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In Washington DC, looking like the best version of one’s self is now within reach. Dr. Rad’s HI-DEF FACE is a philosophy that draws on his unparalleled eye for beauty and his exceptional surgical skill to give patients transformative yet natural looking results.
The human mind decides whether a face is attractive in 100 millisecond, the blink of an eye. This being true, first impressions are essential. More generally, we all want to look our best and “to put our best faces forward.” Modern facial aesthetic knowledge and methods are more advanced than ever, and only a handful of surgeons nationally and globally have the level of artistry and skill to use these techniques in powerful ways. Dr. Rad’s patients are from all over the country and the world seeking his unparalleled expertise. Drawing upon instinctive artistry and exceptional surgical ability, Dr. Rad offers transformative results, giving patients confidence to know they look their best.
This 28 year old man who came to Dr. Rad for a total face transformation. He was unhappy with his face proportion, bottom heavy cheeks, bug-eye appearance with dark undereye circles, and curve nose. Dr. Rad performed midface/tear trough augmentation, fat grafting, buccal fat removal, jaw augmentation, closed rhinoplasty and deep neck sculpting. Results shown are 2.5 years after surgery. He is now a successful model.
The most advanced approaches in facial aesthetics focus on complete sculptural transformations that naturally enhance the face in ways never thought possible.
Dr. Rad’s technique, called “Aesthetic Facial Sculpture” (HDF) is based on his philosophy that small changes throughout the face can have profound yet natural results. When changes work synergistically (harmoniously and not against each other) the overall transformation is much more than each individual component. As the saying goes, the “whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. Dr. Rad’s goal is not to completely change identity or to look like a different person, but rather to subtly sculpt the face in ways that make it look like the best possible version. This requires meticulous artistry to know how to optimally balance 4 components:
DIMORPHISM
Dimorphism refers to the the shapes of facial features that makes a face look male or female, masculine or feminine.
Male faces differ from female in that the female cheekbones are more rounded and projected, eyes more lifted, and jawbone is smaller. Also, the nose is more petite, brow bone is not as prominent and the forehead has a smooth convex curvature.
When facial shapes are adjusted to enhance masculinity or femininity, the result can be dramatically striking while still looking natural as though the person were born this way.
This beautiful 29 year old woman desired hyperfeminine features . She felt that her eyes looked dull, her nose was rounded, cheeks flat and jawline and neck poorly defined. Dr. Rad performed endoscopic brow lift, canthoplasty, midface lift, closed rhinoplasty, deep neck sculpting and fat grafting. The balance of these procedures gave her face a more sensual quality.
SYMMETRY
Human brains are wired to interpret facial symmetry as attractive and genetically desirable. As all faces are asymmetrical, much of plastic surgery is focused on improving symmetry. Therefore, knowing how to make adjustments in subtle ways to enhance symmetry and mask asymmetries is essential.
Dr. Rad is a master of symmetrization approaches so that the result looks natural as though the person were born this way.
This beautiful 24 year old woman desired better facial symmetry, proportion and a more hyperfeminine face. She felt that her jaw was too wide giving her a masculine appearance, and her nose was rounded and blunted. Dr. Rad performed V-Line Jaw Slimming, closed rhinoplasty and canthoplasty. She now has a more symmetrical face and an alluring quality.
NEOTENY (youthfulness)
When features are well balanced and sculpted beautifully, the results can be transformative yet natural. A youthfulness of the eyes when the eyelids and eyebrows are slightly lifted, framing them way that makes the face look much more vibrant and alive. This nuance is a delicate balance that Dr. Rad strikes with artistry, safety and precision.
This beautiful 24 year old woman desired more feminine proportions of her face and nose. She felt that her jaw was too wide giving her a masculine appearance, and her nose was rounded and blunted. Dr. Rad performed V-Line Jaw Slimming, closed rhinoplasty and canthoplasty. The balance of these procedures gave her face a more alluring quality.
PROPORTION
How facial features should be modified to balance more beautifully with one another and the face as a whole is the art of plastic surgery. Changing one feature necessarily impacts others, and the face as a whole. For example, tilting the eyelids up or down can create the appearance of sensuality or sadness. Too much one way or another can distort and be ethnically inappropriate. Dr. Rad’s artistic eye informs his decision about how much to adjust to achieve optimal balance and proportion.
This beautiful 35 year old woman felt that she had “bug eyes”, heavy brows and flat cheekbones. She desired better overall facial proportions and a more alluring eye appearance. Dr. Rad performed endoscopic brow lift, canthoplasty (fox eye) and midface/tear trough augmentation with a permanent Medpor implant (overlaid in the right side “after” image). These procedures gave her face a more beautiful proportionality, showing her eyes more beautifully.
