What Can You Do With One Week Off?

• Deep plane facelift14 daysresult 10/10Releases the ligaments and repositions the tissue that fell.
• Neck lift14 daysresult 9/10Usually planned with the face, because they age as one unit.
• Eyelid surgery12 daysresult 8/10Removes the hooding that no device reaches.
• Fat transfer12 daysresult 8/10The only tool that restores whole-face volume permanently.
• Fractional CO214 daysresult 8/10The largest change available without surgery, with a matching recovery.
• Medium-depth peel8 daysresult 6/10Underrated. Compares well with fractional laser for pigmentation.
• HA filler1 dayresult 5/10Bruising is the variable. Volume in a defined region, nothing structural.
• RF microneedling3 daysresult 5/10Deep dermal heating. Results build over months.
• Neuromodulatorno downtimeresult 4/10One thing, done well: the dynamic lines caused by the muscle you treated.
• IPL2 daysresult 4/10Excellent for brown spots and vessels. Almost nothing for texture.
• Skin boosters1 dayresult 3/10Hydration and fine texture over a series. Fades in months.
• Microfocused ultrasound1 dayresult 3/10A millimeter or two of brow lift in the right candidate. Not a facelift.
• Microneedling2 daysresult 3/10Three to six sessions. Best evidence is for acne scarring.
• Superficial peel1 dayresult 2/10Brightening with no real downtime and no dermal change.

Downtime is days before most people would be comfortable at work with normal makeup, not the number on a brochure. Size of result is my clinical judgment on a ten-point scale for the finding each treatment targets, in a suitable candidate. It is a judgment, and it is labeled as one.