Mercer Island Face Notes

Which facial procedure fits your concern?

Most people do not start with a procedure name. They start with something they notice in the mirror, and then have to work backward to the right question. If you are near Mercer Island and want to walk into a consultation knowing what to ask, start from what you notice. If you are also thinking about the weeks around a procedure, a city parks and trails listing is one place to start planning quiet time outdoors.

Two procedures, explained by concern

Start from the concern and follow it to one of two procedures.

• Eyelid surgery, including upper and lower blepharoplasty, under-eye bags, ptosis repair and the healing timeline.
• Facelift surgery, including deep plane, SMAS and mini facelift approaches, recovery week by week, and questions about timing.

Either way, you finish with plain terms and questions to bring to a surgeon. For a specialty society's own description of the operation, see its eyelid surgery overview.

Society guides checked against outcome studies

We cross-check specialty society guides, peer-reviewed outcome studies and surgeon training standards against each other, and say plainly when a question is not settled. Reading is no substitute for advice from a surgeon who has examined you. The Albert Yang Facial Plastic Surgery practice can be looked up at ayangplasticsurgery.com.

Which procedure, which alternatives, what recovery

Read the guide that matches your concern, then list your questions: which procedure the surgeon would recommend for your concern, which alternatives they considered, and what recovery would look like for you. A consultation goes further when you arrive with those questions already written.

Educational information for readers near Mercer Island. It is not medical advice.