It is not uncommon for patients to say they have avoided plastic surgery on their faces because they feared they would look unnatural after surgery. If you as a non-plastic surgeon can tell someone has had cosmetic facial surgery, it wasn't done well. Dr. Flint is fully committed to creating natural results and points out that younger faces don't look stretched or tight, and neither should you. A refreshed version of you should be the goal, not looking like someone your friends and family don't recognize. Facial rejuvenation procedures offered:
With the techniques Dr. Flint employs, tissues are re-positioned into areas they lived in during an earlier time in life, not moved into unnatural positions they never lived in. Additionally, she uses a double layer technique, so the deeper tissues of the face that sag, causing jowls and sagging necks are snugly tightened, but the skin is gently re-draped with no tension. The deep tissues are moved up, because that is where they were in early adulthood, but the skin goes back. No tension should ever be-applied to the skin as it can distort the ear or hairline and create an unnatural tightness in the face.
Dr. Flint encourages her patients to embrace her three prong approach to facial rejuvenation. She points out that surgery alone does not provide the home run result she wants to provide. If the skin is not in excellent shape, it diminishes the result, so she prescribes personalized skin care programs and chemical peels to her patients. Additionally, in the past, some surgeons used tension to flatten the deep lines that can occur between the nose and the mouth or around the lips. This tension creates distortion of features and should be avoided. Instead of tension, fillers are used to elevate the wrinkles and fill furrows, resulting in a more natural appearance.
In considering facial rejuvenation, it is so very important that you select the appropriate Scottsdale cosmetic surgeon to evaluate your appearance and to perform the procedures. Because there are no scope of practice laws in Arizona, a doctor does not have to undergo even one day of training in a plastic surgery residency program to call themselves a plastic surgeon. To insure your safety, ask your doctor which medical board they are certified by. If it is not the American Board of Plastic Surgery, you may want to look further. Seek a surgeon with a great deal of experience, and don't be shy about asking how many of the procedures you are interested in the doctor has performed.
Dr. Flint has a passion for facial rejuvenation surgeries and performs three times more facelifts per year than the average reported by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Call to arrange a consultation with her so she can personally assist you in recouping the appearance you desire.
Convenient Phoenix locations:
Scottsdale Office
7301 E. Second St., Suite 200
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
Ph: (480) 945-3300
Fax: (480) 945-3388
Mesa Office
1520 S. Dobson, Suite 218
Mesa, Arizona 85202
Ph: (480) 945-3300
Fax: (480) 945-3388
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Board certified female plastic surgeon Dr. Patti Flint specializes in breast augmentation in Scottsdale and Mesa Arizona. She also performs a number cosmetic surgery procedures for the body, breast, face and skin including facelift, liposuction, breast reduction, tummytuck and a number of skin rejuvenation procedures.
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