Facelift Houston

When visiting our Houston office for a facelift consultation, you will meet with Dr. Funk to discuss your concerns regarding your neck, jowls, jawline, and midface. Whether you are considering a neck lift, facelift, or mini facelift. Dr. Funk will concentrate on the areas you want to focus on improving. 

Dr. Funk will then examine your face and neck and assess the best treatment option. Photographs will be taken and you and Dr. Funk will sit in his office reviewing these photographs and making digital changes to provide an approximation of what a facelift or neck lift will do for your jowls and jawline.  

For more on our facelift surgery process from consultation to recovery, see our process.

The cost of a facelift in Houston varies based on the complexity of the procedure, the surgeon's experience, anesthesia fees, and the surgical facility. In general, facelift procedures in Houston range from $20,000 to $40,000 or more for comprehensive techniques. Dr. Funk provides personalized consultations where pricing is discussed in full transparency. Financing options are available to help make your goal achievable.

On the day of your facelift surgery, you will check-in at the facility and then move on to the preop area.  There you will change into a surgical gown and have an IV started. Consent forms will be signed and you will meet the surgical team. You will then move on to the operating room. Your facelift will be performed in Houston usually at a surgery center. Dr. Funk typically performs his facelift surgery under general anesthesia. 

A mini facelift or neck lift will take approximately 3 hours while a full face and neck lift will take 4 hours. You will be taken to the recovery room after surgery.  Depending on how many hours of anesthesia you have and how many additional procedures you may have with your facelift, an overnight stay at the facility may be recommended. 

For more details specific to the facelift surgery process and a recovery timeline, please go to our facelift process page.

If you are 50 or 60 years old, it is unrealistic to think that your face will appear as it did at the age of 25 or 30. You likely also do not want to appear this way as it may look unnatural or operated.

A facelift, performed properly and tailored to the specific needs of your face and neck, should enhance your facial appearance by about 10-15 years.

Dr. Funk's facelifts typically last approximately 12 years before a small touch up may be needed. Nevertheless, your face and neck will appear more refreshed and enhanced 12 years after your facelift, than they did before your facelift.

Some of my Houston facelift patients inquire as to whether a facelift or mini facelift will improve their bags under the eyes. Facelift surgery typically improves the jawline, neck, jowls and sometimes the mid face. It will not address the lower eyelids and not treat the bags under the eyes. Blepharoplasty or lower eyelid surgery will help lower eyelid bags and excess lower eyelid saggy skin. Lower eyelid surgery is commonly performed at the same time as a facelift.

A facelift or neck lift is typically thought of as a surgery for women, but today more and more men are interested in neck lifts to address their neck, submental fullness, or double chin. Men who are over 55 typically will need a neck lift to address the excess skin and muscle laxity of the neck.

A neck lift for a male is different than that for a female. Close attention must be placed on incisions to assure that the hair bearing skin is not brought onto the ear cartilage so that the patient will not need to shave his ear after a neck lift. In addition, it is important not to feminize the male face when performing a neck and facelift.

A facelift should result in a natural, unoperated appearance that enhances your current facial features. A facelift improves jowling, skin laxity, deep wrinkles and folds, and enhances the jawline. A facelift in which the vectors are pulled straight back without a vertical component may result in a windswept or pulled appearance.

Many patients are simply interested in improving the appearance of their neck. Whether the is significant neck skin laxity or banding of the muscles, most patients simply want a neck lift and not a facelift. The issue is that suspending the neck muscles to the bone behind the ear will leave significant redundant skin in the area in front of the ear and not address the jawline or any jowling. The skin and soft tissues simply do not drape appropriately when we only do a neck lift in someone typically over than 50. If Dr. Funk finds that the only issue is muscle banding or simple skin laxity, a neck lift may be appropriate but in most patients in their 50's, a facelift is necessary.

The type of facelift or neck lift you may require will depend on your anatomy, how your face and neck have aged, and your desires. Most of Dr. Funk's facelift patients are in their late 50's or 60's and have significant neck laxity, jowls, and sometimes muscle banding in the neck. Therefore, Dr. Funk often performs a deep plane facelift with a vertical vector and may address the neck muscle and fat depending on the severity of the anatomy there.

Many of Dr. Funk's patients have had previous face or neck work. You may be unhappy with your previous surgery or just feel that you have aged since your last facelift and require further rejuvenation. Dr. Funk finds these surgeries challenging but frequently finds he can improve the scars, and still provide a nice lift with a more youthful and rejuvenated appearance.

