Articles & Blogs about
Facelift and Cosmetic Surgery
Exclusively by Board Certified Plastic Surgeon,
Dr.Rushapol Sdawat (Dr.Dominic)
A plain-English guide to choosing between a tummy tuck and liposuction after pregnancy or weight loss, including diastasis recti, loose skin and the mini tummy tuck.
A surgeon explains why some facelifts look pulled or windswept, the specific signs of an overdone facelift, and the technical choices that produce a natural result.
How a male facelift differs from a woman's: beard-line incisions, thicker skin, heavier tissue, the male neck, and what men should ask a surgeon before choosing one.
Why a facelift with fat grafting often gives a more natural result than lifting alone, how fat transfer to the face works, and what to expect from fat graft survival.
A surgeon explains the difference between a facelift and a neck lift, why the two are often combined, and how to tell which one, or both, your face actually needs.
An honest look at the mommy makeover in Bangkok: how many procedures can safely share one anaesthetic, why operating time and clot risk matter, and when I insist on staging.
A surgeon compares a facelift under local anaesthesia, twilight sedation and general anaesthetic, explains what is genuinely safer, and why the anaesthetist matters more than the label.
Why I refuse to perform a facelift on a smoker, why vaping and nicotine patches count, and exactly how long you need to stop before and after surgery.
A clinical, respectful guide to facial feminisation surgery in Bangkok: what each procedure changes, how I stage them, what recovery involves and how to plan a trip from Australia or New Zealand.
An honest surgeon's explanation of facelift nerve damage: which nerves can be injured, how often it happens, why most cases recover and how the risk is managed.
What Australians and New Zealanders should arrange before surgery in Thailand, which warning signs need urgent attention, and how follow-up care really works once you fly home.
What is known in 2026 about BIA-ALCL, textured and smooth implants and breast implant illness, and how I answer the questions Australian and New Zealand patients ask most.
A surgeon explains where facelift scars sit, how they heal over the first year, whether they go away, and the technical choices that keep them hidden.
Thailand's lower surgery prices come from wages, hospital costs and currency, not from cutting corners. Here is what the price does and does not tell you.
Real AUD figures for a deep plane facelift in Australia and Bangkok, itemised line by line — including the eleven costs most quotes leave off. By the surgeon.
A Bangkok plastic surgeon on what the 60 Minutes investigation got right, what the data actually shows, and the seven questions that separate safe from unsafe.
A Bangkok plastic surgeon reviews what the research actually shows about flying, blood clots and recovery — and why "6-8 weeks" and "10 days" both mislead.
A surgeon explains the anatomy behind upper and lower eyelid surgery, four mirror tests you can do today, real complication rates and the Medicare position.
A Bangkok surgeon trained in dorsal preservation on what it changes, who it does not suit, what the evidence shows on revision, and the truth about silicone.
A surgeon compares subnasal bullhorn, corner and direct lip lifts: scar position, what each achieves, who suits each, and why over-resection is permanent.
A Bangkok plastic surgeon lists the patients he declines for deep plane facelift surgery, and when a simpler SMAS operation is the better call for you.
A surgeon's honest answer: the deep plane facelift's durability advantage over SMAS is not proven. Here is what the long-term studies actually measured.
Cutting eyelid skin on a descended brow lowers it further. A surgeon explains brow position, the finger-lift test, and how to tell which operation you need.
A Bangkok plastic surgeon explains what each facelift technique actually moves, what the pooled evidence shows on complications, and how the choice is made.
A surgeon's week-by-week facelift recovery timeline written for patients flying home to Australia — including the haematoma window and when it is safe to fly.
Aggressive fat removal hollows a lower lid and ages it badly. A surgeon on fat repositioning, arcus marginalis release and why ectropion defines this op.
A plastic surgeon on what really decides facelift timing — tissue quality, the pattern of ageing and bone support — and who he declines for being too young.
