Renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Ellenbogen of Los Angeles, CA, believes that the incision in front of the ear is a thing of the past for many facelift patients. With his improved technique and years of evaluating and monitoring patients, he has perfected the incision-less facelift technique. This revolutionary procedure requires minimal downtime, bandages for only one day and no bed rest. Due its lack of invasiveness, incision-less facelift provides patients with a more natural look than can often be obtained with a traditional facelift.
When performing incision-free facelift, Dr. Ellenbogen removes stem cells from the patient’s own fat and injects them into areas that need repair but not volume. With this groundbreaking technique, Dr. Ellenbogen is able to tighten the skin and pores, giving a youthful shine to the skin. Moreover, by placing fat precisely in certain areas of the upper face, an actual lift of the face is possible. As a result of this innovative procedure, facial wrinkles and adult-onset acne can be noticeably diminished, while discoloration such as sunspots can be markedly minimized.
Dr. Richard Ellenbogen is considered a world class expert in facelift surgery winning the award of the International College of Clinical Plastic Surgeons and has enhanced the appearance of numerous Los Angeles facelift patients by giving them youthful, realistic results at his practice in Beverly Hills. The information below is intended to inform potential Los Angeles and Beverly Hills face lift patients who may be considering the procedure at Beverly Hills Body.
For 30 years Dr. Ellenbogen has worked on perfecting a facelift that is natural and less invasive — truly making his patients look younger:
- Dr. Ellenbogen is considered by many an expert in achieving almost perfect necks and jawlines and has authored two textbook chapters on how to avoid the “done” look.
- Dr. Ellenbogen shortened the incision by 60%, eliminated the annoying bandage after the first day as well as most pain and having to recover in bed. He uses an incision 1/3 to 1/2 the length of that widely practiced currently.
- Dr. Ellenbogen’s facelifts address both aging processes — sagging and deflating (loss of fat). In fact, some Beverly Hills facelift patients may require no correction of the sagging and can be improved with only fat grafting into the areas of loss.
- Dr. Ellenbogen’s facelifts harness the power of your own stem cells to make skin virtually glow by making the pores appear smaller, as well as reducing pigmentations and wrinkles.
Many of you have read our scientific journal articles in the New York Times or seen our patients on television, and need more information on the Stem Cell Facelift. Stem cells (reparative cells), believed at one time to be only found in embryonic tissue (which were banned in the US), were discovered in liposuction fat in 2002. They have been used experimentally in repairing everything from heart muscles to broken spinal cords, to making new pancreases for diabetics. The Stem Cell Facelift is an operation which can achieve a truly realistic younger look. Further, the benefits of the stem cells increase over time, and include making the skin virtually glow by making the pores appear smaller, reducing pigmentations and reducing wrinkles. Stem cells cannot accomplish everything in many cases, so it should be noted that the skin must also be tightened if it is too loose, or neck muscles may need to be tightened for the heavier neckline.
