Facelift & Neck Lift

SMAS and deep plane facelift surgery by Dr. Adam Weinfeld, a rhinoplasty and facelift specialist with 15+ years and 12,500+ procedures. Full face and neck lift from $27,000; face-only from $24,500; isolated neck lift from $15,000. Published all-inclusive pricing covers surgeon, anesthesia, and facility. Addresses jowling, mid-face descent, neck banding, and deep facial folds.

Austin Plastic Surgeon's facelift programme is led by Dr. Adam Weinfeld, who carries board certification in plastic surgery and a reputation as one of Austin's foremost facelift specialists. The practice offers two foundational surgical techniques: the SMAS facelift and the deep plane facelift. The SMAS (superficial muscular aponeurotic system) technique repositions and tightens the SMAS layer — the fibromuscular envelope deep to the skin and subcutaneous fat — as the primary structural element of the lift, allowing the overlying skin to be redraped without tension. This produces a natural result without the tight or 'windswept' appearance associated with older skin-only facelifts. The deep plane technique, a more advanced evolution, releases the ligamentous attachments between the SMAS and the deeper facial structures, allowing composite movement of the SMAS and overlying soft tissue as a single unit — particularly effective for restoring mid-face volume loss and deep nasolabial fold descent that the standard SMAS technique addresses less completely. A full face and neck lift addresses jowl formation, descent of the mid-face and cheeks, platysmal banding in the neck, and submental fullness, and is priced at $27,000–$38,000. A face-only lift without neck work is priced at $24,500–$30,000. An isolated neck lift — for patients with primarily neck laxity and banding without significant facial descent — is priced at $15,000–$21,000. All pricing is all-inclusive. Recovery involves bruising and swelling subsiding over two to three weeks, with final results visible at three to six months.