drrenatocalabria

12/18/2025

Most plastic surgeons follow a one-size-fits-all approach to facelift surgery, typically offering only one or two procedures. This limited approach doesn't make sense given the varying needs of patients at different ages and stages of aging. That's why I've developed 10 distinct techniques over the years, ranging from the endoscopic scarless facelift to the deep plane facelift. Each method is tailored to individual patient needs, ensuring a personalized approach. A facelift for every age and every decade: I doubt anyone else offers this level of variety and spectrum of techniques.

12/15/2025

12/12/2025

Which are the 3 most common dead giveaways that a picture was touched up? 3) perfectly symmetric features of the face. 80-90% of faces are asymmetric so when you see perfect eyebrow height, perfectly symmetric cheek bones projection and symmetric jaw lines most likely the picture was touched up.
2) mismatched sharpness : most filters blur the skin but sharpen the eyes, lashes, brows and lips
1) dead giveaway :over-smoothing of skin texture
Look for: pores disappearing completely, plastic or velvety surface, no micro wrinkles in areas that should show them( crows feet, under eyes,forehead), uniform texture across cheeks, eyelids and nose: real skin always has regional variation, filters erase that.
Remember, unless the picture was taken in the early post op period when the swelling can cause tiny wrinkles to disappear, an non filtered picture should disclose some lines because facelift can not erased expression lines,period!

12/10/2025

Is cost the only thing you need to worry about in the arduous process of picking a plastic surgeon? The 4 filters you should use which will help you make a decision.
The moral of the story is: do your home work, use the 4 filters in this order and ask yourself :given that I like their results and aesthetics, trust their safety and appreciate their ethics, is the incremental benefit worth the extra $50k-100k over another excellent plastic surgeon that does not have the PR team and the fake followers on social media?
Tell me what do you think!

12/04/2025

Quick tip on fees: tell me what do you think about it.

12/02/2025

Stay away from cookie cutter approach to facelift surgery: the aging process is different and applying the same technique to everyone is conceptually wrong. I have developed through the years 8 different types of facelift tailored to each age bracket and each degree of aging from the endoscopic scarless facelift to the one stitch facelift to the mini lift , to the short scar facelift, to the hybrid facelift to the vertical face and neck lift and combining each type of facelift with different other procedures to enhance the rest of the face and create a total harmonic facial rejuvenation.

12/01/2025

Guess what is the first area that people focused when they look at you? The eyes!
So it is crucial to address the aging process in the peri orbital area. Eyelids rejuvenation is very tricky indeed since it is very easy to be to aggressive on skin removal and create a “overdone” look which is very hard to improve. Also technically the lower lids surgery is very challenging since a a millimeter difference can cause irreparable damage like pulling the lower lids downward ( scleral show). This is the reason I performe a canthopexy on every lower eyelid surgery.
A canthopexy consists of anchoring the lower eyelid tendon to the upper orbital bone not only to prevent problems but also to re-drape the orbicularis muscle and deliver a more natural and long lasting approach.
Again eyelid surgery can be very challenging and I’m glad I did a 3 months fellowship in oculo-plastic surgery during my plastic surgery training.

08/16/2025

Thanks to Vanity Fair Italy for allowing me to share the latest trends in facelift surgery outlining my break through Vertical facelift procedure and the other less invasive facelift techniques.

08/08/2025

I have been very vocal about having realistic expectations because it is the key of being satisfied after surgery. When media portrait unobtainable results as real like in this case, it sets a standard for regular people to go after. And that is bad for both plastic surgeons and patients. There is no question that whoever did her facelift, did an excellent job so why touch up the picture?
This post proves without any doubts what I have been saying for months.
Educating patients about surgery is the key of a plastic surgeon’s success and patient’s satisfaction!