Beautiful things take time. And so does a beautiful face. She’s 23 days post-op here. Yes that bruise on her cheek is still there. The swelling hasn’t fully settled. The mirror isn’t showing the final picture yet. And that’s the most honest thing I can tell you about facial rejuvenation surgery. Think of it like this: when a city rebuilds its infrastructure the roads look torn up, the detours are frustrating, and nothing seems to be working. But underneath, everything is being reconnected, repositioned, restored. Give it time, and the city runs better than it ever did before. That’s exactly what’s happening in her face right now. Her brow has been lifted endoscopically incisions hidden entirely in the hairline. Her midface structures, which had slowly descended over the years with aging, have been repositioned through a deep plane facelift. Her lower lids were refined to restore that clean lid-cheek junction. And fat was transferred to rebuild the volume her bone structure had alway...