Southwest Suburban Plastic Surgeon Performs Chicagoland's First Effective Face Lift…Without Surgery!

The FDA has just approved the world's most advanced treatment for loose facial and neck skin.

"This is the Holy Grail." says plastic surgeon Dr. Anil Shah, "We can finally apply heat technology, which produces incredible results elsewhere, directly to the soft tissues of the face and neck." The Frankfort native is affiliated with University of Chicago.

Frustrated facial plastic surgeons couldn't use heat (aka RF energy) through the skin to rejuvenate the face because the if their was too much heat, the skin would burn, and if there were not enough the patient would not see a result. But the just approved device, called FaceTite, uses new technology that heats from underneath the skin, allowing for both underlying fat to melt aw well as tightening of the skin above it.

"It's amazing," says Dr. Shah. "You see the facial skin tighten by the end of the procedure!" Studies show the new procedure instantly tightens the skin by 40%. Dr. Shah is the first Chicago facial plastic surgeon certified to use the treatment.

The half hour office procedure is done under local anesthesia and without any visible scars. Dr. Shah inserts a 4" handheld cannula just one-fourteenth inch in diameter under the skin. The cannula's tip emits computer-controlled thermal energy. A sensor hovering just above the skin constantly measures the tip's temperature and energy. The device's specific frequencies simultaneously destroy nearby fat and tighten the skin's collagen.

Patients experience swelling for 3-4 days that gradually subsides. Then over the next over the next six weeks to three months, their face continues to look younger by the day.

Dr. Shah says, "I have many patients who want more than injectables or surface treatments but aren't ready for a surgical approach. Now I finally have an effective treatment to offer them."

Current "injectable" treatments work only by adding volume below the face. Often the end result is an overinflated, or "blowfish," appearance. In addition results rarely last more than two years. Another approach, surface facial devices (such as Thermage) often yield minimal disappointing results.

The far more dramatic FaceTite's effects last about five years. That also makes the procedure the best financial value for patients. Dr. Shah says, "I tell patients they'll look up to a decade younger for about five years…that's about $1000 per year."

Costs are further reduced because the facial plastic surgeon can choose to tighten only specific areas such as the lower eyes, brow, cheek, or neck.

Dr. Shah says the best candidates for the procedure are men and women in their 30's or 40's with minimal skin laxity. However, he says many older patients have also benefitted from the new procedure. He says, "A 70-year-old may say she wants to look 65. She doesn't want a radical transformation; simply to look better for her age."

"We finally have what we've all been waiting for," says Dr. Shah, "a truly effective minimally invasive alternative to a face lift."

Anyone who wants more information about this procedure can call Dr. Shah at 312-944-0117 or visit his web site at www.shahfacialplastics.com.