Dr. Sam Rizk has been chosen as a Top Facial Plastic Surgeon and Rhinoplasty Specialist by Castle Connolly, the #1 Organization which selects Top Physicians in every field based on recommendations by their peers. Dr. Rizk has also published his original techniques in many plastic surgery journals, which requires peer review by other plastic surgeons to deem it original and worthy of publication. Dr. Rizk is often selected by doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals to do their plastic surgery.
PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT:
Dr. Rizk's philosophy is a customized facelift and necklift with jawline and cheek definition. Dr. Rizk does many different types of facelift and necklift surgery and customizes the lift to your face and degree of aging. One lift does not fit all patients and Dr. Rizk does not have a "signature procedure" because each face is different.
Dr. Rizk's philosophy in his lifts is a natural lift which avoids the "pulled" look of older skin lifts. He also does a facelift which not only makes a patient look YOUNGER, but also MORE ATTRACTIVE. This is an important concept because Dr. Rizk's facelifts also reposition volume from the jowls into the cheeks. He lifts in the deeper layers which encompass not only skin and muscle, but ALSO jowl FAT. This repositioning of volume is important because it creates definition, rather than just "tightness" and it looks more natural. The loose muscles in the neck are pulled and tightened behind the ears and also in the middle under the chin from a small incision under the chin.
Dr. Rizk also pioneered the use of 3-Dimentional high definition telescope systems to visualize the face better in the deeper planes, making it a much safer procedure which avoids blood vessels and other structures. With this 3D telescope technology, the scars are smaller and the recuperation is faster because the surgery becomes very precise. Rapid recovery is just as important for Dr. Rizk's New York City Park Avenue practice as is a natural and long-lasting result.
Facelift/Necklift Before & After Photos
January 3rd, 2012
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| 55 yo female who had a facelift/necklift and upper lower eyelift as well as fractionated co2 laser of her face. Patient is shown 1 year after and is very happy with her result. Patient has minimal hidden scars within her ears and a small scar under her chin where the midline fat was removed and her platysmal muscle cords were tied. This was done with the high definition telescope system to visualize her neck and minimize scarring. | |
Facelift/Necklift/Eyelift Before & After Photos
December 15th, 2010
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| 54 year old female underwent facelift (meaning facelift and necklift) and blepharoplasty (eyelift) to rejuvenate her face. Patient is shown 1 year postoperatively. Note improvement in her neck and jawline contour and note the natural frontal appearance without the stretched look. | |
Chin Implant/Necklift Before & After Photos
August 23rd, 2010
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| 16 yo female who underwent chin augmentation or chin implant (mentoplasty) surgery as well as neck liposuction concurrently to correct a condition where the chin is small and fat is accumulating under her chin while her body weight is normal. The patient is shown at 1 week after chin implant and neck liposuction with minimal bruising. | |
Necklift/Lower Facelift Before & After Photos
June 22nd, 2010
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| 55 year old patient interested in lower face and necklift who underwent necklift and a partial lower facelift to improve jawline. | |
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| 45 yo female who would like a refreshed look underwent facelift/necklift, upper and lower blepharoplasty and a subtle rhinoplasty-endonasal (incisions inside nose only). Patient is shown 2 weeks post-surgery and is still swollen but a noticeable improvement can be seen. | |
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| Patient is 33 yo Latino male who wanted better balance between his nose and chin and underwent rhinoplasty to remove the nasal bump and chin implant, neck liposuction, and necklift to define and project his chin more. Dr. Rizk does a special muscle tuck under the chin with 3d telescopes to achieve a better result than with just liposuction. This neck procedure is done only from a small incision under the chin and does not involve incisions around the ears. | |
Rhinoplasty/Necklift Before & After Photos
February 24th, 2010
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| 46 year old female shown 1 year after rhinoplasty and neck liposuction. Rhinoplasty was endosnasal (from inside nose only) to lift tip and refine her tip in a subtle way and deproject her nose (bring it closer to face). Patient also underwent neck liposuction. At 1 year post-surgery, patient has fully healed and all the swelling has resolved. | |
Facelift/Necklift/Browlift/Eyelift/Rhinoplasty Before & After Photos
December 11th, 2009
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| 56 year old female who underwent facelift/necklift/partial browlift/blepharoplasty and rhinoplasty. | |
Facelift/Necklift Before & After Photos
August 5th, 2009
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| Patient underwent a facelift/necklift using the modified deep plane approach. Patient also had fat injection around chin (prejowl sulcus area) to improve chin/face harmony. Patient is shown 2 weeks after surgery. Although patient is still swollen, note the dramatic improvement in cheek area and jawline definition. This is very typical of this approach to really rejuvenate and volumize the cheek area with the patients own tissue and really defines the neck. | |
