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Tips to Maintain Your Band Aid Mini Facelift Results

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smiling-female-faceAs a double board-certified plastic surgeon, I’ve been performing my signature Band Aid Mini Facelift for nearly 25 years now. Even after all that time, I never get tired of seeing how excited my patients are when they begin to see their results. For many of them, it refreshes their self-confidence in an incredibly meaningful way.

It’s important to remember, though, that no cosmetic surgery can prevent future aging, so you will eventually see new wrinkles and skin laxity. While your Band Aid Mini Facelift can repair a lot of the past damage that aging has done, there are steps you can take to minimize future aging and help your mini facelift results last longer. Incorporate these helpful tips after your surgery.

Make Lifestyle Changes for Your Skin’s Health

Youthful skin is healthy skin. There are many lifestyle habits that affect your overall health, and that includes your skin health.

First, drink plenty of water to keep your body and your skin hydrated. Second, exercise on a regular basis to promote healthy blood flow, which brings essential oxygen to your skin. Third, avoid nicotine because it constricts your blood vessels and reduces your natural supply of skin-firming collagen. Fourth, only drink alcohol in moderation because alcohol dries your skin, which can amplify signs of aging.

Turn Sun Protection into a Daily Routine

Sun protection is typically the most important step you can take to minimize skin aging (before or after your Band Aid Mini Facelift). Too much sun exposure will break down the collagen in your skin that makes the skin firm and smooth. Sun exposure also creates age spots, which actually have nothing to do with age – they’re overly-pigmented spots that come directly from sun damage.

To minimize your sun exposure, make sunscreen a part of your morning routine. If you want the aesthetics of a tan, choose sunless tanning options like a professional spray tan or airbrush tan or at-home self-tanning products. Remember to also wear sunglasses when you’re out in the sun, as this will help to protect the delicate and aging-prone skin around your eyes.

Optimize Your Skin Care Routine at Home

Along with lifestyle habits, your home skincare routine plays a vital role in your skin’s health and its aging. There are plenty of products available to reduce signs of aging, including serums, retinol products, night creams, and more. Don’t neglect the essentials of cleansing and moisturizing, though, because these help to keep your skin healthy.

Incorporate Non-Surgical Anti-Aging Treatments

All the other tips above will help you slow the aging process, but they can’t stop it entirely. New signs of aging will inevitably arise, and if you want to maintain a youthful look over the years, you can use non-surgical treatments to address these cosmetic concerns before you reach the point of needing a new mini facelift.

The most popular treatments to reduce signs of aging are cosmetic injectables, like Botox® or Dysport® and facial fillers like Restylane® and Juvederm®. These injections smooth away specific wrinkles temporary. Another popular choice is Band Aid Laser Skin Resurfacing, which reduces age spots, fine lines and wrinkles, and mild skin laxity by rebuilding collagen.

Getting the Longest-Lasting Results from Your Band Aid Mini Facelift

One of the most important facts for any Band Aid Mini Facelift patient to know is that giving you a youthful look is a team effort. It works best when you and I work together to not only create the best possible surgical results but also develop a plan to sustain your results for longer. To learn more or to create your anti-aging team, schedule a mini facelift consultation at my Atlanta office. Remember to follow me on Facebook and Twitter for more plastic surgery tips.

What’s the Difference Between a Band Aid Mini Facelift & Band Aid Micro Mini Facelift?

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For decades, I have been known not only as a double board-certified plastic surgeon who specializes in facial rejuvenation but also as the innovator of my Band Aid Mini Facelift. This minimally invasive facelift surgery is designed and customized to give each patient natural-looking yet youthful results. Because I use minimally invasive techniques and perform the procedure in-office with gentle numbing rather than in an operating room with general anesthesia, the Band Aid Mini Facelift only requires about half the recovery time of a traditional facelift.

In recent years, though, I have also been serving patients who want an even less invasive and more subtle procedure with my Band Aid Micro Mini Facelift. Essentially, if a Band Aid Mini Facelift is half as invasive and requires half the downtime of a traditional facelift, the Band Aid Micro Mini Facelift cuts this reduced downtime in half yet again.

Are you a better candidate for a Band Aid Mini Facelift or a Band Aid Micro Mini Facelift? The difference between these two procedures comes down to the amount of aging correction you need and want from your surgery. Get a more in-depth view of the Band Aid Mini Facelift vs. the Band Aid Micro Mini Facelift and why I developed the Band Aid Micro Mini Facelift in my video below.

Are you a better fit for the Band Aid Mini Facelift or the Band Aid Micro Mini Facelift? To find out, schedule a facial rejuvenation consultation with me, Dr. John LeRoy in Atlanta. I’ll be able to assess and discuss your needs and recommend the ideal procedure or treatment plan to give you the youthful look you want. Remember to also follow me on Facebook and Twitter for more plastic surgery insights.

