Christopher Surek, MD

Few surgical terms get more marketing buzz right now, and few cause more confusion. The deep plane isn't a secret, it isn't new, and it isn't automatically better. It has been part of most facelifts since the 1980s. Facial anatomy expert Dr. Christopher Surek joins Dr. Lawrence Bass, Summer Hardy, and Dr. Edinger to clear it up. The deep plane sits beneath the SMAS, a layer Dr. Surek compares to a bedsheet wrapped around the facial muscles and fat. Surgeons reach it two main ways: composit...