A facelift alone may provide significant improvement in skin laxity, jowling, and neck fullness. However, as we age, we begin to lose collagen and fat which may lead to a gaunt or deflated appearance in our face. Combining a facelift with fat injection or filler injection complements a facelift and provides for a more youthful, cherubic, and full appearance rather than a sharp, angled one with a facelift alone.

Friends and family who are unaware that you had a facelift may make comments such as, "You look refreshed." "Did you lose weight?" "Have you changed your hair?" Dr Funk prides himself on providing natural and unoperated aesthetic results. The goal in cosmetic surgery is to provide an improvement in your appearance without anyone knowing you had surgery!

A Cinderella Facelift is a term used to describe a minimally invasive facelift technique that produces a subtle, refreshed appearance, rather than an overly dramatic or "operated-on" look. This approach focuses on softly lifting and repositioning facial tissues to restore youthfulness while preserving your unique features. It typically involves limited incisions, reduced downtime, and is ideal for patients in the early stages of facial aging who want natural-looking results without a full surgical facelift.

Learn more about a Cinderella Facelift in our blog post: What is a Cinderella Facelift?

A facelift addresses the jawline, jowls, neck, and sometimes the midface (depending on the type of facelift). Although all women age differently, this is typically for women over the age of 50. A neck lift on the other hand, mainly addresses the neck and a small amount of jowling. In general, women in their 40's may notice a changes in the laxity of their neck with banding of the muscles down the neck. They are  excellent candidates for a neck lift.

Recently, a new term has entered into the facial plastic lexicon. “Deflation” describes the appearance that many individuals notice in their cheeks, temples, and areas below the eyes. A filler can help improve this appearance to a certain degree. Make no mistake, a filler is not a substitute for a face/neck lift, blepharoplasty, or browlift. In order to achieve the volume necessary to correct this deflated appearance, a surgeon must use multiple syringes, a procedure which can become quite costly. Dr Funk feels that injectable fillers can be used to complement facial rejuvenation surgery. Surgery reshapes the face and redrapes lax skin and tissue, and once your face has healed, we can use the filler postoperatively, if needed.

Depending on the extent of the lift, typically most patients can get back to work and social interaction within two to three weeks.

If you have noticed increased jowling, a saggy neck, or flat cheeks and feel as though your entire face has started to descend and lose volume, you may be a candidate for a facelift or neck lift. Of course, this is assuring you do not have an existing major medical issues that would preclude you from undergoing anesthesia and surgery. Facelift patients must be patient regarding their results. Recovery after a facelift is usually 2-3 weeks until you are social and final results may take 3-6 months until all the swelling has subsided.

It is not uncommon for a facelift patient to undergo other concomitant facial procedures during their facelift surgery. These frequently may include liposuction of the neck, upper eyelid surgery, lower eyelid surgery for lower eyelid bags, brow lift, and laser resurfacing. During your consultation, Dr. Funk will discuss your concerns and if you are amenable, will help make some recommendations to other areas that will benefit the overall appearance of your face and neck. This way, you can choose the best option or combination of surgeries that will provide the most aesthetically pleasing result for your face and neck.

Yes. Patients come to Houston from cities both small and large in Texas to see Dr. Funk because of his credentials, experience, reviews, and natural-looking results. See our Areas Served section with information for South Texas and International/Traveling Patients.

The best facelift surgeon for you is board-certified, specializes in facial plastic surgery, and has extensive experience specifically with facelifts — not just cosmetic surgery broadly. Dr. Etai Funk is double board certified in Facial Plastic Surgery and ENT, has performed hundreds of facelifts in Houston, and is recognized as a Top Houston facelift surgeon by RealSelf and Super Doctors.

Patients with well-controlled type 2 diabetes can often safely undergo facelift surgery, but uncontrolled blood sugar increases risks like slower healing and infection. Dr. Funk evaluates each patient's medical history and may coordinate with your physician to ensure your diabetes is well managed before approving surgery in Houston.

Ten years after a facelift, most patients still look more youthful than they would have without surgery, since Dr. Funk's facelifts typically hold their core results for about 12 years. Natural aging continues during that time, but from a more refreshed starting point, and a touch-up procedure is sometimes considered afterward.