Tansavatdi Facial Plastic Surgery

Tansavatdi Facial Plastic Surgery Helping Women Reclaim Themselves
13+ years Deep Plane Facelift
Endoscopic Deep Plane Facelift
Westlake Village, California, USA
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Welcome to Tansavatdi Facial Plastic Surgery. Dr. Kristina Tansavatdi is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon specializing in face and neck procedures out of her office in Ventura County, California. "I was able to see how my work could affect people's lives. I saw patients come in with more self-confidence, they felt better about themselves, and it showed. That's when I realized my wor

k could serve a higher purpose." To learn more about Dr. Tansavatdi and her dedication to creating positive change, visit us at our website at www.facesbydrt.com or call us at 805.243.0640.

08/12/2026

Upper Eyelid Surgery Can Treat the Wrong Problem

Patients often assume that visible skin over the upper eyelids must mean that skin should be removed.

But the area where heaviness appears is not always where it begins.

Before recommending upper eyelid surgery, I evaluate the position of the brows, the amount excess skin upper eyelid skin, and how much distance remains between the eyelid crease and the brows.

🧠 Upper eyelid surgery and a brow lift correct different sources of heaviness.

Upper eyelid surgery removes excess eyelid skin when the brow is already sitting in an appropriate position.

When the brow sits too low, removing eyelid skin alone may further decrease the distance between the brows and upper eyelids. It can also result in the upper lids looking more hollow or over sculpted. It can also change how someone looks. This is one the main reasons why I take a conservative approach when it comes to recommending upper eyelid surgery.

Sometimes the correct plan involves both procedures, but the order matters.

I do not plan surgery around the skin that is easiest to remove. I plan it around where the heaviness actually begins.

That distinction matters because an operation can be performed technically well and still feel incomplete when it corrects the visible symptom instead of its source.

This is also why two patients with similar upper-eyelid hooding may need completely different surgical plans.

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08/10/2026

Does a Brow Lift Change the Eyes?

When patients tell me they are afraid a brow lift will change the shape of their eyes, what they are really asking is whether the surgical plan will preserve what already feels familiar about their face.

That cannot be answered by the procedure name alone.

I do not plan every brow lift the same way. I look at where the brow sits, which area has descended, how much heaviness is coming from the upper eyelids, and whether a patient is actually requesting to shape their brows or the outer corner of the eyes.

🧠 A natural brow lift and a fox-eye procedure are not interchangeable. One restores brow position and reduces heaviness around the upper eyelids. The other intentionally changes the shape of the eyes.

The difference comes down to anatomy, goals of the patient, and the surgical plan discussed ahead of time.

Two patients can request the brow lift surgery, while wanting completely different outcomes.

During consultation, I discuss what plan to reposition, what will remain untouched, and whether the goal is to restore your natural frame or intentionally reshape it.

My goal is not to give every patient the same brow shape. It is to create a result that fits the eyes, forehead, hairline, and natural expression already there.

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08/04/2026

✨ Why A Neck Lift May Not Be Enough ✨

Many patients, women and men, come to me certain that their neck is the problem.

They see a wattle and loose skin under the chin, double chin and fullness in the neck, or a jawline that no longer looks defined. Because that is where the change is most visible, an isolated neck lift feels like the obvious solution.

But I do not plan surgery around the area a patient points to.

I plan it around where the aging actually begins.

🧠 The face and neck often age together. As the cheeks and lower face descend, it creates jowling, and adds heaviness to the jawline and neck. The neck may be where the problem becomes most noticeable, even when the aging actually started above.

This is why tightening the neck or a liposuction alone is not enough, especially when there is enough laxity and loose skin. The tissues that have descended have to be lifted and repositioned. The excess skin needs to go somewhere.

Two patients can dislike the same part of their neck and still need completely different surgical plans.

My role is to educate and not simply to perform the procedure a patient requests. It is to determine whether that procedure addresses the source of where the aging or change is coming from.

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✨Facelift Surgery Begins Before the First Incision✨Most patients see the consultation, the day of surgery, and the recov...
08/03/2026

✨Facelift Surgery Begins Before the First Incision✨

Most patients see the consultation, the day of surgery, and the recovery.

What they do not see is how much of the operation has already begun before I ever enter the operating room.

Before every surgery, I review the patient in front of me, not simply the name of the procedure we are performing.

