Facelift & Neck Lift
A facelift should never change who you are.
Dr. Joel Studin approaches facial rejuvenation with one goal: restoring youthful structure and definition while preserving the character, expressions, and individuality that make your face uniquely yours.
By addressing the deeper tissues of the face and neck, not simply tightening skin, a facelift can restore jawline definition, improve neck contours, soften jowling, and create a refreshed appearance that looks natural both at rest and in motion.
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Considering Facial Rejuvenation
The decision to have a facelift is deeply personal. For many people, it isn't about looking younger—it's about feeling like their reflection no longer matches how they feel inside.
Your jawline has gradually softened...
...even though you've maintained a healthy lifestyle.
You notice changes in your neck...
...more than anywhere else.
You find yourself avoiding certain photographs...
...or always searching for your "best angle."
You still feel like yourself...
...but your reflection no longer matches how you feel.
The next step isn't deciding to have surgery. It's simply starting the conversation. During your consultation, Dr. Studin will listen to your concerns, evaluate your facial anatomy, and help you understand your options. Together, you'll decide what feels right for you.
What a Facelift & Neck Lift Can Address
A facelift and neck lift address structural aging-changes that occur as the skin and deeper supporting tissues loosen, descend and lose definition. They are not intended to erase every line or change the features that make you recognizable. Although the face and neck are closely related, not every patient needs the same correction.
Lower face
Lower-cheek descent and laxity
Early or established jowling
Loss of jawline definition
Loose skin through the lower face
Folds that deepen as support descends
Jawline & beneath the chin
A softened or irregular jawline
Loss of separation between the face and neck. Treatable fullness beneath the chin. Loose skin extending below the jaw. Imbalance among the chin, jawline and neck
Neck
Loose or sagging neck skin. Loss of a defined chin-to-neck angle. Visible vertical platysmal bands. Tissues that have loosened or descended
Real Patients
Four patients. Four different goals.
One philosophy: results that still look unmistakably like you.
Individual results vary
Featured story
Facelift & Neck Lift
I loved who I was. I just felt like the face looking back at me had slowly become someone I didn't recognize. My goal was to look like me again. Dr. Studin understood exactly what I was looking for and I’m so happy with my results.
Her Journey - The Early Days
Three candid moments—from surgery day through the earliest stages of recovery.
Recorded shortly before her procedure, this candid video documents her face and neck from several angles.
02One Day After
Photographed one day after surgery, while swelling, bruising and healing were still in their earliest stages.
03 Day 5
Recorded five days after surgery, this video offers an honest look at early recovery.
These patients came to Dr. Studin with different concerns, different goals, and different stories.
What they shared was the desire to look refreshed, while still looking unmistakably like themselves.
Facelift & Neck Lift
I didn't want anyone to think I'd had surgery. I just wanted to look better. Friends noticed something was different, but no one could quite figure out what had changed.
Facelift & Neck Lift
I wasn’t trying to look twenty. I just wanted people to stop asking if I was tired. I wanted to look younger, without the heaviness I saw in the mirror.
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I wasn't looking for a dramatic change. I simply wanted to soften the tired look that had gradually appeared over the years while still looking completely natural.
Why patients choose
For more than three decades, Dr. Joel Studin has helped patients achieve natural-looking facial rejuvenation through thoughtful planning, surgical precision, and an individualized approach to care.
As a board-certified plastic surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he believes the most successful facelift is often the one nobody notices. Rather than changing how you look, his goal is to restore youthful facial contours while preserving the unique features, expressions, and character that make you who you are.
Patients travel from across the country seeking results that appear refreshed, balanced, and entirely their own.
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The goal is not to create a different face.
The goal is to restore your own.
THE NATURAL PLAN
No two faces age in exactly the same way. Skin laxity, facial support, volume and proportion change differently from one person to another,
so a facelift should never be planned from a predetermined formula.
The Natural Plan begins with a careful evaluation of what has changed and what should remain untouched. Dr. Studin tailors the direction and degree of lift to your anatomy, restoring definition while preserving the movement, softness and character that make your face recognizable as your own.
The plan begins with understanding what should be restored and what should remain untouched. The direction and degree of lift are tailored to preserve softness, movement and the features that keep you looking like yourself.
Where deeper tissues have descended or lost definition.
How much skin can be repositioned naturally without creating tension.
How the cheeks, jawline, chin and neck relate to one another.
