Dr Haertsch has performed scores of facelifts over 30 years and goes to great lengths to ensure a successful outcome.  This involves a proper understanding of the patient's expectations, because perfection is not an option in surgery - improvement is.  The operative incisions will be discussed at length with each patient, and options given with respect to placement of the scars.

As for the soft tissues of the face, Dr Haertsch is a proponent of the volumetric school which involves repositioning, rather than excision of soft tissues.  The surgery is also associated with readjustment of the sagging platysma muscle, thereby improving the chin/neck angle.