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Tansavatdi Facial Plastic Surgery

Deep Plane Facelift Expert. It’s Your Face. You’re Worth It. Excellence. Vitality. Undetectable. Welcome to Tansavatdi Facial Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Kristina Tansavatdi is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon specializing in face and neck procedures out of her office in Ventura County, California. "I was able to see how my work could affect people's lives. I saw patients come in with more self-confidence, they felt better about themselves, and it showed. That's when I realized my work could serve a higher purpose." To learn more about Dr. Tansavatdi and her dedication to creating positive change, visit us at our website at www.facesbydrt.com or call us at 805.243.0640.

12/11/2025

✨Endoscopic Deep Plane Facelift — Deep Plane Lift With Minimal Incisions 👀✨

An endoscopic facelift allows me to lift the deeper facial tissues without lifting any skin in front of the ear. This preserves the fat under the skin, maintains blood supply, and supports a natural, long-lasting result.

Many people ask how this differs from a traditional SMAS facelift. A SMAS approach separates the skin from the muscle and tightens the muscle farther back, but it cannot release all of the deeper ligaments that contribute to sagging. That limitation reduces the overall lift.

My endoscopic technique keeps all the work deep. I do not lift the skin in front of the ear. Instead, I release the deeper attachments, lift vertically, and secure the tissues to the deep temporalis fascia for stronger support.

With the endoscope, I can see the small facial nerves directly while working under the muscle. This gives me greater precision and helps preserve nerve function more reliably than magnification alone.

Here’s what this approach involves:

✅ Endoscopic deep plane facelift
✅ No skin elevation in front of the ear
✅ Vertical vector lifting
✅ Deep temporalis fascia fixation
✅ Ligament release under direct visualization
✅ Nerve-preserving camera-assisted dissection

🧠 A deep plane facelift works at the structural level where aging actually occurs. Lifting the ligaments and muscle as a unit maintains natural expression and avoids the skin-pulled look. Preserving fat and blood supply leads to healthier healing and more reliable outcomes. This approach is ideal when there isn’t significant excess skin but there is visible descent of the midface, jawline, or neck.

➡️ Follow my educational Highlights and Stories. Let me know what questions you have!

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📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA
Individual results vary.

12/02/2025

✨ What Really Happens to Old Filler During a Facelift?

Many people assume their filler is “gone” in a few months or by the time they’re ready for a facelift - but inside the operating room, I often see a very different story.

Old filler doesn’t simply disappear when the skin is lifted. It can sit superficially or deep in the tissues, and both locations can affect your results. Your body may also react a certain way while healing. Hyaluronic acid fillers attract water, which means it could lead to more swelling, longer recovery, and sometimes skin that becomes loose once the swelling finally fades.

This is why I may recommend dissolving filler ahead of time. Leftover filler can distort. Once the swelling settles, patients may notice volume loss or irregularities they didn’t see before. That may require replacing volume with fat grafting, conservative filler or additional refinements to restore balance.

So if you’re considering surgery, be prepared:
➡️ Gather your records - HA filler, Kybella, Radiesse, Sculptra
➡️ Know that fillers last far longer than most people think
➡️ Old filler can impact swelling, healing, and your outcome.
➡️ I may recommend dissolving filler.

Fillers are meant to be used conservatively and judiciously. Let me know what questions you have in preparing for surgery!

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM/comment for cost and candidacy info
📺 YT:
📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361
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Individual results and experience may vary.
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12/01/2025

✨ 2.5 Months After Her Deep Plane Transformation ✨
Where structure settles, softness returns, and confidence begins to glow from within.

This beautiful patient came to me wanting to restore balance to her lower face and neck, soften the etched lines around her mouth, and bring youthful harmony back to her upper lip. After reviewing her anatomy and her younger photos, I created a personalized rejuvenation plan that honored her natural proportions — never changing her essence, only refining it.

To achieve this, I performed:
• Deep plane facelift & deep neck lift to lift, define, and restore a smooth, elegant jawline
• Subnasal lip lift + corner lip lift to elevate and shorten the elongated upper lip
• Lip augmentation using mastoid fascia graft (from behind the ear)
• Facial fat transfer for volume restoration
• Dermabrasion & CO₂ laser resurfacing to refine skin texture and soften fine lines

At 2.5 months, she’s beautifully entering that transformation window — swelling has softened, her neckline is smoother, her lower face is lifted with harmony, and her lip proportions feel youthful yet completely age-appropriate. Her incisions have healed seamlessly.

