Type
Facelift
Duration
4 hours
Dr. Cerrati's deep plane facelift lifts the lower face, jawline, and upper neck through full muscular and ligamentous release and resuspension, producing durable results lasting ten or more years without a pulled or windblown appearance. Variants include revision facelift, deep necklift as a standalone procedure, and male facelift. Most patients are publicly presentable within ten days. Surgery is performed at St. Mark's Surgery Center in Salt Lake City.
About this treatment
The deep plane facelift at Dr. Eric Cerrati's Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah practice is one of the more technically demanding procedures in facial plastic surgery and is widely considered the gold standard in comprehensive facial rejuvenation. It differs fundamentally from the traditional SMAS facelift — the approach that dominated aesthetic surgery through the 1980s and 1990s — in that it fully releases the retaining ligamentous system of the face…
This anatomical distinction produces the two features most associated with Dr. Cerrati's deep plane results: naturalness and longevity. Because the procedure lifts muscle and fat together as a composite unit rather than pulling skin over a repositioned layer, the face retains natural movement and expression. There is no windblown, pulled, or operated appearance. Results consistently address the lower face, jowl, jawline, and upper neck in a single…
The access incision follows the hairline contour above the ear, transitions within the anterior helical crease, continues around the earlobe, and extends into the postauricular hairline — placing the scar within natural anatomical shadows and hairbearing skin where healing produces virtually undetectable lines. Through this access, the deep plane dissection proceeds beneath the SMAS to release the zygomatic and masseteric retaining ligaments that anchor…
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