Patient education
Facelift vs fillers: the guides
Eight guides to the lift-or-filler decision, written so that neither option is presented as the default and neither is described as a stepping stone to the other. Start with the assessment, then read the two guides on what each option cannot do.
All guides
8 guides
- Facelift or Filler? Start With the Problem, Not the ProcedureDeciding
- What a Surgical Lift Changes, and What It CannotSurgery
- Dermal Fillers: What They Do and Where They StopFillers
- Downtime Compared: After a Lift and After FillerDowntime
- How Long Results Last: Lift and Filler ComparedDurability
- Reversibility: What Can Be Undone, and What CannotReversibility
- What Drives the Cost of a Lift and of FillerCost
- When Neither a Lift Nor Filler Is the Right AnswerNeither
Not sure which change is dominant in your face?
An assessment starts with that question rather than with a treatment. We will say plainly what each option changes, what each leaves exactly as it is, and what we would advise if neither is the right answer. Neither option is a default here.