🧠 Understanding the Real Facelift Downtime
Healing is a journey — and patience is part of the artistry.
• Weeks 1–2: Swollen, bruised, active healing
• Weeks 3–4: Swelling improves; asymmetry is normal
• Weeks 6–8: Most patients feel “public-ready”
• 3 months+: Refined, natural, evolving into the final result

I’m truly thrilled for her. Her transformation is not just aesthetic — it’s a restoration of confidence, presence, and self-recognition. 🤍

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM us anytime
📺 YT:
📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361
Individual results and experience may vary.

11/28/2025

💫 How I Became A Facial Plastic Surgeon

This is my founding story…

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
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📍Westlake Village, CA 91361

11/25/2025

✨ How I Hide Facelift Incisions 👀

One of the most common questions I hear is: “Will people see my scars after a facelift?”

As a facelift surgeon, I place incisions in areas where they naturally blend into the face’s existing curves and shadows. Even up close, they’re designed to be difficult to detect once healed.

Here’s how I do it:
✔️ I follow the natural landmarks around the earlobe, behind the ear crease, and into the hairline so the incision disappears into existing contours.
✔️ I customize each placement based on your anatomy, hairstyle, and skin characteristics
✔️ The goal isn’t just to hide the incision, but to create harmony so it fits your individual structure.

Every person heals differently, though. Skin type, genetics, previous surgeries, and post-op care all influence how the incision matures.

• I review your medical and surgical history closely so I know how you tend to heal.
• Following post-operative instructions is essential.
• Protecting the incisions from heat and sun exposure.
• Some patients benefit from silicone scar gel during the later healing phase.
• If your skin is sensitive or prone to pigmentation changes, I tailor your care plan to help the scar fade cleanly.

No two scars heal exactly the same - but with thoughtful placement, careful planning, and proper post-op care, facelift incisions are typically very discreet and blend naturally with the face.

🙌🏼 Heather also shared what has been the best part of her experience - it’s the community in our hyperbaric oxygen chamber and other patients she’s met going through the same experience. 🥰
➡️ Follow Heather’s Journey under Highlights and Stories! She is 4 months post-op, still healing and is looking amazing!

Thank you, Heather, for sharing your story with all of us! ❤️

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM/Comment for Cost and Candidacy Info
📺 YT:
📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361

Individual results and experience may vary.

11/20/2025

💫 Heather’s Deep Plane Facelift Journey - 4 Months Post-Op

Four months after surgery, Heather is finally in the phase where everything feels more settled, and what she’s noticing the most is how beautifully her facelift incisions are healing.

The incisions in front of her ears blended nicely into the natural creases that she actually forgot she had them there. The incisions behind the ear, and the small incision under the chin are also healing well. This is exactly what we aimed for.

Here’s what she underwent:
✅ Deep Plane Facelift
✅ Deep Neck Lift
✅ Upper Blepharoplasty
✅ Facial Fat Transfer
✅ CO2 Laser Resurfacing
✅ Removal of Permanent Threads

🧠 At four months, most facelift incisions begin to blend beautifully into the natural lines of the face and hairline. Pinkness fades, texture softens and the areas become harder to see even up close. Healing continues over the first year, and month by month the incisions refine even more.

Heather, thank you for letting others learn from your experience. ❤️

➡️ Follow her journey in my Highlights and Stories!

📍 Book your consultation with Dr Tansavatdi today
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM/Comment for Cost and Candidacy Info
📺 YT:
📍 Westlake Village CA 91361
Individual results and experience may vary

11/19/2025

✨ Heather’s Deep Plane Facelift Journey - 3 Months Post-Op 👀

Three months out from her deep plane facelift, Heather is finally reaching the point where everything is settling, but what makes her story so important is how honest she’s been about the emotional reality of recovery.

It’s easy to compare yourself to others who healed quickly, but that’s not for everyone. In Heather’s case, she’s had multiple non-surgical treatments - thread lifts, Ultherapy, Morpheus8 treatments, FaceTite and MyEllevate procedures that made her surgery more complex. Her healing simply needed more time.

