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The Real Difference in Facelift Surgeries: Why Is Deep Plane Different? | 115 Dr.David Rosenberg, MD

Ayık Kafa · 2026-06-11 · 54 minutes

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In this 115th episode of the Soberhead Podcast Dr. Esra Çavuşoğlu, PhD welcomes Dr. David Rosenberg, MD. David Rosenberg is an experienced plastic surgeon practicing in New York. He specializes in facial aesthetic procedures; deep plane and extended deep plane facelifts. He also focusing rhinoplasty, and eyelid surgery, with an emphasis on achieving natural-looking results. In this episode of Sobe

Deep-plane facelift

A deep-plane facelift lifts the skin, fat and SMAS as one flap after releasing the ligaments that hold the cheek down, instead of lifting skin and SMAS separately. It dates to Hamra's 1990 paper and is now the most-used facelift among surveyed facial plastic surgeons, though head-to-head evidence of longer-lasting results is limited.

The technique, its anatomy and the papers behind it

Newest research on deep plane facelift

From the PubMed facelift record.

2026
Conservation facelift: The mesoface
Quinodoz P, Scampa M, Belhaouari L · JPRAS Open · PMID 42630822
2026
Tunneled Deep-plane Lift: A Novel Approach to Lower Facial and Neck Laxity
Stanford N, Ramírez B, Varela A · Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open · PMID 42719910
2026
Deep Plane Facelifts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes
Koroma P, Reji N, Burridge I, Shah M, Gopi P, Lee K, et al. · Aesthetic Plast Surg · PMID 42576065