03/12/2025
Thinking about a facelift in the next 12 months?
Here’s what 3 months post-op can look like after a facelift, facial fat grafting, eyelid lift and lip lift with Dr Sharp.
Facelift involves significant preparation, so If you’re aiming for surgery in the coming 6-12 months, plan ahead:
• Reach out to your shortlisted surgeons 6-12 mths before your ideal date
• Consult at least two specialist plastic surgeons
• Check credentials, including membership with
Have a major event or big milestone coming up? Plan to have your surgery at least 9–12 months before, so you don’t feel pressure to rush your healing journey.
Our team supports patients through the research, planning and recovery phases of facelift surgery every day. Call 3202 4744 to book an obligation free chat.
Fast facelift facts:
• Surgery time: 4-5 hours
• Hospital stay: 1 night
• Time off work: 3 weeks
• Time off driving: 2 weeks
• Support garment: 24/7 for 3 wks, then when at home for another 3 wks thereafter
• No exercise: 6 weeks
• Minor risk (in healthy patients): ~10%
• Major complication risk: ~1%
A facelift might be suitable if you’re experiencing:
• Mid face hollowing (fat grafting may be used for volume replacement, as it was in this patient’s case)
• Jowls or lack of jawline definition
• Loose, crepey skin in the mid/lower face
• Lax neck skin or visible neck bands
• Fullness or loose skin beneath the chin
Facelift is also known as rhytidectomy or meloplasty surgery and Dr Sharp’s technique almost always includes a neck lift (platysmaplasty).
Eyelid lift = blepharoplasty
Lip lift = cheiloplasty
All procedures carry benefits, risks and a recovery period. To learn more visit www.drdavidsharp.com.au
Results vary due to lifestyle habits, skin condition, age, natural body habitus and adherence to post operative instructions, among other factors. Images are only reflective of the outcome for this individual patient.
Dr David Sharp MBBS, FRACS (Plast), B.Soc Sci (Psychology)
MED0000962857 | Specialist Plastic Surgeon | Brisbane