When these 4 components are in perfect harmony, faces look naturally and optimally attractive.
Social and cognitive psychologists have long established the link between attractiveness and success in all aspects of life. Science has proven that attractive people experience more positive outcomes, have more occupational success, are more popular, have more self-confidence and self-esteem, are more assertive, have a greater dating experience, have a greater sexual experience, and enjoy better mental and physical health. This makes sense: after all, don’t we transform our faces from the time we wake up to the time we show our faces to the world? While not for everyone, “good” plastic surgery empowers people to lead their best lives.
As the saying goes, “look good, feel good”: when we look our best we often feel a sense of self confidence that isn’t there when we don’t. Self confidence has powerful impacts in all aspects of our lives, from our work performance to personal relationships to self improvement. Plastic surgery in general has the power to boost self confidence, and with greater confidence comes enhanced self love. After all, self love is part and parcel to leading the best lives we’re able.
Your vision for your results will emerge through detailed consultation with Dr. Rad, meticulous examination of your anatomy, and careful pre-surgical planning. While Dr. Rad’s surgical approach is unique for each patient, the goal of naturalness remains constant.
Actual Face Lift Washington DC Patients of Dr. Rad’s
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Sherber+Rad cannot guarantee specific results.
Individual results may vary.
Recovery is outpatient (no need to stay overnight in the hospital) and pain is mild to moderate for a few days, but easily controlled on oral (not IV) pain medicine. Swelling and bruising are common but peak at 3-4 days after surgery, rapidly declining from there, and patients can hide residual bruising at 2-3 weeks without notice. Return to work and exercise is usually between 2-4 weeks depending on the extent of surgery. Final results take 6-9 months to fully develop.
This 28 year old man who came to Dr. Rad for a total face transformation. He was unhappy with his face proportion, bottom heavy cheeks, bug-eye appearance with dark undereye circles, and curve nose. Dr. Rad performed midface/tear trough augmentation, fat grafting, buccal fat removal, jaw augmentation, closed rhinoplasty and deep neck sculpting. Results shown show the progression after stage 1 (top row), and stage 2 (bottom row). The final results (right) are 2.5 years after surgery. He is now a successful model which was his goal.
We’ve all experienced times when we’ve felt self conscious about our appearances. Why? Maybe it’s a certain feature, like under eye bags or a nose hump, that greets us in the mirror every morning.
Consciously or subconsciously, the feature can cause us to hide the feature with makeup, glasses or digital filters and head-turns. Unbeknownst to us, the psychological effects have downstream consequences, impairing our ability to interact, socialize, date or assert ourselves. For some people, they’re very self aware and they know they’re trying to hide the feature. But for others it may not even be obvious, oftentimes weighing down subconsciously “under the radar.” And the way that we’re wired, our brains focus on one feature at a time – take the offending feature from our view and our brains look for others. This is where AFS comes in: while plastic surgery can help to improve a specific feature, such as blepharoplasty for under eye bags, or rhinoplasty for a nose hump, Hi-Def Face can optimize all features to give you the “best” version of yourself. If one undesirable feature looks better, and we experience a bump in self confidence, imagine the effect of improving many simultaneously. The effect can be profound and exponentially more than adding individual effects. The saying “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” applies. And so self confidence can also experience a transformation much more powerful than individual improvements can.
Some people are critical of plastic surgery but we need to take such criticism into context. To be clear, there is “bad” plastic surgery, “good” plastic surgery and variations in the middle.
Plastic surgery is a powerful tool that, when taken too far, can deform and exaggerate – the overfilled cheeks and lips, overruled wind tunnel faces, and Spock-like eyebrows – this is bad plastic surgery. But when done artfully, it goes unnoticed and can help boost self love and self confidence by enhancing their attractiveness to themselves and to others. Everything in between is a matter of debate. The bottom line is that plastic surgery should never be noticed – it should appear as though it never happened. Therefore, the art is knowing how to wield the instrument in a way that achieves beauty that appears natural, as though given by nature. If we love what we see in the mirror then that energy exudes and influences others more positively than if we don’t love ourselves. This is no different from going the gym every day to stay fit, healthy and have a positive body image. But unlike exercise, facial appearance is inborn, genetically determined and, aside from makeup or hair styling, there’s nothing that can influence our fundamental appearance. This is where *good* plastic surgery comes into play.
Dr. Rad performs these surgeries in the safest environment which is a hospital-based surgery center such as George Washington University Hospital.
Dr. Rad has his own team of anesthesia and nursing experts.Although GWUH is a “teaching hospital,” rest assured that no one else is practicing on you. Dr. Rad does every step, even placing the dressing on at the end of your surgery. No step is rushed or compromised. Surgery often takes 6-8 hours as there are thousands of small steps, each one critically important and meticulously performed by Dr. Rad himself. Surgery and anesthesia done in the safest environment means that patients are in the best circle of care and risks are the lowest possible.
