10/02/2026
When I hear about the new "natural" facelift, it makes me laugh. In my view, it's not new in any way.
There's been a big media push lately. Some surgeons pitch the natural-looking facelift as a breakthrough, tied to a signature technique or even a city.
Most people picture a facelift as that pulled, windswept look. That look is real. We even have a medical name for it: sweep. But it's a telltale of poorly done facelifts from decades ago.
A properly done facelift today should leave you looking rested, not done. Unless you've had many lifts before, other people shouldn't be able to tell.
That standard isn't new. The surgeons who trained me were some of the most famous facelifters in the world, and natural results were their priority. My generation of surgeons, and the ones after us, hold to the same standard. Techniques keep getting more refined. But there hasn't been a revolution.
Some plastic surgery is meant to change what you look like. A facelift isn't one of them. Its job is to help you look like yourself a few years back.
It's still normal to worry about looking pulled. Someone considering a facelift asked me about it the same afternoon I recorded this episode.
Here's how I think about it:
Rejuvenation procedures are not intended to change who you look like.
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