Facelift

Dr. David Whiteman performs full facelift, mini facelift, and necklift procedures at Southern Plastic Surgery in Duluth, Georgia. The practice uses endoscopic and minimal-incision techniques where appropriate. Facelift surgery addresses cheek descent, jowl formation, and neck and jawline laxity. Mini facelift (marketed as a 'weekend procedure') offers targeted correction with reduced recovery time. Non-surgical injectables including BOTOX, Dysport, Restylane, Juvederm, and Radiesse are also available as adjunct or standalone facial rejuvenation options.

Facelift surgery at Southern Plastic Surgery in the Atlanta metro area draws on Dr. David Whiteman's extensive facial surgery experience, including a fellowship in advanced cosmetic surgery and breast reconstruction at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., and over thirty years in practice serving Atlanta-area patients. Dr. Whiteman is specifically noted for expertise in endoscopic and minimal-incision surgical approaches — techniques that achieve meaningful soft tissue repositioning while minimising scar length and visibility, and that are particularly well suited to patients in the earlier stages of facial ageing who do not yet require the full extent of traditional open rhytidectomy. The full facelift at the Duluth practice addresses gravitational descent across the cheeks, jowls, and neck through an incision that follows the natural contour of the anterior hairline, transitions within the skin creases of the ear, wraps around the earlobe, and continues into the postauricular hairline. Through this access, the SMAS (superficial musculoaponeurotic system) — the fibromuscular layer that lies between the subcutaneous fat and the deeper facial muscles — is elevated and repositioned to restore the youthful vector of soft tissue position. Excess skin is then conservatively redraped without tension. The necklift component addresses the platysma muscle bands and submental fullness through a combination of platysmaplasty and submental liposuction to restore a clean jawline-to-neck angle. The mini facelift — described at the practice as a 'weekend procedure' — uses a shorter periauricular incision to address early to moderate lower face and jowl laxity in patients who are well served by a more limited dissection, with corresponding reduction in operative time and recovery period. Endoscopic techniques are employed in the forehead and brow region, allowing brow elevation and forehead rejuvenation through small scalp incisions with a camera-guided approach rather than a coronal open incision — substantially reducing the extent of scalp numbness and hair disruption that can accompany traditional open brow lift surgery. Non-surgical facial rejuvenation options complement surgical offerings: BOTOX and Dysport neuromodulators address dynamic expression lines in the forehead, glabellar complex, and crow's feet; Restylane, Juvederm, and Radiesse dermal fillers restore volume in the cheeks, nasolabial folds, lips, and perioral area; and Radiesse for hand rejuvenation is available as a separate service. BOTOX for hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) is also offered. Through Laser Lights Cosmetic Laser Center — the associated medical spa operated by Dr. Whiteman — patients also have access to microblading, eyelash treatments, laser hair removal, and hyperpigmentation treatment as complementary non-surgical services.