Let’s continue this week’s article with a quiz:
What is one of the most important factors in choosing a facelift surgeon?
A. Their social media following
B. Their years of surgical experience and board certification
C. Their office décor
D. Their discount pricing
E. The city they practice in
✅ B. Their years of surgical experience and board certification
Credentials and experience are critical for safety and natural results. Social media, office décor, and discounts should never outweigh proper training and skill. Dr. Bunkis has over 40 years of excellence in facial rejuvenation! (Consistently the one of the most common cosmetic surgical procedure by Dr Bunkis.)
Facial rejuvenation remains one of the most popular aesthetic plastic surgery procedure in my practice here at Orange County Plastic Surgery in Corona Del Mar/Newport Beach, CA. One of the most common questions I hear from patients considering facial rejuvenation is: “What will I look like after surgery?” My answer is simple: the goal of a facelift is not to make you look like someone else, but to help you look more like you did before sagging and aging set in.
Over time, gravity, sun exposure, and the natural loss of collagen cause our tissues to loosen. Jowls form along the jawline, cheeks flatten, and skin begins to sag in the neck. While healthy living can slow these changes, no cream or exercise can truly prevent or reverse them. This is where facelift surgery comes in.
A facelift repositions and tightens the deeper facial tissues, restores youthful contours, and removes sagging skin. This gives patients a refreshed, rested appearance—closer to the way they looked years earlier. What a facelift does not do, however, is change the quality of the skin itself. If the skin has been significantly weathered by sun damage or aging, treatments such as chemical peels or lasers may be added to improve texture, pigmentation, and fine wrinkles.
