunk cheeks, or a baby face? Plump lower cheeks are typically inherited as a genetic feature and not related to your weight. As a result, the buccal fat responsible for creating these rounded cheeks cannot be reduced through diet and exercise. Buccal fat can be frustrating and affect a patient’s aesthetic facial silhouette in a negative way. By removing buccal fat from the checks and lower face, you facial plastic surgeon can provide a slimmer, smoother profile and contour. For many men and women, addressing these excess fatty deposits can actually help to restore a patient’s youthful appearance.

Could Buccal Fat Removal Benefit You?

In order to qualify for buccal fat removal or any facial surgery, you should be in good physical health, be a nonsmoker, and have a realistic expectation for your final results. To specifically qualify for buccal fat removal, you should also have excessive fullness in the area around the lower cheeks. Men and women of nearly any age can benefit from this procedure.

How Can Buccal Fat Removal Enhance Facelift Results?

During your facelift surgery, your facial plastic surgeon will focus on tightening and smoothing the area of the lower face by addressing issues with the skin, fat cells, and underlying tissues. He will aim to create a better contour to your profile, with a refined silhouette of the chin, jaw, and neck. For patients with buccal fat in the lower cheeks, this smoothened contour will be hard to achieve without addressing it. After all, a refined chin and jaw may seem unnatural when compared to the remaining puffiness of the lower cheeks as a result of buccal fat.

Buccal fat removal can be paired with your facelift surgery to help reduce the presence of excess fatty deposits in the lower cheeks. With this fat removed, your facial plastic surgeon can then focus on the aging symptoms that may also affect the lower face. After the buccal fat has been reduced, your surgeon will tighten the underlying tissues to support a more youthful appearance and contour. Any excess fat cells can be removed from around the chin and jaw as needed to create the patient’s desired results. Finally, the skin will be tightened to create a smoother and more youthful contour. The excess skin will then be removed and your sutures will be closed. To learn more about buccal fat removal, visit ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Learn More About Facial Surgeries From an Expert in New York

If you’d like to learn more about buccal fat removal and facelift surgery, consult with a board certified facial plastic surgeon today. Dr. Philip Miller has specialized exclusively in facial plastic surgery, offering over 20 years of experience and knowledge to his patients.

A recognized expert in facial rejuvenation procedures, Dr. Miller has been frequently invited to share his specific techniques with his peers at various national facial plastic surgery meetings. He has been voted among the Best Doctors in America each year since 2007 and has also been named a Top Doctor of New York. To schedule a consultation with Dr. Miller, contact his office located at 60 East 56th Street, Third Floor in New York City, by calling (646) 791-3025.

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