Facelift (SMAS & Round Block Techniques)

Facelift surgery using SMAS and Round Block techniques, performed by specialist plastic surgeon Dr Geoffrey Barnett FRACS at Hawthorn East, Melbourne. Addresses jowling, mid-face descent, neck laxity, and deep nasolabial folds. Often combined with neck lift, brow lift, or eyelid surgery for comprehensive facial rejuvenation. 35+ years surgical experience.

Coco Ruby Plastic Surgery in Hawthorn East, Melbourne, offers facelift procedures performed by Dr Geoffrey Barnett MBBS FRACS — a specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon with over 35 years of facial rejuvenation experience and membership in the Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS) and ASAPS International. Dr Barnett performs both SMAS (Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic System) facelift and Round Block facelift techniques, with the approach determined at consultation based on the patient's facial anatomy, degree of laxity, and desired outcome. The SMAS facelift is the gold-standard technique for moderate to significant facial ageing: incisions are placed in the hairline and around the ear, the skin is elevated, and the underlying SMAS layer — the fibromuscular tissue that connects the facial muscles to the overlying skin — is tightened and repositioned superiorly, providing durable lifting of the mid-face, jowl, and lower face with natural-appearing, tension-free skin closure. The Round Block technique uses a periareolar-style circular incision around a specific reference point to address localised areas of descent and is suited to selected anatomical zones. A facelift at the Melbourne clinic can be combined with a neck lift (platysmal plication and submental liposuction), brow lift or midface lift (endoscopic or open), and upper and lower blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) for patients seeking comprehensive facial rejuvenation in a single operative episode. Post-operative care protocols, compression garments, and follow-up appointments are included. Recovery involves bruising and swelling for two to four weeks; social presentability typically at two to three weeks. As a cosmetic procedure, facelift is not covered by Medicare in Australia. All pricing is discussed at the $300 AUD initial consultation.