I study her anatomy, photographs, existing asymmetries, prior treatments, and the procedures we are planning together.

That review shapes the surgical plan.

And the plan shapes the room.

The instruments, equipment, positioning, and sequence of the operation should reflect the exact surgery we are preparing to perform.

My team also needs to understand that plan clearly.

We know our roles.

We communicate consistently.

We anticipate what may be needed next.

That preparation reduces avoidable distractions once surgery begins and allows us to remain focused on the patient in front of us.

A calm operating room is rarely accidental.

It is usually the result of decisions and communication that happened long before the patient arrived.

Many of these details are invisible to the patient, but they support the safety, comfort, and attention surrounding her care.

Preparation creates a more deliberate surgical environment where the surrounding details support the work being performed.

Preparation is not separate from the surgery.

It is part of the surgery.

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07/29/2026

✨ My Endoscopic Facelifts Are Still Deep Plane ✨

One of the biggest misconceptions I hear about an Endoscopic Facelift is that smaller hidden incisions must mean a smaller or weaker lift. In my approach, that is not how this procedure works.

The incision is what patients notice first, but it is not what determines the strength of an endoscopic deep plane facelift. What matters is what those smaller incisions still allow me to reach underneath the surface.

In an endoscopic deep plane facelift, I am still working in the deeper layers. The lift is not coming from simply pulling skin from the outside. The fallen cheek fat pads and jowl fat pads are lifted directly, because those are the tissues that create heaviness around the mouth, cheeks, and jawline when they descend.

Those tissues are then secured to a stable structure, which in my approach is the deep temporalis fascia. That is why the strength of the lift is not coming from the incision being smaller. It is coming from directly lifting the fallen tissue and fixing it to something stable.

This is also why smaller incisions do not automatically mean easier downtime. Recovery can be similar to an open deep plane facelift, and some patients can even have more swelling through the center of the face because that is where the deeper fat pads are being directly lifted and secured.

So yes, hidden incisions are part of the benefit of my endoscopic deep plane facelift, but it’s not the whole story.

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07/22/2026

✨ Why Jowls Aren’t Just Loose Skin ✨

Here’s the part most people get wrong about jowls.
They’re not caused by extra skin. They’re caused by displaced support.

Jowls form when the deeper structures of the face lose strength over time. The fat pads that once sat higher in the face begin to descend, settling along the jawline and creating heaviness in the lower face. This happens because of loss of collagen and structural support, and the fat pads descending. This is why skin tightening treatments or laser resurfacing alone can’t lift the jowls. Those treatments work more surface-level. Jowls are a structural problem, not a skin-quality problem.

🧠 To truly address jowls, the support underneath has to be lifted. In a deep plane facelift, I work below the SMAS layer to release and reposition the ligaments that hold the lower face. This allows the fat pads to be repositioned to where they naturally belong, above the jawline. The result is a definition without a tight or artificial look.

Understanding why something is happening is key and guides the right solution.

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✨ He Lost 80 Pounds - Why A Neck Lift Is Not Enough ✨This patient of mine had a deep plane facelift and neck lift in his...
07/20/2026

✨ He Lost 80 Pounds - Why A Neck Lift Is Not Enough ✨

This patient of mine had a deep plane facelift and neck lift in his mid 40s. He had a neck wattle he wanted to address. He always noticed that a double chin and neck wattle runs in his family. As his weight came off, the excess loose skin became even more prominent and his face sagged even more. He regularly found himself resting his chin on his knuckles or buttoning his shirts higher to cover the area.

When he came in, he wanted his appearance to reflect the work and commitment he had already put into his health.

This was not simply a matter of removing skin with an isolated neck lift. The deeper tissues have descended from the upper face - the cheeks down to the jawline, and neck, so these areas needed to be treated as one connected facial unit. The plan also had to address the deeper neck structure contributing to the heaviness appearance.

He is now 3 months out and the refinement will continue in the next few months. I’m so happy for him and so appreciative that he chose to share with all of you! 🙏🏼

Here’s what he underwent:
✔️ Extended Deep Plane Facelift
✔️ Deep Neck Lift + Deep Neck Contouring
✔️ Endoscopic Midface Lift
✔️ Lower Blepharoplasty with Fat Transposition

🧠 After major weight loss, a double chin or neck wattle may become more noticeable. But by the time jowling is visible, aging has often not happened in just one isolated area. The mid face, jawline, and neck usually change together because the tissues are descending as one connected unit. That is why a neck lift is so often not separated from a facelift. To create a more defined jawline and neck, those areas often need to be treated together.