The distinctive features, natural movement and character that keep you looking like yourself.
More than 30 years of plastic surgery has taught me something important: going deeper and wider does not, by itself,
make a facelift better.
Modern surgery allows us to release, lift and rearrange the face from a deeper plane—working on and around the nerves, glands and other structures responsible for movement and feeling. My training and reconstructive experience have fully prepared me to operate in those deeper planes. The question is not whether I can take more of the face apart.
The question is whether I should.
More surgery should produce more benefit—not merely more risk. Every additional maneuver must earn its place by providing enough cosmetic improvement to justify the risk it adds, and the final result must still look natural. I have watched techniques come and go, often promoted enthusiastically before anyone could possibly know what problems might emerge or how the results would hold up years later.
That risk-benefit calculation is at the heart of why I continue to favor the SMAS facelift.
LASER ASSISTED FACELIFT
The difference isn't simply the use of a laser—it's how the technology is integrated into the procedure.
Dr. Studin's laser-assisted approach is designed to minimize tissue trauma while supporting precise surgical technique, helping to reduce bruising, support a smoother recovery, and enhance the patient experience.
Performed in fully accredited on-site operating suites using advanced anesthesia and patient safety protocols.
Advanced technology designed to support surgical precision.
Laser-assisted techniques designed to minimize tissue disruption and bruising.
Continuous refinements developed to support a smoother recovery experience.
IS THIS RIGHT FOR YOU?
There is no single age at which a facelift or neck lift becomes appropriate. What matters is whether aging has created structural changes that surgery can meaningfully improve—and whether the patient is healthy, prepared and seeking a realistic result.
DR. STUDIN'S PERSPECTIVE
The more important question is whether a facelift is the best choice for your anatomy, whether it offers a meaningful improvement and whether the result can remain natural.
GLP-1 WEIGHT LOSS & THE FACE
Significant weight loss can change the face as well as the body. As facial volume decreases, the cheeks may appear flatter, folds may become more visible and skin that once looked supported may begin to appear loose. Although these changes are commonly called "Ozempic face," they are not unique to one medication. They can occur after substantial weight loss, whether achieved through GLP-1 medications, bariatric surgery or lifestyle changes.
Where fullness has diminished through the cheeks, temples or other areas of the face.
Where deeper tissues have descended, creating jowling or reduced jawline definition.
DR. STUDIN’S PERSPECTIVE
Attempting to refill every area of volume loss can create a face that looks heavy or unfamiliar. Dr. Studin evaluates where volume has diminished, where tissues have descended and which changes will help you look great.
A facelift repositions descended tissues and restores definition. Volume restoration addresses selected areas of facial deflation. Depending on your anatomy, the most natural result may involve one approach or a carefully planned combination.
Recovery: Your First Night
The first night after surgery is not something you navigate alone.
Following surgery, Dr. Studin’s patients spend their first night under the care of one of our private-duty registered nurses. Your nurse monitors your early recovery and assists with medication, hydration, positioning and movement, remaining available throughout the night to provide attentive care, support and reassurance.
Recovery: What to Expect
Rest, swelling and bruising are the primary focus. Early visits allow Dr. Studin to follow your healing closely.
As visible swelling improves, many patients begin returning to work and comfortable social activities.
Activity gradually advances according to your healing and Dr. Studin's guidance.
Residual swelling continues to settle as incisions soften and facial contours become increasingly refined.
FACELIFT & NECK LIFT FAQs
COMMON QUESTIONS
No. Candidacy is determined by the changes that have occurred—not by a specific birthday. Your anatomy, health and goals matter more than age alone.
A facelift creates lasting improvement, but it does not stop the aging process. How your face continues to age depends on your anatomy, skin quality, lifestyle and the extent of correction performed. Dr. Studin’s goal is a natural, well-balanced result that continues to age gracefully with you.
Yes, that is the goal. A well-planned facelift should restore more youthful contours without changing the features, expressions and character that make you recognizable. Dr. Studin's approach is designed to preserve your identity, not create a different face.
No. Injectables, lasers and other nonsurgical treatments can improve specific concerns and may be appropriate when aging changes are mild, but they cannot reposition descended facial tissues or remove significant excess skin. When those structural changes are present, surgery provides a different level of correction.
The goal is for people to notice that you look refreshed—not to know why. By restoring facial contours without creating an overly tight or altered appearance, Dr. Studin aims for a result that looks natural both at rest and in motion.
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