What Procedures Can Be Combined With a Facelift? (Updated 2024)

A facelift is one of the most effective ways to address signs of aging and achieve a refreshed, youthful appearance. By tightening sagging skin and rejuvenating facial contours, this procedure delivers transformative results.

It’s common for people to think that a facelift rejuvenates the entire face, but that’s a misconception because a facelift focuses on the bottom two-thirds of the face. We often recommend combining facelift surgery with complementary treatments to further enhance or even prolong your results.

Combining facial rejuvenation procedures is similar to the cliché about embarking on home improvement projects. Upgrading the kitchen tends to make the living room look worse, so you might want to renovate the living room as well. But then there’s the dining room. Ultimately in both cases, it often makes more sense to tackle everything at the same time.

What procedures can be combined with a facelift? Following are some insights we share with patients at our Tracy practice serving the communities of Brentwood, Discovery Bay, Modesto, Livermore, Pleasanton, CA, and beyond. Read on to discover how you can achieve a comprehensive facial rejuvenation tailored for you.

Are You a Good Candidate for a Facelift?

Facelift surgery is ideal for patients who want to reduce visible signs of aging, such as sagging skin, deep wrinkles, and jowls. If you feel your face looks older than you’d like or no longer reflects your inner vitality, a facelift can restore a more youthful appearance.

For those seeking comprehensive facial rejuvenation, combining a facelift with complementary procedures can enhance results and ensure all areas of your face are in harmony. Whether it’s addressing tired-looking eyes with eyelid surgery or adding volume with fat injections, these treatments ensure a tailored, natural-looking outcome.

Additionally, patients who opt for a combination approach often experience the added benefit of streamlined recovery. For example, undergoing multiple treatments during the same surgical session reduces the need for separate recovery periods, allowing you to enjoy your results sooner.

Find out more about your potential with a facelift on our Facelift FAQ page.

Enhance Your Facelift Results With These Procedures

Combining a facelift with additional procedures allows you to address multiple signs of aging simultaneously, creating a more harmonious and balanced outcome. Below are some popular options to enhance or prolong your facelift results:

• Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty): Sagging or drooping eyelids can make you look older or more tired than you feel. Eyelid surgery refreshes your appearance by removing excess skin and fat from the upper or lower eyelids. This procedure is especially beneficial for those whose aging signs are concentrated around the eyes, helping to open up and brighten your overall facial expression.
• Brow Lift: A brow lift complements a facelift by elevating the brows and smoothing forehead wrinkles, creating a naturally refreshed look. This procedure is ideal for individuals who experience sagging eyebrows or deep horizontal lines on their foreheads, both of which can make you look perpetually tired or angry.
• Fat Injections: As we age, volume loss can occur in areas like the cheeks and under the eyes. Fat injections use your own fat to restore volume, adding softness and youthfulness to your face. This procedure not only enhances contours but also provides long-lasting results, as the transferred fat integrates with your existing tissue.
• BOTOX® Cosmetic & Dysport®: These injectable treatments minimize dynamic wrinkles, such as crow’s feet and frown lines, and are a great addition to maintain the youthful look achieved with a facelift. Regular BOTOX sessions can prevent new wrinkles from forming, allowing you to enjoy smoother skin for years to come.
• Dermal Fillers: Fillers like JUVÉDERM® or Restylane® can restore volume to areas like the nasolabial folds and lips, creating smoother and plumper facial contours. These treatments work well for targeting deeper creases that a facelift alone may not fully address.
• Skin Resurfacing: Facelift surgery improves facial structure, but skin resurfacing treatments like laser therapy or chemical peels can refine skin tone and texture for a radiant finish. These treatments are particularly effective for addressing sun damage, fine lines, and uneven pigmentation.

By incorporating one or more of these procedures, you can target specific concerns and achieve a more complete transformation.

Benefits of Combining Procedures

There are several advantages to combining facial contouring procedures in a single operation. These include:

• Comprehensive results: A facelift often meets the cosmetic goals of patients concerned about sagging cheeks, jowls, or lack of definition along the jawline. But signs of aging around the eyes and forehead will remain unless addressed with other procedures.
• Minimizing the need for anesthesia: Even though the risks of undergoing cosmetic surgery are low, it’s a good idea to limit the number of times you need to have a general anesthetic. By combining procedures, you only have to undergo anesthesia once.
• Experiencing a single recovery period: Having to take time off from work or other activities for facelift recovery is something you must plan for, and many people find it difficult to fit multiple recoveries into their schedules.
• When you combine procedures, you only need to plan for one recovery, and it’s important to note that combining procedures doesn’t require a longer recovery time. So you’ll be back to working and exercising in a similar amount of time as if you just had a facelift.
• Cost-effectiveness: Certain plastic surgery fees will be charged whether you have one or multiple procedures. For example, every plastic surgery incurs an operating room fee and an anesthesia fee. With combined procedures, you only have to pay these fees once, and even though a combined surgery will take longer than if you were only getting a facelift, the surgery will still be less costly than if you were to have multiple, separate surgeries.

Combining procedures is a smart way to maximize your results while minimizing disruptions to your life. By addressing multiple areas of concern at once, you can achieve beautiful results more efficiently and affordably with less hassle.

What’s Right for You?

Every face is unique, and the right combination of treatments depends on your specific concerns and aesthetic goals. During your consultation, Dr. McNemar will take the time to understand your needs and recommend a personalized treatment plan. This tailored approach ensures that you achieve balanced, natural-looking results that reflect your beauty at every age.

Dr. McNemar also provides guidance on the timing of treatments to help you maximize your results. For example, certain non-surgical options like BOTOX or skin resurfacing can be scheduled at regular intervals after your facelift to maintain and refine your refreshed appearance.

Let’s Plan Your Transformation

Combining treatments with your facelift is a powerful way to elevate your results and enjoy a more complete facial makeover. Whether you’re considering eyelid surgery, injectables, or skin resurfacing, Dr. McNemar can help you create a customized plan that brings out your best self.

If you’re concerned about facial aging, we’re happy to discuss your options with you. We invite you to Request a consultation online or call (209) 834-0626 to schedule your appointment.