Heather’s honesty matters. It’s normal to have moments of doubt, frustration, impatience, and worry - especially when you’re looking at your face every day and expecting visible change. And that’s a feeling facelift patients may quietly struggle with but don’t openly talk about. Deeper healing takes time.

This is the emotional part of facelift recovery - the ups and downs, the plateaus, the comparison, the doubt, and then the relief when you start recognizing yourself again. And it’s all part of the journey.

Here’s what she underwent:
✅ Deep Plane Facelift
✅ Deep Neck Lift
✅ Upper Blepharoplasty
✅ Facial Fat Transfer
✅ CO2 Laser Resurfacing
✅ Removal of Permanent Threads

🧠 Facelift recovery is not just physical - it’s deeply emotional.
You heal in phases, and at times your face may look puffy, uneven, or unfamiliar as you heal. Most patients feel presentable by 6 to 8 weeks, many look great by 3 months, and the final refinement continues over the first full year. Everyone’s journey is different. Patience and giving yourself time are part of the process.

Heather, thank you for being vulnerable and courageous in sharing your story. ❤️

Follow her journey in my Highlights and Stories!

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM/Comment for Cost and Candidacy Info
📺 YT:
📍Westlake Village, CA 91361
Individual results and experience may vary.

11/17/2025

✨ 2.5 Months After Facelift 🔥 - Incisions and the Real Downtime Timeline

This beautiful patient wanted to restore balance to her lower face and neck while softening the fine lines and aging signs around her mouth. She also felt that her upper lip had lengthened over time and that she’d lost the natural volume that once framed her smile.

To address this, I performed a deep plane facelift and deep neck lift to lift and redefine her jawline and address the loose skin and laxity in her neck. I also combined a subnasal lip lift and corner lip lift to shorten and elevate the upper lip naturally, along with lip augmentation using mastoid fascia graft (taken from behind the ear), facial fat transfer, dermabrasion to the lip border, and CO2 laser resurfacing to improve her skin quality and texture.

At 2.5 months, her swelling has softened beautifully, and her results are starting to settle into place. Her neckline is smoother, her lower face is lifted, and the lip area has a more balanced proportion again - youthful but age-appropriate look! Her incisions healed well.

🧠 Understanding Facelift Downtime
Facelift recovery happens in stages — and patience is key:
✅ Weeks 1–2: You’re swollen and bruised, but healing is active.
✅ Weeks 3–4: Swelling starts to come down, the two sides of the face don’t heal at the same rate.
✅ Weeks 6–8: Most patients feel presentable — comfortable going out, seeing friends, and resuming normal activities.
✅ 3 Months and Beyond: You look refreshed and natural, though subtle refinements continue over the first year as tissues fully settle.

At 2.5 months, this patient is right in that transformation window — confident, radiant, and glowing as her final definition continues to refine.

I am so ecstatic for her amazing transformation and grateful for her sharing! ❤️

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM us anytime
📺 YT:
📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361
Individual results and experience may vary.

11/13/2025

💫 Kendall’s Deep Plane Facelift Journey — 3.5 Months Post-Op

At 3.5 months out, Kendall (47) looks radiant, natural, and confident. She looked like she lost some weight but it was only a few pounds. All of the deep neck work and contouring I’ve done, along with the deep plane facelift created the sharper jawline and neck that she was looking for.

Many patients ask, “When will I look presentable?” and Kendall’s timeline is a great example of how facelift recovery unfolds. The swelling has softened, the contours look natural, and the face starts to truly glow. But a facelift takes a full year to completely settle. The final refinements and subtle changes continue as the tissues relax and integrate.

We also addressed old filler under her eyes before surgery - filler she didn’t even realize was still there. I dissolved filler prior to surgery and replaced that volume with her own fat, which integrates naturally and creates softer transitions.

What Kendall underwent:
✔️ Deep Plane Facelift
✔️ Deep Neck Lift
✔️ Deep Neck Contouring
✔️ Endoscopic Brow Lift
✔️ Facial Fat Transfer
✔️ Lobuloplasty

🧠 Facelift recovery happens in phases. Time and patience are necessary.
✅ 4–6 Weeks: You look presentable and feel comfortable in some social settings.
✅ 3 Months: The swelling fades and results look smoother and natural.
✅ 1 Year: Final refinement — the skin, fat, and deeper tissues fully settle.

