Dr. Daniel Shapiro is a plastic surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He has been practicing cosmetic and aesthetic plastic surgery in the Scottsdale, Paradise Valley area since 1992.
Dr. Shapiro has been extensively gathering information based on observation and patient feedback on facelifts. Many patients have different factors deterring them from getting a facelift such as not being able to afford it, mentally coping with this procedure, or taking time off to recover.
Thus, Dr. Shapirpo has created Gen-X lift. A Gen-X lift is different than a facelift in many ways. It's a staged procedure, it generally addresses the continuum of aging between early 30s and early 50s so for purposes of answering the difference between the Gen-X lift and traditional facelift. So for patients that have more significant signs of facial aging, that is loss of volume, changes in their skin tone, discoloration of their skin and actually jowl or early neck laxity a Gen-X lift will address all those things with certain advantages over a traditional facelift. In a Gen-X lift, he combines the 4 day laser peel along with fat transfer and a short scar facelift.
A short scar facelift is not just a cheap lift or a mini-facelift. It actually involves elevating the deep tissues of the face to give you that more youthful volume back to where it used to be so he’s able to perform that through abbreviated scars.
So a traditional facelift is going to have scars in the sideburn, along the inside of the ear and along the back following the hairline. A short scar facelift will have less scars so it's generally at the sideburn, inside the ear, down to the earlobe. Since it's such a powerful procedure, elevating those deep tissues, he doesn’t have to go behind the ear unless there's a lot of aging in the neck. There are other ways of addressing those age problems in the neck as long as they're not that significant.
So a short scar facelift has less recovery because there are less incisions, it involves a more focused elevation of the deep tissues of the face that is along the cheek area and jowl area and jawline to bring them up to a more youthful position, hence it has the advantage of less down time, less scaring and it tends to be more affordable.
Also, since you're doing a short scar facelift, it's not really a full facelift so people find that more palatable and more acceptable in their minds that they haven't had the real thing yet. So you could always have that later. The other beauty is it tends to be more affordable than a traditional facelift without sacrificing the results. The best way to figure out which kind of facelift is the best for you is to come in for a consultation. So what would you do? You bring in some old photographs, you have in your mind exactly what's bothering you. We'll sit down with a mirror and figure out what the best therapy or treatment is for you without cutting corners.
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Shapiro Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and Skin Klinic
5410 N. Scottsdale Rd. Building F-100
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
Phone: (480)-451-1700
