Facial surgery
The face is where detection risk lives — everyone you know studies it daily. Every facial procedure here is planned toward the same test: six months out, you look rested and proportional, and no one can say why. Rhinoplasty is the signature procedure of this practice and has its own page.
Is facial surgery right for you?
Candidly: not always. If your concern is skin quality — texture, pigment, fine lines — surgery is the wrong tool, and injectables or resurfacing will serve you better for years yet. Surgery earns its place when the issue is structural: a nose you've disliked from every angle for a decade, a jawline that has genuinely descended, eyelids that rest on your lashes. If you're within a hard deadline, still smoking, or deciding for someone other than yourself, Dr. Vale will tell you to wait. Read Am I ready for surgery? before you book — it will make your consultation better.
Common questions
Will a facelift look tight or pulled?
Not the way Dr. Vale performs it. The pulled look comes from tightening skin; deep-plane technique repositions the tissue underneath and lets the skin lie naturally. The trade-off is a longer operation and a surgeon who does fewer of them per week.
How long before I can be seen in public?
Most facial patients are comfortable at dinner with friends between weeks two and three. Camera-ready — a wedding, a keynote — plan for six weeks. We will give you a week-by-week map before you decide anything.
Can procedures be combined?
Often, and sometimes they should be — a facelift without addressing the neck can look unfinished. Combining means one anesthesia and one recovery, but a longer operation. Dr. Vale will tell you where the sensible line is for your case.
What does the fee include?
Surgeon, accredited facility, and anesthesia — plus all routine follow-up visits for a year. The figure quoted at consultation is confirmed in writing. There are no day-of additions.
Considering injectables instead? Sometimes non-surgical is the honest answer — and sometimes it stops being enough. We wrote a plain guide to that line.
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