Five Ways to Improve Your Band Aid Mini Facelift Results

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Combining Facial Liposuction with a Facelift

After your Band Aid Mini Facelift procedure, the way you spend your recovery period can greatly impact the quality of your final results. It’s tempting to relax your care routine and healthy habits as soon as your procedure is over, but following post-procedure instructions is essential for a healthy and effective plastic surgery healing process. To help keep you informed, I have laid out five common guidelines you should follow in order to enjoy the best results and smoothest recovery after your surgery.

#1: Drink Clear Liquids

In the 24 hours after surgery, it is important that you only drink clear liquids excluding clear alcohols and clear sodas. Staying hydrated will help aid your body in the recovery process. Even after the 24 hours are up, it is still highly recommended that you stick to drinking water and avoid beverages that could dehydrate you such as coffee, alcohol or soda.

#2: Limit Sun Exposure

Sun exposure can hinder your results and potentially harm your skin while you are recovering. It is best to stay indoors for your entire recovery period. However, if you have to go outside, you should keep your time outdoors brief and wear protective coverings such as a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses to protect yourself.

#3: Adjust Your Sleeping Position

The position you sleep in every night can greatly affect your healing process. Because your angle can impact your incisions and swelling, I recommend that you keep your head above your heart at all times and sleep at a 30- to 45-degree angle every night. To help you maintain your position, you can try sleeping in a comfortable reclining chair or buying a wedge pillow to use in bed.

#4: Avoid Vigorous Exercise

During your Band Aid Mini Facelift recovery period, you should aim to do as little physical activity as possible other than gently walking around every few hours to maintain healthy circulation. Constant movement or strain can cause an increase in swelling and lead to possible complications. It is best to avoid strenuous exercise altogether and slowly begin to ease yourself back into your workout routine based on your plastic surgeon’s recommendations.

#5: Avoid Wearing Makeup

Applying makeup during the recovery period is highly discouraged because it can interfere with your face’s healing process. These products can irritate the skin and possibly infect your incisions. You should wait a minimum of 10 days before using any type of makeup product.

You should always aim to follow post-procedure instructions and take your recovery process seriously. To learn more about the facelift recovery process or my wide range of Band Aid procedures, schedule a consultation with me, double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. John L. LeRoy in Atlanta today. Additionally, make sure to follow me on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for more plastic and cosmetic surgery insights.

How Soon Can I Exercise After Plastic Surgery?

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The plastic surgery recovery process involves a good amount of planning. In order to have a safe and effective recovery period, it is important that you place certain life activities on hold. This can include work, family, hobbies, household chores, and, of course, exercise. Patients typically can return to work and day-to-day activities before they can go back to their exercise routine. Because of this, it is important to understand how timelines vary and what you should expect from the recovery process.

The amount of time you should spend recovering before resuming your workout routine depends on the type of procedure you had done. The most extensive procedure I perform is a tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, which requires two to four weeks to get back to daily activities and light exercise. An additional six weeks is needed before you can get back to exercises that involve heavy lifting. With less invasive procedures, such as the Band Aid Mini Facelift, you can return to work in about a week depending on how much swelling and bruising you have. After two weeks, you can return to your normal exercise routine.

Before your surgery, we’ll also discuss other ways to make your recovery smoother and more effective. For example, a joke I always tell my patients is “don’t stand on your head.” But in all seriousness, during the recovery period, you should keep your head above your heart at all times. Doing otherwise can induce swelling and cause possible complications.

Check out the video below to learn more about how to manage your exercise routine during your plastic surgery recovery.

Ultimately, your recovery time will depend on your age, procedure and typical activity levels. If you would like to learn more about the plastic surgery procedures I offer and what your recovery period might be like, schedule a consultation with me, Dr. John L. LeRoy in Atlanta today. Additionally, follow me on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for more plastic and cosmetic surgery insights.

How Was the Band Aid Mini Facelift Developed?

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With over 6,000+ successful procedures performed, my signature Band Aid Mini Facelift has been positively transforming the lives of my patients since 1997.

I, Dr. John LeRoy, first came up with the idea for the procedure while I was completing my fellowship with the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in New York City. While being mentored by the world’s leading plastic surgeons, I began to focus and hone in on cosmetic surgery. After watching and learning from the variety of talented surgeons, I came up with the idea to incorporate the best parts of their surgeries into one simple procedure.

While I continued to develop and think about the idea, I didn’t put it into practice until a patient asked me if I could do a procedure for them in-office with gentle numbing. That moment was when preparation met opportunity. Both the patient and I were incredibly happy with the outcome of the procedure. I wasn’t surprised by the results, but I was surprised that someone had asked me to do this particular procedure that I had been thinking about for so long.

Check out the video to learn more about how I developed my line of signature Band Aid procedures.

Flash forward to today and my Band Aid Mini Facelift procedure is still immensely popular with my patients. Because the procedure can be done in-office with gentle numbing and carries a reasonably quick recovery time, its adoration comes as no surprise. To learn more about my wide variety of Band Aid procedures, schedule a consultation with me, double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. John L. LeRoy in Atlanta today. Additionally, follow me on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for more insights about my cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures.

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