Cosmetic Surgery for Men in Bellevue, WA
Aesthetic Surgery and Treatments for the Modern Man
In the new millennium and each successive decade since, cosmetic surgery for men has literally exploded in popularity as more men realize how aesthetic refinements of the face and body can powerfully boost confidence, improve personal and professional relationships, and significantly enhance their quality of life. More men are seeking cosmetic surgery, whether for excessive facial laxity, a heavy neck, droopy eyelids, eyelid bags, or contouring their abdomen and hips, or removing excess tissue on their chest. Men want to look more toned, vibrant, and youthful, and newer procedures and techniques deliver improved results, ranging from radiofrequency-assisted body tightening and neck contouring to the deep-plane facelift specifically designed to correct the aging male face.
Dr. David Stephens offers a range of aesthetic procedures tailored to the masculine aesthetic. Men feel refreshed and confident with a naturally harmonious result. His approach emphasizes achieving strong, masculine features with discreet, subtle but powerful, unoperated-looking results that align with each patient’s goals and individual lifestyle.
The Male Facelift: Restoring and Achieving Natural Facial Harmony
A facelift tailored for men should address signs of aging by lifting the heavy, sagging skin of the midface, cheeks, jowls, and neck, while also elevating the stronger, deeper facial structures that provide long-term support and natural contour.
Dr. Stephens mobilizes and releases these structures using a deep-plane dissection technique, producing facial harmony that retains a masculine appearance while achieving a nuanced, natural, and unoperated look. His techniques produce a firmer, more defined jawline without compromising your face’s natural character. Dr. Stephens focuses on subtlety and refinement to achieve a youthful, yet authentic, unoperated look.
Dr. Stephens has performed deep-plane facelifts throughout his career, and he continues to perform these for men who need full facial rejuvenation due to aging or massive weight loss. Not all deep plane facelifts are the same, so it is important to seek out a seasoned surgeon with the experience and technical ability to perform this procedure. Dr. Stephens is deeply committed to delivering the best results possible for his patients.
The Male Neck Lift: From FaceTite® to the Deep Plane Structural Neck Lift
Loose skin and excess fat or other structures deep beneath the chin can severely age the face and obscure a strong, attractive profile.
FaceTite® can markedly improve the heavy superficial fat without the need for a more extensive procedure. On the other hand, a male neck lift may be necessary to remove, contour, or reposition deeper lax tissue, while tightening the neck muscles to redefine the jawline for a cleaner, more athletic appearance. The results of a male neck lift are sharper, more structured, and still natural-looking, utilizing minimal scars. Often, all that is needed is a small incision under the chin.
Eyelid and Brow Surgery in Men
Drooping or heavy upper eyelids, under-eye bags, puffiness, and dark circles can make men look tired, angry, or older than they feel. Well-executed male upper eyelid surgery opens the space below the eyebrow, creating a crisper upper eyelid without a drastic surprised look.
Men with a heavy brow may need a browlift to reduce crowding of the heavy eyebrow on the eyelid. It is important to reposition and reshape the eyebrows while retaining the rugged masculine nature and natural contours of the face.
Men often have increased fullness or bulging of their bags in the lower eyelids and sometimes with several skin bags below the eyelids, a condition called festoons. Treatment requires correction and repositioning of the lower eyelid bags, sometimes with fat grafting and tightening of the lower eyelid to establish a smooth transition between the eyelid and the midface. This produces a nice, unoperated flow and harmonious result while maintaining a masculine look and preserving the unique character of your eyes.
Male Rhinoplasty
A rhinoplasty designed for men should refine the shape of the nose while preserving strong and balanced features, maintaining the natural relationship between the nasal bridge and tip, and balancing the nose’s width with its overall length.
The attractive, masculine nose is strong—think Tom Cruise or Liam Neeson. Improvements in breathing and asymmetries are addressed. The nose is often called the “keystone of the face” and is the focus of social interactions, along with our eyes and mouth, when we communicate with each other. Dr. Stephens customizes every male rhinoplasty to complement the patient’s overall facial proportions while retaining the features of the “masculine nose.”
Male Chest Tissue Reduction (Gynecomastia Surgery) & BodyTite®
Some of the fastest-growing procedures for men in Dr. Stephens’ office these days are those designed for the correction or reduction of the male breast called “gynecomastia.”
