Laser Lift in Des Moines 

Laser Lift at Des Moines Plastic Surgery™ is a minimally invasive procedure that targets early signs of aging in the neck and jowl area, without scalpels, stitches, or scars. Ideal for patients in their 40s to early 50s with mild skin laxity, Laser Lift offers natural-looking results without the downtime of traditional surgery. While not a substitute for a full facelift, it’s a great option for those who aren’t ready for more invasive procedures. During your consultation, Dr. David Robbins will determine whether a Laser Lift or surgical facelift is best to help you achieve smoother, more youthful contours.

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Laser Lift Overview

The Laser Lift at Des Moines Plastic Surgery™ offers a fast, minimally invasive solution to signs of aging in the neck and lower face, without the risks, downtime, or cost of traditional facelift surgery. Using precision laser energy, this 30-minute in-office procedure targets sagging skin with no stitches or general anesthesia required. Patients are awake and experience minimal recovery time. Results continue to improve over 4–6 months. Ideal for those in their 40s and early 50s, the Laser Lift delivers natural-looking, youthful contours with little interruption to your daily routine, making it a smart alternative for anyone searching for a laser lift near me.

How Laser Lift Works 

During a Laser Lift procedure, targeted laser energy is strategically applied to heat the skin’s surface and its deeper layers, including the SMAS (superficial muscular aponeurotic system) layer. This promotes tissue coagulation, immediate tightening, and long-term stimulation of collagen production. The advanced laser technology used in this procedure, the Precision TX Nd: YAG 1440nm laser, enables precise and focused tissue targeting for optimal results.

This cutting-edge technology not only tackles sagging but also stimulates the production of new collagen, enhancing the skin’s elasticity and firmness over time. Compared to traditional facelifts, which involve extensive surgery, the Laser Lift offers an effective solution with significantly less invasiveness and downtime, making it a game-changer in facial rejuvenation techniques.

Laser Lift vs. Other Treatments 

Compared to traditional facelifts or external laser treatments, the Laser Lift offers distinct advantages. Traditional facelifts involve incisions, scarring, general anesthesia, and lengthy recovery, while the Laser Lift avoids all that, delivering similar tightening results for the neck and jawline.  

External laser treatments, meanwhile, often struggle to deliver heat deep enough for significant improvement without risking burns or other skin damage. The Laser Lift resolves this limitation by applying laser energy directly under the skin, where it has the most impact. This technology represents a breakthrough in minimally invasive treatments and delivers more predictable and effective results.

Benefits of a Laser Lift Treatment

The Laser Lift is revolutionizing facial rejuvenation in West Des Moines with its advanced, non-invasive approach. Designed for convenience, comfort, and effectiveness, it’s an ideal option for anyone seeking a more youthful and refreshed appearance.

Laser Lift Benefits

Minimally Invasive with No Downtime

Forget stitches or scalpels, this procedure requires only tiny microincisions, allowing for a speedy recovery and eliminating the need for extended downtime.

Natural Collagen Stimulation

The treatment not only provides immediate results but also stimulates natural collagen production, improving skin elasticity and tightening over time. Experience continued enhancements for up to six months post-procedure.

Smooth, Radiant Skin

Whether dealing with uneven texture, large pores, or acne scars, the Laser Lift works to smooth and refine your complexion, leaving your skin polished and glowing.

Softens Wrinkles and Fine Lines

Target those stubborn wrinkles around the eyes and mouth with boosted collagen that visibly softens the signs of aging, leaving you looking refreshed.

Expert Facial Contouring

Lift and tighten sagging areas, define your jawline, and restore a youthful balance. This precise treatment targets the lower face and neck for noticeable yet natural-looking contouring.

Scar-Free Healing

Using advanced technology, microincisions heal seamlessly, ensuring no visible scars are left behind, only smooth, rejuvenated skin.

Stress-Free and Convenient

The procedure is completed in just 30 minutes and requires no general anesthesia. Most individuals find it so simple that they’re able to return to their daily activities immediately afterward.

Tailored to Your Goals

Each Laser Lift treatment is customized to address your specific aesthetic concerns, providing a truly personalized approach to your facial rejuvenation. Whether it’s lifting the neck or smoothing fine lines, your goals shape your treatment plan.

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The Laser Lift also corrects other signs of aging in the neck and face without the cost, risks, anesthesia, recovery, and downtime compared to a traditional face-lifting procedure.

