Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Group

A Deep Plane Facelift is designed to reposition the deeper facial tissues rather than relying primarily on tension at the skin level.

By releasing and repositioning deeper structures, I can restore areas such as the cheeks, jawline, and lower face while allowing the skin to settle more naturally over the new contours.

What I value about this approach is the ability to create meaningful structural rejuvenation while preserving natural movement and expression.

The best Facelift should not make someone look operated on. It should help them look refreshed, recognizable, and naturally like themselves.

A Facelift should help you look more like yourself, not introduce a face you no longer recognize. I plan surgery around the features and proportions that already define each patient.

Looking at photographs from 10 or 20 years ago can be especially valuable. They show me how the face has changed over time and help guide which characteristics should be restored rather than reinvented.

The result I want is one that feels familiar. You should look refreshed and confident while the people around you simply think, “You look great.”

There was a point in my training when surgery became more than a career path for me. I realized I was drawn to the combination of technical precision, creativity, and human connection, and Facial Plastic Surgery gave me a place where all three could exist together.

Over the years, I have learned that understanding anatomy is only part of being a surgeon. I also need to understand the person sitting across from me, what they have lived with, what they value about their appearance, and what they hope surgery might change without losing what already feels like them.

That is one of the reasons I remain so passionate about Facelifting, Neck Lifting, and Rhinoplasty. Every face presents a different challenge, and every patient requires me to combine experience and surgical judgment with an aesthetic that respects their individuality.

The most rewarding part of this work is not simply seeing a technically successful result. It is watching someone recognize themselves with a renewed sense of confidence. That responsibility, and the trust patients place in me to get there, is what continues to give this profession so much meaning for me.

Revision Rhinoplasty often involves working with anatomy that has already been altered by a previous surgery. I evaluate what has changed structurally, what continues to bother the patient, and which characteristics of the nose should be preserved.

For this 44-year-old patient, the main concerns were nasal asymmetry and a hanging tip. I used her own rib cartilage for spreader grafts and a septal extension graft, providing the structural support needed to improve alignment and control the position of the tip.

Revision surgery is not necessarily about completely redesigning the nose. In her case, the refinements created a softer, more feminine appearance while keeping the result proportionate to her facial features and preserving a natural nasal identity.

If a previous Rhinoplasty has left you unhappy with the appearance of your nose, an evaluation can help clarify what may realistically be improved. Revision Rhinoplasty requires individualized planning, and understanding the existing anatomy is the first step in determining what options are available.

Facial rejuvenation at 65 is not about trying to recreate a younger face. For this patient, I focused on the areas that were making her feel less like herself, particularly the heaviness around the eyes and loss of definition through the face and neck.

Her surgical plan combined a Temporal Brow Lift, Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty, SMAS Facelift and Neck Lift, and CO2 Laser Resurfacing. Each procedure addressed a different component of facial aging, from tissue position and eyelid heaviness to skin quality.

As recovery progressed, the changes began working together. Her eyes appeared more open, the face and neck gained cleaner definition, and the skin developed a smoother appearance. Her description of looking “more awake” captures the result particularly well.

What matters in a case like this is that the patient still recognizes herself when healing is complete. The procedures were selected to restore features that had changed with time while preserving the expressions and characteristics that continue to make her face distinctly her own.

Revision Rhinoplasty often requires a different mindset from primary surgery. In this case, my patient already liked the overall character of her nose, so the priority was to address the concerns that remained without unnecessarily changing the features she wanted to keep.

She came to me with persistent nasal asymmetry and difficulty breathing following a previous Rhinoplasty. Correcting those issues required attention to both the external alignment of the nose and the internal structures affecting function.

I performed a Revision Rhinoplasty with Septoplasty, using her own rib cartilage to provide the additional structural support needed for the correction. The surgical plan was built around creating better alignment and improving her breathing while respecting her existing nasal shape.

Sometimes the most successful revision is defined by restraint. Instead of redesigning the nose, I focused on correcting what was interfering with its appearance and function while preserving what the patient already felt was right.

For this patient, Breast Augmentation was about finding the right relationship between added volume and her natural proportions. She wanted a fuller breast shape, but it was equally important that the result still felt appropriate for her frame.

I selected her implants by considering how size, profile, and placement would interact with her existing breast tissue and chest dimensions. These decisions influence not only fullness, but also how naturally the breast transitions into the surrounding body.

As her tissues healed and settled, the result developed into the soft, balanced contour she had envisioned. She also noticed a meaningful difference in how she feels wearing everyday clothing, formal outfits, and swimwear.

For me, implant selection is successful when the patient feels that the result belongs to her body rather than simply looking like added volume. If you have questions about Breast Augmentation or implant selection, leave them in the comments and I’ll be happy to answer.