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If you're thinking about having a facelift, you're probably interested in getting the best treatment from a plastic surgeon who understands and practices the latest, least invasive, most effective techniques. Many modern facelifts can be performed under local anesthesia, making the process safer and simpler, and new surgical techniques result in quick healing and invisible scarring. Ideally, your cosmetic surgeon will also have a passion for creating the most perfect facelift for you, for your most perfect face. But how do you find the best facelift doctors? And how do you get the face that you want, while still looking absolutely like yourself once the facelift is done?

Before you choose a doctor to perform your facelift, it helps to know the results you want to see. Perhaps you're unhappy with lines on the forehead, between the mouth and nose or around the chin and neck. You may be suffering from dark eye circles or sagging skin around your jaw line. All these conditions can be easily corrected with the right surgery, and with modern methods, facelift recovery times have never been shorter. Dr. Amiya Prasad, http://www.draprasad.com creator of the Smartlift' Quick Recovery Facelift, focuses on minimal risk and maximal gain as well as the artistic process of making your face look younger and more beautiful. Using endoscopes, small cameras that allow surgeons to operate in tiny spaces, the facelift procedure has changed dramatically. The procedure, which once took four hours, now takes about half the time; large incisions across the entire scalp have been replaced with small ones in selected places and recovery times are greatly decreased. Old fashioned facelifts often took one to two months of recovery time: busy people appreciate the fact that recovery from the Smartlift' takes about a week.

Along with more precise surgical interventions, targeted results mean that facelifts look completely natural: you simply look ten to fifteen years younger and fresher'not "plastic" and certainly not facelifted. Artistry in cosmetic surgery is key to achieving natural and lovely results: the best facelift surgeons take the time to discuss your options fully, listening to your desires and making suggestions based on long experience and an eye attuned to the aesthetics of the face. As an oculofacial surgeon, one of only 500 in the world, Dr. Prasad has experience not only with facelifts but also vast experience working in the eye region. In cosmetic surgery, perfecting the eyes, erasing lines and lifting lids is the most precise work, because the eyes show everything. Our eyes are our main mode of communication, and when someone "looks tired or angry based on the appearance of their eyes, we know exactly what is wrong without them having to say a word.' According to Dr. Prasad, 'There are many approaches to performing a facelift. Great Cosmetic surgeons are great artists. They have to be able to see the youthful face that needs to break free from the aging changes of time. My job is to deliver this beautiful, rejuvenated face as artistically as possible to the client so that it is in line with his or her cosmetic goals.'

One of the major stumbling blocks of surgeons using older facelift methods is that they leave the face looking different to the point that patients are complimented by acquaintances on their surgery. A great facelift shouldn't be recognized! Facelifts aren't just about looking smoother and firmer: your face should still be recognizably and uniquely you. The right cosmetic surgeon will take into account the individual nature of your features while designing a customized facelift procedure that addresses your unique needs.

So before seeking plastic surgery, have an idea of what's most important to you. Look at work the surgeon has already done; especially for the type of procedures you're interested in. Ask to see before and after photos of patients, and in consultation, make sure your surgeon knows what you want and that he or she is willing to explain the surgery in depth and discuss the potential results with you. Finally, consider the artistry of your cosmetic surgeon: you want someone who sees the big picture, who uses the latest, least invasive procedures and who is willing to spend the time making sure you're informed and comfortable'from the initial consultation through your recovery.

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