Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Since plastic surgery became popular, procedures have been generally geared and marketed toward women. However, men undergoing plastic surgery procedures have become more common in recent years as male plastic surgery is more commonplace in popular culture and is no longer considered “taboo.”

In the past, facelifts and other forms of facial plastic surgery have been primarily performed on women. While facelifts are still more prevalent among women, an increasing number of men are choosing this option. A facelift is a different procedure for a man than it is for a woman. Not only is a man’s facial anatomy different from a woman’s, but also so are his plastic surgery goals, the surgical technique used to achieve those goals, and the final aesthetic results. Men have thicker skin and stronger bone structure than women do. This can cause a male facelift to be more challenging to perform, and it can be more difficult to achieve the desired results. A facelift often takes significantly more time on a man than it does a woman. Without proper technique, male facelift results can look unnatural. A “cookie-cutter” approach for male facelifts does not work and can lead to failure. An unnatural result from a facelift on a male patient can be very noticeable. Mistakes from male facelifts are not very forgiving, and the stigma of these mistakes can be very hard, if not impossible, to erase.

Unlike women, most men won’t be able to camouflage aesthetic imperfections with makeup or hairstyles. We have all seen poor results of some male celebrities’ facial surgeries, and they are a constant reminder that male facelift surgery requires a skilled plastic surgeon that specializes in this procedure.