Kendall’s journey reminds us that great results come from patience, trust, and precision - not speed. Thank you Kendall for sharing your story! ♥️

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM/comment for info on recovery and cost
📺 YT:
📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361
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Individual results and experience may vary.
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11/11/2025

Deep Plane Facelift at 47 🔥 - Kendall’s Facelift Transformation 💫

At 47, Kendall wanted to address:
➡️ Heaviness in her jawline
➡️ Sagging in the lower face
➡️ Looseness in her neck
➡️ Heaviness in the brows

💡Am I Too Early To Have a Facelift? This is one of the most Frequently Asked Questions I get asked at my consultations.

I explain to my patients that age is a biological date. The rate of aging differs for each person based on many factors that will ultimately determine the true age of your tissues. Some of the factors could be the amount of sun exposure you’ve had, genetics, weight loss, effects of menopause or hormonal changes, etc.

Kendall wanted to a comprehensive approach in addressing her aging changes. She wanted to look natural and was open to all of my recommendations. We discussed that our goal with surgery was to rebuild her structure.

👩🏻‍⚕️In Kendall’s case, no filler, skin tightening device, or radio-frequency (RF) type of treatment can truly address her concerns because of the amount of laxity she already had. She tried fillers, but it ended up contributing more heaviness especially in her lower face.

What I Recommended:
✔️ Deep Plane Facelift
✔️ Deep Neck Lift
✔️ Deep Neck Contouring
✔️ Endoscopic Brow Lift
✔️ Facial Fat Transfer
✔️ Lobuloplasty

A facelift is not about looking different. It’s about restoring what time and gravity have changed, so your face reflects how you truly feel on the inside.

Thank you, Kendall, for sharing your story! You have such a vibrant energy and you look stunning!! 🔥😍

➡️ Follow Kendall’s journey in my IG Stories and Highlights.

Are you ready for your transformation journey?

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM us anytime
📺 YT:
📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361
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Individual results and experience may vary.
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11/06/2025

✨ Why Can't I Have A Neck Lift Alone? ✨

Most of the time, what you actually need isn’t just a neck lift, it’s a facelift. 👀

Here’s why. When patients notice sagging skin in the neck, under the chin or along the jawline, they often assume the problem is isolated to the neck. But the truth is, the neck and face age together. In most cases, I cannot chase all of the excess skin and looseness, and the result can look unnatural if I do not chase in an upward direction. The neck might look tight, but the jawline and cheeks will still appear heavy or sagging.

The most natural correction comes from a lift where I pull in an upward direction towards the ears - repositioning the deeper layers of the face and neck together in harmony. That’s what a deep plane facelift does.

So when patients tell me, “I just want my neck done,” I often find that what they’re really seeking is the balance that a combination of a facelift and neck lift can create. It’s not about doing more — it’s about doing it right, so the result looks seamless and natural.

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM us anytime
📺 YT:
📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361
Individual results and experience may vary.

11/05/2025

✨ What Happens If You Have Filler Left in Your Face Before a Facelift? 👀 ✨

Here’s what most people don’t realize: old filler can affect your facelift results and your recovery. 👀

When I perform deep plane facelift surgery and discover filler that hasn’t fully dissolved, it often spreads into the deeper planes of the face — and sometimes sits just beneath the skin. That leftover filler can attract water, cause prolonged swelling, and mask the true contours I’m lifting underneath.

Patients sometimes wonder why their swelling lasts longer than expected or why one area feels “full” — and it’s often because residual filler is still holding onto fluid within the tissue. Even when it’s not visible on the surface, it can alter how the skin drapes and delay healing.

That’s why I dissolve filler as much as possible before surgery — and, if needed, remove or dissolve filler during the procedure itself. Starting with a cleaner foundation allows me to lift the natural structures precisely and helps patients heal faster with smoother, more predictable results.

Filler can last far longer than most expect, sometimes 5 to more than 10 years. If you’ve had filler in the past and are considering a facelift surgery, it’s very important for me to know your history and the areas where you've had it. I also ask for photos of your younger self so that I have an idea what your natural features and anatomy look like before any nonsurgical treatments, so I know how to prepare for surgery and also give you realistic expectations on what to expect.

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
📞 805-243-0640
📩 info@facesbydrt.com
📲 DM us anytime
📺 YT:
📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361
Individual results and experience may vary.

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