Dr. Rad uses sophisticated bone sculpting methods, including with Medpor (porous polyethylene) implants for mid face, maxillary (central facial bone) and mandible (jaw) augmentation.
Medpor has been around for decades and has been shown to be biocompatible and long lasting. Tissue and vascular ingrowth occurs through its porous channels, integrating beautifully with bone and tissues, providing needed tissue support and given the face beautiful contour. Custom 3D implants are possible to design with Dr. Rad’s guidance and for those with complex skeletal asymmetries, this can be the best option.
Overall, when bone, tissue and support are optimal, patients can expect a slower aging process.
This is because proper bone structure holds up the tissues better than poor bone structure. Next time you see a 40 year old person who looks 10-20 years older, not only are they not taking care of their skin, but likely their bone structure is poor. By optimizing bone structure with Medpor implants and other maneuvers, the signs of aging are slowed and results last even longer.
Dr. Rad uses sophisticated bone sculpting methods, including with Medpor (porous polyethylene) implants for mid face, maxillary (central facial bone) and mandible (jaw) augmentation.
Medpor has been around for decades and has been shown to be biocompatible and long lasting. Tissue and vascular ingrowth occurs through its porous channels, integrating beautifully with bone and tissues, providing needed tissue support and given the face beautiful contour. Custom 3D implants are possible to design with Dr. Rad’s guidance and for those with complex skeletal asymmetries, this can be the best option.
No. We’ve all see overfilled and over-pulled celebrity faces – too much filler inflates and weighs down the face, making the face look pilllowy, doughy and unnatural. Threads pull on the skin surface without addressing underlying contour. This is the wrong approach to sculpting.
Ponytail facelift refers to minimally invasive facelifts and fat transfer, but it does not include bone contouring. Dr. Rad’s method incorporates ponytail lifts but adds bone sculpting methods which is a crucial component.
Why? Because if bone structure is deficient or poor, then trying to make up the difference with soft tissue lifts and fills won’t work – the face becomes soft, overfilled and unnatural appearing. Ponytail lifts work well when bone structure is optimal. But lack of bone structure requires bone sculpturing techniques. This is why Dr. Rad’s AFS approach is more comprehensive than ponytail lifts alone.
While most surgeons offer basic approaches from head to toe (a “jack of all trades, master of none”), Dr. Rad specializes in the face alone.
He is one of the most technically and artistically sought after plastic surgeon for his incredible results and is only one of three surgeons in the country offering such sophisticated transformations. Dr. Rad has lectured on his concept globally, by invitation, recently at the International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Istanbul Turkey.
Facial sculpting in Washington DC can be done at any age and Dr. Rad tailors the treatments according to your unique anatomy and goals.
Yes. Provided that your first procedures were done well, without damage to skin or tension on facial structures to cause a windswept appearance, then revision facelift several times is safe and effective in prolonging your youthful appearance.
Dr. Rad first will understand your aesthetic goals. Prior to the consultation it is best to understand what bothers you, and why. In advance of your consultation, send photos of your appearance, as well as modified selfie photos and inspiration photos of others whose features you like. Keep in mind that Dr. Rad’s goal is to not to change people’s identities entirely. Rather, Dr. Rad endeavors to sculpt patients’ faces to achieve the best “version” of themselves. As surgery is intricate Dr. Rad will guide you through a stepwise approach of aesthetic analysis and he’ll discuss various options, both non-surgical and surgical.
For your safety Dr. Rad performs surgery in a hospital-based operating room, considered to be the safest environment, rather than in the office. Anesthesia is delivered by a board certified anesthesiologist (MD) and you’ll be under light anesthesia which is important for your safety and comfort.
You will receive a customized quote for the procedures in which you’re interested. Once approved we may then move forward with pre-operative preparations and you will meet with Dr. Rad again at your final in person consultation prior to surgery.
Dr. Rad’s reputation as one of the most technically gifted surgeons attracts patients nationally and from around the world. We cater to patients from across the globe by arranging virtual consultations, luxury accommodations at The Jefferson hotel, Washington DC’s most luxurious 5 star boutique hotel, as well as private nursing care. Your privacy, comfort and safely achieving exceptional results are our top priorities.
The cost of Hi-Def Face surgery varies because a wide range of complexity is possible. Anatomy, goals, and whether one or more surgeries are needed weigh into cost. Total cost can range from $55,000 to $200,000. Although the “up front cost” is more significant, surgery is more cost-effective in the long run. Ultimately, you are investing in your face and in Dr. Rad’s exceptional skill and artistry.
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