Lower Facelift & Neck Lift (Rhytidectomy)

Lower facelift and neck lift (rhytidectomy) performed under local anaesthetic by Dr Tony Tonks (FRACS) at Canberra's Barton Private Hospital. Addresses jowling, lower face laxity, neck banding, and submental fullness. From $6,000 AUD, including post-operative follow-up appointments and Healite LED phototherapy. Procedure avoids general anaesthesia where clinically appropriate.

Canberra Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery offers lower facelift and neck lift surgery — rhytidectomy — performed under local anaesthetic by Dr Tony Tonks (FRACS), providing Canberra and ACT patients with a specialist surgical option for addressing the visible signs of facial ageing in the lower face and neck without requiring general anaesthesia in most cases. The lower facelift targets the jowl — the ptotic descent of lower cheek and facial fat pad tissue that creates heaviness at the jawline and blunts the defined jaw angle of youth — as well as skin laxity in the mid to lower face, platysmal banding in the neck, and submental fullness beneath the chin. Through discreet incisions placed at the natural contours around the ear and into the hairline, the surgeon repositions descended facial tissue and the SMAS (Superficial Muscular Aponeurotic System) — the deep fibromuscular layer that underpins long-lasting, natural-looking results in facelift surgery — and removes or redistributes excess skin. The neck lift component addresses platysmal bands through platysmaplasty (muscle tightening) and removes excess skin along the jawline and neck. The starting fee of $6,000 AUD under local anaesthetic includes all post-operative follow-up appointments with the surgical team at the Barton ACT practice and Healite LED phototherapy sessions to support wound healing and minimise swelling. The ability to perform this procedure under local anaesthetic at Barton Private Hospital represents both a cost advantage and a lower physiological burden compared to general anaesthesia, benefiting patients who are medically optimal candidates for local technique. Dr Tony Tonks also performs blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) and rhinoplasty at the practice, allowing patients to combine facial procedures where clinically appropriate. Patients from across the ACT and southern New South Wales attend the Barton clinic for specialist rhytidectomy consultations.