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07/15/2026

If you are choosing a Facelift based on the name alone, you may be missing the part that matters most.

A lot of patients come into consultation confused by all the terminology: mini facelift, SMAS facelift, deep plane facelift, endoscopic facelift, and branded facelift names. That confusion makes sense, because not every surgeon uses the same language, and sometimes the name of the procedure sounds more clear than what is actually being done underneath the skin.

That is why I tell patients not to stop at the name. The more important question is: what layer is being lifted, where is the tension being placed, and are the tissues causing the sagging actually being addressed?

If a lift relies mostly on the skin, too much tension can end up showing at the surface. If a lift goes deeper but does not fully release the structures holding the fallen tissue down, the correction may still be limited. A deep plane facelift is different because it works underneath the SMAS layer and releases the deeper attachments, so the fallen cheek and jowl tissues can be lifted more directly.

This is why facelift names can be misleading. The name does not always tell you where the real work is happening. The question needs to go beyond “Do you do this named lift?” The better question is whether the layer causing the heaviness and the root cause of sagging are actually being addressed and lifted in a way that will look natural.

Different surgeons may use different words, but what matters most is understanding what is being lifted, how it is done and whether that plan matches your anatomy, goals and your aesthetic vision of what a natural outcome looks like.

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✨ Jill’s Facelift Journey ✨Nine months after her Facelift, Jill shared something that reflects exactly why I do this wor...
07/13/2026

✨ Jill’s Facelift Journey ✨

Nine months after her Facelift, Jill shared something that reflects exactly why I do this work: she feels like her face finally matches how she feels inside.

Before surgery, Jill was stepping into a new chapter. After years in healthcare operations, she made the decision to go to law school and become an attorney. She felt energized and ready for that next part of her life, but when she looked in the mirror, her face did not feel aligned with that.

This is where my promise to patients matters. I want to understand the woman, her story, her concerns, and what she is hoping to recognize again. I do not look at a face as a list of procedures. For Jill, that meant addressing the her tired and aged appearance that did not match the vitality she feels, address the volume loss, aging around the mouth, and skin quality together so the result felt authentic to her.

Here’s what she underwent:
✔️ Deep Plane Facelift
✔️ Endoscopic Midface Lift
✔️ Deep Neck Lift
✔️ Facial Fat Transfer
✔️ Subnasal + Corner Lip Lift
✔️ CO2 Laser Resurfacing

🧠 A facelift can restore support and address the deeper structures in the face and neck, but it does not replace volume loss or improve skin texture by itself. When hollowing, tired appearance, aging around the mouth, and skin quality are also part of the concern, a more complete plan may include fat transfer, lip lift, and CO2 laser resurfacing. At 9 months, swelling has softened significantly, while subtle refinement can still continue toward the one-year mark.

🙏 Thank you, Jill, for allowing others to learn through your journey. Your openness helps women understand that facial rejuvenation is not about changing who they are. It can be about feeling seen, understood, and more like themselves again.

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
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07/09/2026

A lot of people blame dark circles on sleep, allergies, or a skin issue, but the lower eyelid anatomy may be the real reason.

When the area under the eyes looks darker, the instinct is to treat the skin itself with more sleep, eye creams, allergy treatments, or concealer. But for many patients, the darkness is not always true pigment. Sometimes, it is shadowing.

That shadow can happen when there is hollowing, volume loss, thin skin, visible vessels, or lower eyelid fat pads. When the lower eyelid and cheek junction loses support, light can hit the area unevenly. The eye bag may catch light, while the hollow underneath creates a shadow that makes the under eye look darker.

That is why the solution depends on the cause.

If the issue is hollowing, fat grafting may help restore support and soften the shadow. If lower eyelid bags are contributing to the contour, lower eyelid surgery may be needed to reposition the fat and smooth the transition over the rim of the bone. Sometimes both are needed.

This does not mean allergies, pigmentation, or skin quality can never play a role. But when dark circles do not improve with the usual fixes, the structure underneath has to be evaluated.

The mistake is treating every dark circle like a surface problem.

For many patients, the more important issue is the contour between the lower eyelid and the cheek. When that contour is smoother, the shadowing can improve and the under eye can look more rested and rejuvenated.

What questions do you have about the undereye area?

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