Maloney Deep Plane Facelift
Deep Plane Facelift & Neck Lift in Tucson
Performed by Harvard-Trained Plastic Surgeon Dr. Christopher Maloney, Known for Natural, Lasting Results
Dr. Maloney is a renowned, Harvard-trained plastic surgeon in Tucson who specializes in facelift surgeries, ensuring the highest level of care for his patients. For patients seeking the most significant facelift transformations, Dr. Maloney has revolutionized the Maloney Deep Plane Facelift technique, which is essentially a triple facelift addressing all three areas of the face.
By combining all three facial zones into one procedure, this procedure achieves total facial rejuvenation with natural looking results. Perhaps even more impressively, it is performed under local anesthesia, which facilitates a faster recovery than surgeries requiring general anesthesia.
What’s Unique About the Deep Plane Facelift?
Traditional facelift techniques focus mainly on the neck and jawline (the lower third of the face). More advanced techniques, such as the deep plane facelift, involve releasing the facial retaining ligament in the middle and lower thirds of the face. This allows for more movement of the deeper facial structures, including the SMAS, which is a fibrous layer of tissues that connects and supports the facial muscles.
The Maloney Deep Plane Facelift technique also addresses the lower third of the face and neck by tightening the platysma bands, the deeper neck structures, as well as the jaw line area. This creates a more youthful jaw and neckline. To address the upper third of the face, which includes the brow and temporal area, a more superficial facelift is performed on the upper third of the face. This procedure allows for gentle gliding and elevation of the upper third of the face and brow for a natural and rejuvenated appearance.
Deep Plane Facelift Transformations: Before and After
Why Are More Patients Choosing the Deep Plane Facelift?
The procedure can provide more complete facial rejuvenation to address more signs of aging and yield more natural looking results. Here’s a closer look at the difference you can expect with this procedure vs. a traditional facelift.
- Many facelift surgeons, including Dr. Maloney, believe the deep plane lift can offer a more natural result than lifting the SMAS or skin alone.
- It releases deeper retaining ligaments that can allow more movement of the deeper structures and provide results that may last a decade or more.
- This facelift is a type of SMAS facelift. The technique works in the area below the SMAS, unlike more traditional techniques that are more superficial.
- The more aggressive release provided by this procedure also helps to improve marionette lines and nasolabial folds around the mouth. This is achieved by releasing the tethering the retaining ligaments of the face, targeting deeper facial muscles and structures. It goes beyond the SMAS layer, especially in the midface region, allowing for a greater improvement to the middle third of the face than a traditional facelift.
- The incisions for a well-executed Maloney Deep Plane Facelift, which includes the deep plane facelift, the upper third facelift, and lower facelift, are carefully concealed around the ears and within the hairline of the scalp. There is also a small incision placed under the chin in a well concealed area.
This deep plane facelift technique will also allow the surgeon to keep the skin connected to the underlying SMAS structures, which reduces bruising and speeds up the recovery.
Why Dr. Maloney is the Right Choice for Your Facial Plastic Surgery in Tucson
A deep plane facelift procedure is technically more challenging and requires a high-level technique. A significant amount of training and additional time is necessary to master this deep plane technique as compared to other facelift techniques. Not all plastic surgeons are comfortable and are able to perform the deep plane facelift. Dr. Maloney performs about 175 facelifts every year, and he has completed extensive professional development and training to master this complex surgical technique.
Is a Deep Plane Facelift Right for Your Aesthetic Goals?
Dr. Maloney will customize a unique facial rejuvenation procedure to assist in achieving your facial rejuvenation goals. Patients that may be good candidates for the deep plane face lift typically have the following:
- Jowls along the jaw line
- Midface atrophy
- Prominent deep tear troughs (hollowing under the eyes)
- Loose skin and laxity of the face
- Prominent and deeper nasolabial folds and marionette lines around the mouth
- Deflated and droopy middle third of the face
- Aging temporal and brow areas
Not every patient needs or desires the extensive rejuvenation of a deep plane facelift. The lower third of the face, including the jowls and jawline, can be addressed with more traditional SMAS techniques. The typical SMAS elevation technique in these circumstances is a safe, time-tested and predictable way to produce consistent results in the lower third of the face and neck.
Mini-facelifts, high SMAS facelifts, mid-facelifts, neck lifts, and short scar facelifts are just a few of the many face lift variations that many patients ask about. The type of facelift technique that is recommended for you will be highly individualized based on your goals and your facial structure.
According to Dr. Maloney, “an experienced surgeon should be comfortable and trained with many different facelift techniques and options in order to offer each patient a unique, individualized solution to looking their best, and achieving their desired goals.”
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Understanding the Potential Risks of Your Surgery
Deeper dissections to reach the retaining ligaments required for this technique carry a higher risk of potential nerve damage and swelling than a traditional facelift.
Dr. Maloney offers his own insight into the risks, along with some helpful guidelines for choosing the right surgeon.
“The risk of facial nerve injury is very much related to a specific surgeon’s experience and knowledge of the anatomy with that procedure.
It is imperative that the patient specifically ask their plastic surgeon about the number of facelifts they perform using this technique every year. It is also important to ask as well if your surgeon has additional specific experience and training with facial nerves and advanced facelift techniques”.
Here at Maloney Plastic Surgery, we have many patients travel to our Tucson surgical practice from all over the country to access the high level of skill and experience that Dr. Maloney offers for facelift procedures.
Your Deep Plane Facelift Surgery: What to Expect and How to Prepare
Before your surgery, our team will work closely with you so that you know exactly what to expect and how to prepare. You will need to begin preparing for your surgery about three weeks beforehand, and you can expect your recovery to take up to 3 months with the most significant restrictions in the first 3 weeks following your surgery.
Dr. Maloney and our team will be available to you throughout your recovery—Dr. Maloney provides his personal cell phone number to patients so they can check in at any time with questions or concerns.
Schedule a Consultation with Dr. Maloney to Learn if the Deep Plane Facelift is Right for You
Call us today to schedule a consultation with Harvard trained plastic surgeon, Dr. Christopher Maloney. You can also schedule your consultation by filling out the form below.
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Dr. Maloney’s consultations are in two parts. The first part is the virtual consultation where you will fill out some basic information such as the procedure you are interested in having performed, and you will upload a front and side view photo. Dr. Maloney will review these and determine if you are potentially a surgical candidate as well as give you pricing. After this portion is complete, you will come in for the in-person consultation to discuss your goals and the surgery in greater detail.
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