The Exact Treatments to Avoid (& Embrace) Ahead of a Facelift

Dr. Elizabeth Chance’s “road map” to smooth surgery. Plus, Dr. Sam Rizk on the iffy issue of deep-plane expertise.

Before we move on from facelifts (soon! promise!), I want to address some feedback on my Allure articles and highlight what I think is a fantastic piece of related content: this series of stories from Charlottesville facial plastic surgeon Elizabeth Chance, MD, who frequently cautions her followers about the potential for nonsurgical treatments to interfere with facial surgery and prolong recovery time. (Are we over this topic? I know I come back to it often, but I still get so many questions about the safety of these interventions in the context of facelifts. I think the scope and relevance of this discussion will only continue to grow in the coming years.)