The StudioThe O'Daniel Method · Est. 1992
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Archive Case · No. 0301
Archive Case · No. 0301
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For high-profile surgeons we build the case in full: diagnosis, plan, a three-angle result, recovery, and the operative record. Far beyond a before-and-after, this is the depth that converts the patient who wants proof and earns the referral from the peer who wants detail.
Every angle documented and matched: front and profile, Day −14 against Year 01. Far beyond a single before-and-after, this is the full photographic record, shown in the honest early window, not retouched.
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c. 1986 · Yearbook
c. 1995 · Family archive
c. 2008 · Family archiveThe reference: a face she already had, the operative target for every decision below.
The patient documented her own result on Instagram. Reproduced with permission. The most credible voice in the file is hers.
Six discrete corrections, planned as one continuous dissection.
Sub-SMAS dissection extended medially to the lateral border of the zygomaticus major, freeing the malar fat pad as a single composite unit.
The deep plane flap is advanced vertically, restoring the youthful position of the cheek without lateral pull.
Subplatysmal fat resection, partial digastric reduction, and submandibular gland repositioning. The neck is reshaped, not just tightened.
An anterior midline corset supports the deeper work, executed with absorbable suture. No permanent foreign material is left behind.
A tragal incision designed to preserve native contour. No earlobe distortion is acceptable.
All tension is borne by the deeper SMAS plane. Skin closes without strain, and without the operated look.
Op-note summary. The full surgical record is available to referring surgeons on request, the kind of transparency that earns peer referrals.