As a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon with experience in both aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Fechner combines advanced techniques with a deep understanding of facial anatomy to achieve natural, refined results.
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Your Facelift with Dr. Fechner
For the most elegant and natural look achievable with a facelift, you want to choose the best plastic surgeon in Worcester and Middlesex Counties. Double board-certified facial plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Fechner has gained a reputation as an expert in face and neck lift procedures to rejuvenate the lower face, jawline, and neck. Because of his expertise in facial surgery, even other plastic surgeons and their spouses come to see Dr. Fechner for their procedures.
The facelift represents the quintessential treatment for improving aging changes of the cheek, jawline, and neck. No other treatment can replace this long-lasting facial rejuvenation procedure. Before performing arguably the best facelift in the Boston-area, Dr. Fechner performs a comprehensive analysis of your unique facial anatomy and aging pattern to establish a custom-tailored rejuvenation plan.
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Customized Facelift Treatment Plans
There are various types of facelift procedures to address aging issues, and traditionally, plastic surgeons tend to advocate a single surgical technique. Dr. Fechner feels that this “one facelift fits all” approach should be customized to achieve superior results. Rather than forcing one technique onto each face, he formulates a treatment plan that appropriately addresses the individual's specific aesthetic needs and desires.
Facelift Procedures
Certainly, one facelift is NOT like the other. Patients trust their faces in Dr. Fechner’s hands because his vast experience allows him to take advantage of the range of facelift techniques and fine-tune the procedure to achieve what is most effective for the individual.
Deep Plane Facelift
The deep-plane facelift is a time-proven advancement of the traditional facelift in the quest for improved mid-face rejuvenation that achieves a natural appearance. The High-SMAS facelift represents a modification of the deep plane facelift. Most leaders in facelift surgery, including Dr. Fechner, are convinced that the technically more challenging deep-plane facelift represents the superior approach to natural-looking and long-lasting rejuvenation. As the name implies, by taking advantage of lifting in a deeper tissue plane, a better balance of rejuvenation is achieved, including the cheeks, hereby avoiding the “swept-up” look.
Neck Lift
A neck lift may be considered a partial facelift for the rejuvenation of an aging neck. Dr. Fechner routinely uses a short incision hidden in an under-the-chin skin crease. Dr. Fechner will often perform a platysmaplasty, hereby firming and tightening neck muscles. In addition, he completed a thorough fat reduction from the neck region, which was performed with delicate hand sculpting in conjunction with our gentle neck liposuction in Boston. As a neck lift procedure focuses on the neck only, Dr. Fechner’s Boston neck lift patients find the recovery time fast and quickly return to their professional and social activities – with confidence that they are looking their best.
Corset Platysmaplasty
The most dramatic rejuvenation of the aging neck can be accomplished with a procedure called a “corset platysmaplasty,” a procedure perfected by Dr. Joel Feldman, a now-retired Boston plastic surgeon. Dr. Fechner has used the corset platysmaplasty for more than 10 years and finds this technique powerful for the most difficult necks. This technique differs from all other neck lift approaches by only tightening the platysma muscle where it is the loosest: directly beneath the chin.
Neck Liposuction
In young patients with good skin elasticity, liposuction of the neck is sometimes performed as a stand-alone procedure. It is not uncommon for Dr. Fechner to employ liposuction in conjunction with a face and neck lift. Most people accumulate unwanted fat within the neck; therefore, we consider the removal of such fat very important for an optimal cosmetic outcome.
Finesse Lift
The Finesse Lift is a modification of the traditional facelift. It allows Dr. Fechner to complete the procedure in less time under local anesthesia with a sedative. As the treatment is less extensive and less invasive, recovery time is shortened. In Dr. Fechner’s experience, the Finesse Lift is best suited for younger people in their 30s or 40s who display earlier signs of aging and do not require a more comprehensive facelift procedure.
Midface Lift – Cheek Lift
The mid-face lift is an operation that has been falling out of favor with many experienced facelift surgeons. The goal of a midface procedure was to elevate soft tissues that are drooping from the cheekbone downwards, thereby creating flattening of the cheeks, saggy cheeks, and deepened nasolabial folds. As we understand the 3-dimensional facial changes due to aging, Dr. Fechner finds that volume restoration is the more effective and natural approach to cheek rejuvenation rather than performing a midface lift with its longer recovery.
Revision Facelift
Dr. Fechner is commonly sought after for second or revision facelift surgery. Some patients have had the unfortunate experience of undergoing a facelift that produced an unattractive outcome, looked uneven and strange, or did not fully rejuvenate the face as expected. A revision facelift is a procedure to correct problems after the first surgery or create the look the patient originally hoped to achieve. Common problems requiring facelift corrective surgery by Dr. Fechner are patients left with unsightly jowls, neck laxity, drooping cheeks, or unsightly scars.
Facelift with Fat Transfer (Fat Grafting)
Over his years in professional practice, Dr. Fechner has stressed the importance of volume replacement as a valuable adjunct for elegant and natural-looking facial rejuvenation. During the fat injection procedure, Dr. Fechner harvests the individual’s own fat from other body areas (i.e., abdomen, thighs, etc.).
Why Choose Dr. Fechner? for Your Facelift / Neck Lift
Dr. Frank Fechner is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon with a reputation for precision, skill, and compassionate care. His extensive training and expertise in facial anatomy allow him to perform the deep plane facelift with a level of mastery that yields exceptional, natural-looking results.
With thousands of successful facial procedures performed, Dr. Fechner is a trusted name in facial plastic surgery throughout Massachusetts.
When you choose Dr. Fechner for your facelift, you’re selecting a surgeon who is committed to achieving the most elegant and sophisticated results.
