Viddler

Sarasota Surgical Arts
Face Lift Bradenton - Smart Lift Scars
http://www.sarasotasurgicalarts.com

Usually during my consultations, I often get the question of where exactly are my scars going to be if I have the Smart Lift? And I really take pride in telling people where the scars are going to be. First, there's going to be a small scar hidden underneath our chin that's usually imperceptible. Secondly, there's some scars that are going to be around our ears in well-hidden places. We start out in the hair line right by your sideburn, and the reason we start out there is because I found that if I create a certain scar, that the hair will actually grow through it, and it will become almost invisible after about a month to a month and a half. Then we use the contours of the ear to create the rest of the scar. And I like to keep the scar inside and hidden as well as well as I can. Then we turn the corner and sort of end the incision, and the scar ends right behind our ear lobe. That's pretty much the end point for the Smart Lift where our scars are going to be. And what's really nice about this and what people really appreciate and what I really enjoy is that I don't have to extend it back into peoples' hair line, and that is something that is usually part of the traditional face lift that I've sort of gotten away from. And by doing so, I've seen that, a lot of times, that area has very little blood supply sometimes, so you can actually end up getting some scarring problems as well as some hair loss. So by moving away from that, I avoid all of those issues. Plus, a lot of times there's a potential to have hair loss. And you know, people really appreciate the fact that we're moving away from that, but less surgery, less swelling, quicker down time, quicker recovery. And this is really the area that we see a lot of the magic, because people will come back . . .