Before undergoing any surgery, it is important to understand what to expect.
A neck lift will adjust and tighten any misshapen and wrinkled area of the neck. Sometimes these aesthetic neck issues are a result of age, and gravity and other factors can also cause this.
A neck lift can also improve the jawline and can remove a double chin, resulting in a more youthful appearance for the area.
The procedure will not prevent further symptoms of aging in the neck, but it will help to enhance and revitalize the appearance of the neck.
Dr. Richard Gentile is highly skilled in facial plastic surgery […]
In order to guarantee the success of your facelift, it is crucial that you cease smoking. Tobacco use before and after surgery places your health and recovery at great risk.
Nicotine use tightens blood vessels, reducing the blood supply to the face. During a facelift, the tissue being lifted is constrained, and so without proper blood circulation, this can lead to severe post-surgical scarring and can cause the wounds to reopen. If the skin tissue is severely weakened, it may even die.
Surgeons require a patient to refrain from tobacco use for a minimum of two weeks, but most require longer in […]
Dr. Richard Gentile a board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon with offices in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland Ohio was a featured speaker at the Advance Aesthetics & Cosmetic Dermatology Symposium in Marina Del Rey California in January 2015, and at he Foundation for Facial Aeshtetic Surgery in Atlanta Georgia in March 2015. Dr. Gentile was interviewed on some of the exciting new technology options on Aesthetic MD Insider on March 24, 2015. To Listen to Interview “How Technology Is Changing The Face of Cosmetic Surgery” …..Press here “ThermiRF like SmartLipo Triplex uses real time temperature monitoring to enable subcutaneous laser and energy based […]
Dr. Richard Gentile a board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon with offices in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland Ohio is pleased to introduce an exciting new option for neck rejuvenation……The New NECKlift™ a minimally invasive non excisional neck lift for quick recovery and limited down time.
A person’s appearance is a reflection of who they are and how they feel. Your friends and family react to facial expressions, but as the double weight of passing years and stress wear on your appearance, you may give an impression of exhaustion or advanced age that you don’t necessarily feel. Frequently the aging process affects the neck […]
Dr. Richard Gentile a board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon with offices in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland Ohio is pleased to announce the grand opening of Technika Medical Aesthetic & Skin Spa located in Boardman Ohio with satellite offices in Cleveland and Akron Ohio. It was in 1996 that Dr.Gentile opened one of the first MedSpas in Northern Ohio…..Aspasia. In the mid 90’s aesthetic skin care consisted of mostly European facials some chemical peels and in 1994-1996 our first skin resurfacing lasers.
So much has changed over the nearly 20 years since Aspasia was introduced. The most significant changes involve the explosion […]
Dr. Richard Gentile a board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon with offices in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland Ohio is pleased to announce that we are the first Plastic Surgery Center in Northern Ohio to offer the exciting new aesthetic technology from ThermiAesthetics…The Thermi Lift. Powered by ThermiRF the technology is the first and only termperature controlled RF facial and body contouring platform on the market leading the way in surgeon and patient safety.
As Dr. Gentile notes, “ThermiRF like SmartLipo Triplex uses real time temperature monitoring to enable subcutaneous laser and energy based procedures to be performed in a safer and more […]
Dr. Richard Gentile a board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon with offices in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland Ohio is pleased to announce that we are the first Plastic Surgery Center in Northern Ohio to offer the exciting new aesthetic technology from Venus Technologies…Venus Legacy featuring Lift FX and Sculpt FX. Venus Legacy takes up where Venus Freeze left off and features some excellent new features. As Dr. Gentile notes, We are exciting that we can measure real time temperature in the tissues treated and that the treatments are pain free. Venus Legacy is a single aesthetic workstation for non surgical body […]
Dr. Richard Gentile a board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon with offices in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland Ohio presented a Landmark Study on treatment for acne scarring at the recent American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery meeting held in New Orleans Louisiana. The meeting was held September 20-22 and featured Facial Plastic Surgeons from all over the world. It was a great pleasure to present our data from a study which is the first to examine the effectiveness of laser energy introduced underneath longstanding acne scarring. The study demonstrated that when a tiny laser which can fire in 3-Dimensions is used […]
Dr. Richard Gentile a board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon with offices in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland Ohio in an effort to give both Plastic Surgeons and patients an ability to distinguish different facelift procedures has published a “Gentile Classification of Rhytidectomy” in his recent book “Neck Rejuvenation” published by Thieme Medical Publications in Stuttgart Germany and New York.
Discussing the “Gentile Classification of Rhytidectomy” Dr. Gentile points out the evolution of facial procedures for anti-aging has produced a number of different procedures that creates a scenario where Surgeons or patients may not understand what exactly is being done during a particular […]
Presents topics in Facial Plastic Surgery to European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery
Dr. Richard Gentile a board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon with offices in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland Ohio was a featured speaker in Oslo, Norway at the 36th Congress of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery August 29th – September 1, 2013. Dr. Gentile joined international faculty from the USA as well as Italy, Australia, India, Canada, Norway and 35 other countries.
“It was a great pleasure to share our techniques with our European colleagues who like the Americans share a keen interest in cosmetic surgery” said Dr. Gentile, […]
