Facelift

Dr. Jacob Bloom performs deep plane facelift and neck lift surgery at his Gold Coast Chicago practice, addressing lower facial descent, jowling, and neck laxity through musculature tightening, excess skin removal, and liposuction where indicated. Procedures typically last two to five hours under IV sedation on an outpatient basis. Recovery involves bruising peaking at 24 to 48 hours, subsiding over approximately two weeks, with most patients returning to work within 10 to 14 days. Neck lift techniques include platysmaplasty for muscle tightening and cervicoplasty for skin excision.

Facelift surgery at Bloom Plastic Surgery in Chicago is performed by Dr. Jacob Bloom, whose fellowship training at Harvard Medical System's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and board certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery underpin a technically rigorous approach to facial rejuvenation. The primary facelift technique employed at the practice is deep plane rhytidectomy, a method that addresses not only the skin envelope but the underlying musculoaponeurotic structures of the face and neck responsible for the gravitational descent and soft tissue laxity that characterise facial ageing. Deep plane surgery repositions the SMAS — the fibromuscular layer connecting the facial muscles to the overlying skin — along with the deeper facial fat compartments, restoring the youthful vector of facial support from the lower face and jowl upward toward the cheekbone. Excess skin is redraped and conservatively excised without tension, reducing the risk of the distorted, operated appearance that results from skin-only or high-tension skin lifts. Surgical duration ranges from two to five hours depending on the extent of facial laxity, the presence of neck involvement, and any adjunct procedures combined in the same operative setting. Neck lift procedures are commonly performed concurrently, addressing platysmal banding and submental fullness through platysmaplasty — tightening the paired platysmal muscles at the midline — and cervicoplasty to remove redundant neck skin. Liposuction of the submental area and neck is incorporated where excess adipose tissue contributes to the loss of jawline definition. The practice uses incisions placed within natural skin folds and the hairline to minimise visible scarring: typically beginning above the ear in the temporal hairline, transitioning along the anterior helical crease and around the earlobe, then extending into the postauricular hairline. Adjunct facial procedures available in the same operative session include upper and lower blepharoplasty for periorbital rejuvenation, fat transfer to restore facial volume to the temples, cheeks, and perioral areas, and rhinoplasty where nasal concerns exist. Post-operative care for Chicago Gold Coast patients involves a period of head elevation, cold compresses, and activity restriction, with most patients presentable in social settings within two weeks. The practice also offers non-surgical alternatives including FaceTite, AccuTite, Morpheus8 radiofrequency, and injectable neuromodulators and fillers for patients not yet at the surgical stage or preferring a less invasive approach.