Dr. David Gay

We split up her surgeries and did a blepharoplasty first and then I did a deep plane, preservation face and neck lift. Doesn’t she look great?

6 weeks after a deep plane, preservation facelift. Look at that jawline! And the quality of the skin of the neck. You can inject and laser, but nothing does as much as lifting!

I perform several styles of brow lifts. What I don’t do is over lift brows. Nobody wants to look surprised all the time! For this patient I did an upper blepharoplasty and a pretrichial brow lift. For the pretrichial brow lift I make the incision right at the front of the hairline. There is a small risk of a visible scar, but it blends nicely for most people. The benefit is lifting the brows while removing excess forehead skin and wrinkles without making the forehead taller.

Unilateral ptosis repairs in young adults is one of my favorite things to fix. In this group I usually perform an internal surgery meaning the surgery is done on the inside of the eyelid. This hides the scars and can give a beautiful lift with natural eyelid contours.

Scar revisions can be hard for patients. In essence it is starting over. While some scars can be improved with time and laser, some scars are best addressed surgically. The scar is removed and meticulous reconstruction is performed. Basically you are trading a bad scar for a good scar. It takes time, but is often worth it. Note: The lighting is different in the second photo since I saw her at a satellite office without a photo room for her final post-op visit.

Of course I had planned to make a beautiful cake for the first anniversary for the practice, but I was too busy! Maybe for year 2.