The Des Moines Plastic Surgery™ patient below had sagging skin on her neck most of her adult life. The Laser Lift procedure took care of it with one 30-minute procedure. Her post-treatment photo below is one week after the Laser Lift procedure. She will continue to see results for the next 4 to 6 months. The Laser Lift is a quick, easy procedure with minimal downtime, and the best part….patients are awake during the procedure.

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What To Expect Before a Laser Lift

Before your Laser Lift procedure in West Des Moines, our team at Des Moines Plastic Surgery will walk you through all the necessary steps to ensure you’re fully prepared and comfortable. During your consultation, Dr. Robbins will evaluate your candidacy for the procedure based on your skin condition, age, and desired results. You’ll also receive a detailed overview of pre-treatment steps, such as staying hydrated and avoiding certain medications or skincare products like retinoids and exfoliants, which can irritate the skin. This preparation helps ensure your skin is in optimal condition for the treatment, maximizing its effectiveness and minimizing downtime. 

What To Expect During a Laser Lift

The Laser Lift is a straightforward, minimally invasive procedure conducted under local anesthesia and mild sedatives, ensuring your comfort throughout. During the treatment, Dr. Robbins will make three tiny micro-incisions behind each ear and under the chin. Through these, specialized laser energy is delivered to safely target the SMAS layer and deeper tissues. Most procedures take just 30 minutes, during which patients remain awake and relaxed, often reporting minimal discomfort. Every step is carefully monitored to ensure precision and safety, delivering results that are both immediate and long-lasting. 

What To Expect After a Laser Lift

While some mild bruising, swelling, or tenderness may occur, these typically subside within 7-10 days. Patients are advised to maintain hydration and gently care for the treated areas to further enhance recovery. You can resume normal activities almost immediately, although it’s best to avoid strenuous exercise for a week. Visible improvements will be noticeable right away, with the full effects, including tighter skin and improved definition in your lower face and neck, continuing to develop over the next 4 to 6 months as collagen production increases and your skin continues to tighten. 

Laser Lift Frequently Asked Questions

Aging happens both at the surface of the skin as well as within the deeper supporting tissue of the face, known as the SMAS layer. During the Laser Lift procedure, targeted laser energy is used to deeply and safely heat the skin and deeper SMAS layer beneath the face and neck skin. The laser energy promotes tissue coagulation and shrinkage. The SMAS and deeper layers are immediately tightened with continued improvements in collagen production and skin tightening in the 4 to 6 months following your procedure. The laser used in the Laser Lift is the Precision TX, an Nd: YAG 1440nm wavelength laser with a side-firing fiber optic laser from Cynosure, a worldwide leader in laser-based devices. The Precision TX 1440nm wavelength is absorbed by water and fat in the skin tissues, causing micro bubbles at the fiber tip (cavitation effect,) which produces bi-directional energy distribution and allows for more focused tissue targeting.

The effects of laser stimulation on collagen production and skin tightening is thoroughly accepted by experts in the field of cosmetic surgery and supported by numerous clinical and scientific studies. The results are amazing and long-lasting. The Laser Lift approach makes the facelift procedure dramatically less invasive compared to a traditional facelift procedure.

The laser technology is not new. The technology of how to deliver laser energy internally via the Laser Lift is NEW technology. The team at Des Moines Plastic Surgery has been performing the laser lift procedure in Des Moines for over fifteen years. The goal of external laser treatments is to heat the deep layers of the skin, heat up the collagen, denature it, and stimulate collagen formation to tighten the skin. The challenge with the external laser procedures was maximizing laser energy and heat to the deep layers of the skin without burning and injuring the external skin. The results of external lasers for skin tightening were often unpredictable and disappointing to patients. The Laser Lift has taken the technology of external laser energy and heating and applied it internally, directly to not only the undersurface of the skin and dermis but also to the deep muscle, facial layers, and muscle. The laser energy is directly applied where it needs to go to provide the maximum results and efficacy.

The procedure is an excellent option for people who want to look younger but who do not want or need an invasive surgical facelift. If you’re interested in restoring youthful contours in your lower face and neck but want to avoid general anesthesia, invasive incisions, scars, and extended downtime, Laser Lift could be right for you.

Not all patients are candidates for the laser lift. Best candidates are in their 40s and early 50s with mild looseness of the jowl/jawline area, and the neck without overly thin skin of the neck. The laser lift does not treat the upper face and is not a “replacement” of a traditional facelift.

Local anesthesia and mild sedative pills are administered. No general anesthesia or sedation is required.

