Facial Changes After GLP-1 Weight Loss: Facelift or Fat Grafting?
Lost volume, loose tissue or both? What I assess before suggesting any treatment for a face that has changed after weight loss.
A space to answer your questions and take our conversation about facial surgery further.
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Lost volume, loose tissue or both? What I assess before suggesting any treatment for a face that has changed after weight loss.
How long the result lasts, how long recovery takes and when people have a second operation are different questions. What the research can tell you.
What is included in the quote, what is separate and how to compare proposals, from the consultation to one year of follow-up.
The latest ISAPS figures, covering 2025: Brazil’s ranking, the most common procedures, facial surgery numbers and what statistics can’t tell you.
Online consultation, entry documents, remote preparation, time in Londrina, the flight home and follow-up: the timeline for patients coming from abroad.
What surgery can and cannot change: anatomical limits, scars, risks, recovery time and when it is better to wait.
Why each instruction after a facelift exists: sleeping position, driving, medications, sun, exercise, follow-up visits and warning signs.
How to prepare your skin for facial surgery and bring your routine back afterward: sun, acids, isotretinoin, smoking, makeup and warning signs.
What I look at during the consultation to keep a result natural, where an artificial look comes from and what changes in the months after surgery.
Objective criteria for assessing any plastic surgeon: license, specialist registration, societies, procedure experience, hospital, anesthesia and consent.