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Facelift and neck lift case study

Revision Deep Plane Facelift: Six-Month Case Study

A secondary facelift case involving altered surgical planes, recurrent jowling, and loss of jawline and neck definition after prior surgery elsewhere.

Performed by Nate Jowett, MD, PhD, FRCSC at Revitalis in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Surgical planning

Why the plan was individualized

Revision planning accounted for prior facelift scars, altered tissue planes, earlier rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty, recurrent laxity, and the relationship between facial volume, jawline support, and neck contour.

Documented follow-up

Six-month photographic record

The photographs document this patient at six months after combined revision deep plane facelift, structural neck work, fat grafting, and resurfacing. They show one patient’s course and do not predict another patient’s result.

PATIENT CASE PROFILE

Secondary Facelift

Complex Deep Plane Revision & Structural Reconstruction

This case demonstrates an advanced revision deep plane facelift for a patient who had a prior facelift, rhinoplasty, and upper blepharoplasty elsewhere. She presented with recurrent facial laxity, heavy jowls, and loss of jawline and neck definition. Dr. Jowett performed a complex deep plane secondary facelift with submental platysmaplasty, structural neck contouring including submandibular gland debulking, micro-fat grafting, and full-face fractional laser resurfacing.

Prior Procedures Done Elsewhere

Facelift, rhinoplasty, upper blepharoplasty

Additional Procedures Performed

Structural neck lift, fat grafting, laser resurfacing

Surgical Fact Sheet

  • Patient Demographics61-year-old Female
  • Operative Duration7 Hours
  • Anesthesia AdministeredSedation
  • Self-care recovery window12 - 24 Hours
  • Social Recovery Window3 Weeks
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Right lateral

Restored midface fullness and smooth, defined jawline contours

6-month post-operative photos
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Individual results vary. These photographs show specific patients at the stated follow-up interval and do not predict another patient’s outcome. Procedure, anatomy, healing, and photography conditions differ by case.

Explore facelift and neck lift planning

Review the full deep plane facelift and structural neck lift guide for candidacy, technique, primary versus revision planning, recovery, risks, alternatives, and consultation details.

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Revitalis welcomes patients from Scottsdale, Phoenix, and communities across the Valley, as well as patients traveling from elsewhere in the United States and internationally. Consultation is used to evaluate anatomy, goals, prior procedures, alternatives, recovery, and risk before a plan is chosen.

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