Only three microincisions are made with a 1mm dermatology biopsy device. No scalpel is used. No stitches are required. The micro incisions are smaller than the tip of a ballpoint pen and will be unnoticeable once healed. The micro incisions are made behind each ear and one just under the chin for a total of three micro incisions.

30 minutes for most Laser Lift procedures compared to 2-6 hours for a surgical facelift.

After Laser Lift at Des Moines Plastic Surgery™, there is minimal downtime. Typically, patients have mild bruising and discomfort for 7-10 days. Strenuous activity can be resumed almost immediately. You will see immediate results with the maximum results following the next 4 to 6 months. Hydration before and after the procedure is very important. With a surgical facelift, the downtime can be up to 2 weeks of bruising, swelling, and redness to the scars, with no strenuous activity for 3-4 weeks.

No. The three micro incisions heal without stitches and no scarring. With a surgical facelift, there is potential for significant scarring in front and behind the ears and in the hairline.

No. The three micro incisions heal without stitches and without a scar. Compared to a surgical facelift, stitches are required and removed in 5-10 days.

With the Laser Lift at Des Moines Plastic Surgery, patients will notice some immediate initial skin tightening with results continuing to progress during the next 3-6 months following the procedure.

Yes. In fact, the Laser Lift combined with external traditional fractionated laser procedures will give the most profound results. Essentially, the skin is lasered from both sides; an inside and outside treatment. The Laser Lift tightens the deeper internal skin tissues from within, and the external fractionated laser treats the skin surface directly on the surface for a remarkable skin tightening and rejuvenation result.

The Laser Lift is not intended to replace a traditional facelift procedure. The results are not the same. But the cost, recovery, and risks are not the same either. Many patients are completely misinformed as to the procedures available to them and what would be best for their desired result. No other surgeon in Iowa performs the Laser Lift procedure, so they would naturally not mention it or offer it as an option. That doesn’t mean the Laser Lift at Des Moines Plastic Surgery™ is not an option for many patients in Iowa who do not want the expense, incisions, and downtime associated with a traditional facelift procedure. Dr. Robbins performs many traditional facelift procedures every year (full face lifts, neck lifts, S-face lifts, mini lifts, etc).

We recognize that not all patients want a traditional facelift involving anesthesia, incisions, scars, and recovery. That’s what makes Laser Lift so beneficial to our Des Moines, Iowa, patients. At our West Des Moines office, our Laser Lift procedure costs are half of the cost of a full facelift; the recovery time is not even comparable, there are no sutures, no stitches, no scars, and no general anesthesia or IV sedation. All this added up means you can come to Des Moines Plastic Surgery™ with the confidence and understanding that all that’s left is selecting the right treatment plan that’s best for your unique features, desired results, and budget.

The Laser Lift in Des Moines is half the cost of a traditional facelift. There are no anesthesia or operating room costs.

The Laser Lift uses targeted laser energy to heat the deeper layers of the skin, including the SMAS layer (a facial supportive tissue). This controlled heat process stimulates the production of new collagen by triggering the skin’s natural healing response. Increased collagen strengthens the skin, improves elasticity, and reduces the appearance of sagging over 4 to 6 months following the procedure. 

Yes, the Laser Lift is highly effective for treating sagging skin in the neck area. By employing advanced laser technology, it tightens the SMAS layer and the skin beneath the surface, providing an uplifted and firmer appearance to the neck. It’s particularly suitable for individuals with mild to moderate sagging in this region. 

Most patients experience mild bruising and discomfort for 7-10 days, but strenuous activities can be resumed almost immediately. This makes it a convenient option for those with busy lifestyles. 

The Laser Lift utilizes the Precision TX laser system, an advanced Nd: YAG 1440nm wavelength laser from Cynosure, a leader in laser-based devices. This system delivers targeted energy through a side-firing fiber optic laser, allowing precise heat application to both the undersurface of the skin and deeper facial tissues, ensuring maximum results with minimal invasiveness. 

The Laser Lift is suitable for most skin types. While it effectively addresses age-related concerns like sagging skin in the neck and jowl areas, it works best for patients in their 40s to early 50s with mild skin looseness. Specific recommendations can be made during a consultation to determine if the procedure is the right fit for your skin type and goals. 

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To learn more about the Laser Lift in Des Moines, call us at 515.221.9999 for your Laser Lift consultation at Des Moines Plastic Surgery or email us if you have questions regarding this procedure. 

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