Have you been thinking about restoring your image for quite some time now, but are terrified of ending up with that bad, “surgical” look? The reason why you haven’t done a facelift yet is because you haven’t found a surgeon that is able to restore your image. Facial enhancement is a delicate art that, if performed correctly, will leave you looking rejuvenated instead of artificial, windswept, or “frozen.” You don’t want your face restoration to be obvious, you just want to look beautifully restored.
Let’s look into the 8 Major Signs of a Bad Facelift
- Short Healing Timeline
In this day and age, as consumers, we seek out quick fixes with fast recovery time. This can be due to things like social obligations and fear of what others may think. The cosmetic and plastic surgery industry has fallen victim to this as well. You constantly see surgeons boasting of their short healing times, proudly showing off how “good” their patients look just weeks after surgery. Although it’s tempting to go with the surgeon who will have you looking good after just a few weeks, the short healing time speaks volumes on the quality of the surgery. The shorter the healing, the less lasting effects you will have from your procedure. In a matter of years, you will look how you did before the surgery, or in most cases, even worse. Yes, Dr. BYUN’s healing time is significantly longer than others; This is because he is actually repositioning the muscles and other tissues, placing them back to the location they fell from. The extended recovery time is always worth it, as your aging trajectory is permanently changed. You will look better and age better as the years go by.
- Stuffed, Puffy Faces – the Use of Fat & Fillers
Another reason some surgical patients can look good right after surgery is because of the fat grafts and fillers placed in their face to “restore volume.” In theory, it sounds great. However, adding additional and unnecessary volume to the face creates the classic “stuffed” face. This becomes more and more apparent with long term use, as you have to upkeep these procedures to maintain volume. As you age, you appear more puffy, swollen, and again, “stuffed.” The dependence on these fillers and fat grafts sends surgical patients on a wild goose chase, constantly chasing the high of how they used to look. Continuing to add to the face will make your appearance worse (think Madonna, Lady Gaga, Simon Cowell, Chrissy Teigen). This is why Dr. BYUN has always been an advocate for NOT ADDING ANYTHING to the face. You do not need additional fillers or fat grafts to restore what you once had! The displaced volume (your own tissues) simply need to be put back to where they were before the aging process began.
- Total Loss of Unique Appearance & Beauty
Going hand in hand with stuffed, puffy faces + prolonged use of fillers/fat grafts is the loss of one’s individuality. Your unique, one of a kind face and features become wide, stretched and puffy, melting into each other. Many surgical patients lose their chiseled, sculpted appearance, and begin looking rounded and uncomfortable. Because facial plastic surgeons are still using the same facelift technique as was used 100 years ago, their results all look very similar. Everyone starts to look exactly the same. Dr. BYUN believes that your unique features are already beautiful. His goal is for you to look like YOU, and not someone else. He is passionate about restoring your natural beauty, not destroying it.
- Only Looks Good with Makeup or from a Certain Angle
Many surgical patients, especially celebrities, can look great but usually only when photographed from certain angles, and they’re always wearing a lot of makeup. Think Madonna again- on her Instagram, many may browse her page and think, “wow, she looks great for her age.” But, when you see videos, or photos from her live appearances and concerts, the truth is revealed. You see the tissue irregularities that come from bad plastic surgery, clear as day. She looks lumpy, bumpy, stuffed, and pulled. You can see her muscles drooping through her tight, stretched skin. This is the case for many that undergo plastic surgery. With Dr. BYUN’s repair, his patients look good from every angle, makeup or no makeup. This is because he is the ONLY plastic surgeon repositioning the muscles, placing them back to the location they fell from. He takes pride in his patients finding their new confidence, as they truly look amazing 24/7. There are no calculated photos, lighting tricks, or makeup looks that make his patients look better than they do in person with no makeup.
- Pulled, Tight Face
A classic giveaway that someone had work done is painfully tight looking skin. The mouth area is usually the most obvious. One’s mouth becomes widened and stretched like the Joker. The cheek area looks like it has been pulled to the back of the patient’s head – because it has! Many surgeons cut away excess skin to create a more firm, “wrinkle-free,” youthful look. This is unfortunate for many reasons, but mainly because YOU NEED the extra skin that was taken away. Having a completely smooth face, free of wrinkles and fine lines sounds like a dream, until you see it in action. Having such a stretched canvas creates the dreaded “plastic,” artificial look that many are beginning to dislike. With a BYUN repair, nothing is added or subtracted. Your skin is re-draped over your new structure, miraculously resizing itself to fit. You will not look stretched, or tight. You will still have wrinkles and fine lines, but that is perfectly fine, as you will still look like YOU.
- Abnormal & Rapid Aging
Dr. BYUN always says, “Do not add to or subtract anything from your face.” You need everything you have and nothing of what you don’t. With constant adding to and subtracting from the face, you are playing with fire. Brief moments of looking great are tainted by the unavoidable reality of these procedures: you begin to alter the aging process in a negative way. This is becoming more and more clear as it has become more common for young people to get procedures done. Kylie Jenner has been getting small, “harmless” procedures such as filler since she was a teen. Again, in photos, she may look good to some. But, when you see videos of her, or candid photos not orchestrated by her team, the truth comes out. In her 20s, she is already looking like (what many say) a 40 year old with bad plastic surgery. The filler has very clearly migrated down, pulling her muscles down with it, creating heaviness and lumps all throughout her tissues. This is reality for many surgical patients. Once their procedure falls flat, they are told to pump up the face again with fillers and fat. This harms the aging process, making you look older, quicker. Dr. BYUN created a revolutionary technique, allowing his patients to age BETTER for years to come after their procedure.
- Unnatural Appearance (“Alien” or “Cat” Look)
Joan Rivers, or Jocelyn Wildenstein (more famously “Cat Woman”) made this look famous. Their procedures may have been done years ago, and deemed as dated, which is true. However, many surgeons are still using these dated techniques. The cat-like appearance has become more subtle as technologies advance, but it is still very common. Surgical patients look unnatural, and not themselves. This causes many who would like to improve their appearance scared that they will end up looking bizarre. The sad truth is, many surgeons do not know how to properly restore one’s face. They rely on the same archaic methods and coin it something different, because really, it is all they know. This lead Dr. BYUN to step outside of the box and create his signature technique during his residency at Northwestern University. He was tired of seeing beautiful faces ruined by old ways of thinking. You deserve to look like your best self, not an altered cartoon version of yourself.
- Bad Scar Patterns
Behind the ears, in front of the ears, and under the chin. We’ve all seen the massive scars that facelifts leave behind. Even the hidden scars become very visible when hair is moved. Many people are very ashamed of their scars, because they don’t look good, but also because they give away the fact that they have had work done. Surgeons oftentimes create bigger incisions to create an easier surgery for themselves. Bad scars are created when too much tension is placed on the incision site, or when the incision is too large. Many surgeons do not know how to properly hide incisions, or possess the ability to work using small incisions. Because of his method and use of an endoscope, Dr. BYUN’s scar pattern is seamless, and can be perfectly camouflaged. Patients are always proud to show their close friends and family their “scar free” look.
Meet Dr. Michael BYUN
Face restoration expert Dr. Michael BYUN possesses extensive experience with facial enhancement and has performed countless face restoration surgeries throughout his career, leaving his patients looking the best they’ve looked in years.
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