Excess breast tissue is removed, and the chest is contoured to produce a masculine physique. In leaner men, there may only be a need to excise the firm, glandular breast tissue under the nipple and areola that creates a feminine-shaped chest, resulting in a strong, masculine chest. In other cases, there may be heavy, sagging breasts consisting of fat and breast tissue, requiring skin excision. However, with BodyTite®, Dr. Stephens can remove fat in the breast/chest and tighten the skin using minimal incisions. In most cases of gynecomastia, a combination of glandular excision of the tissue below the nipple area and fat reduction using BodyTite® in the remainder of the chest yields the best results with minimal scars. Dr. Stephens customizes each procedure for balanced, natural results, producing a masculine aesthetic to the chest and complementing the body’s proportions.
Liposculpture and Excisional Procedures
Liposculpture for contouring of the male abdomen and hip roll excess is a very popular procedure in men.
BodyTite® with power-assisted liposculpture (PAL) can achieve a highly defined masculine abdominal contour and correct “love handles” through minimal incisions.
With the ubiquitous use of GLP-1 medications, dramatic weight reduction and subsequent subcutaneous fat loss often result in extensive skin excess and laxity. This is addressed by performing a “body lift,” or “belt lipectomy,” skin excision of the torso, as well as excision of other areas of the body. Dr. Stephens has extensive experience performing these procedures.
“I never rush surgery – It’s not about treating as many patients as possible in a day. I always take the time and focus needed to provide the best possible end result as well as a more comfortable recovery.”
Dr. Stephens
Aesthetic Skin Care, Fillers, and BOTOX® Cosmetic for Men Is a Simple and Natural Solution; Fat Transfer Alternatives; Introducing Renuva®
Injectables
Dr. Stephens was one of the first physicians in the Northwest to use BOTOX® Cosmetic in the early 2000s and was featured in the Wall Street Journal and on television nationwide. He is an expert in using BOTOX® Cosmetic to subtly correct and smooth facial lines and contour the face. Dr. Stephens strategically places BOTOX® Cosmetic in the forehead, eyebrows, and crow’s feet to soften deep lines and reduce crowding around the eyes, producing a relaxed, natural correction of heavy eyebrows without an overtreated appearance. It can also be used to subtly lift the corners of the mouth and soften deep neck bands.
Often, injectable fillers, such as the JUVÉDERM® family of fillers from Allergan, can be used in combination with BOTOX® Cosmetic. Loss of facial structure and definition can be strategically treated with JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC or JUVÉDERM® VOLLUX® XC to create strong cheekbones and jawlines, even enhance the chin. JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC can be used to improve deep nasolabial folds and the tear trough depression below the eyelids. A non-surgical rhinoplasty can improve a flat nasal bridge and nasal tip projection by injecting JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC in the nose.
Fat Transfer
Dr. Stephens has been performing fat transfer in facial surgery for decades to enhance and subtly improve facial contours in the midface due to aging, facial deformity, or extensive weight loss. Fat is typically removed from the abdomen and processed to improve the “take” and then may be placed in the cheekbones, chin, and jawline of the face. It provides long-lasting results by restoring natural volume and facial contour.
Renuva®
A new fat stimulator, Renuva®, is an exciting, cutting-edge biological product that is safely processed to stimulate fat growth when injected into the cheekbones, temples, and jawline of very thin individuals, where fat injections would normally be placed.
Schedule Your Consultation With Dr. Stephens
If you are considering facial or body procedures designed specifically for men, a personalized consultation with Dr. Stephens is the first step. Call 425-455-0444 or complete our online contact form to schedule your appointment.
Patient Testimonials
Dr. Stephens work is absolutely phenomenal. You will not find a better doctor on this side of the Mississippi. He has won multiple awards for a reason. I consider myself so blessed and so fortunate to have had my procedure done by Dr. Stephens.
I always tell people this is the best money I’ve ever spent. I couldn’t be more pleased! I always say picking the best doctor is the most important decision you will ever make, and there’s no one out there better than Dr. David Stephens.
Dr. Stephens took great care in determining what would be done, setting my expectations, and explaining the process. The nurse was kind, helpful, and attentive. The anesthesiologist was wonderful. The whole process was very smooth and painless.
The overall experience was amazing. There was a great amount of communication between the practice and myself leading up to the surgery and the entire surgical staff was an absolute pleasure. You feel comfortable from start to finish.