SECTION 01
Confirm who will assess and operate
Request the clinician's full name, current practice location and role in the proposed surgery. Verify information through official or primary records where accessible and ask whether the surgeon has privileges at the named operating facility for the planned procedure.
For a Shanghai provider, request the surgeon's Chinese legal name and the facility's registered Chinese name, not only an English alias. The official physician and medical-institution searches linked in the sources are starting points for checking registration. Match returned information with the facility's current documents and the proposed appointment; registration alone does not prove experience with a specific facelift technique.
A coordinator can organize appointments but should not answer questions about candidacy, anatomical risks or consent on the surgeon's behalf. The operating surgeon should lead those discussions.
SECTION 02
Expect a face-and-neck assessment, not a technique sales pitch
The consultation may assess skin, deeper support, facial volume, neck structures, scars, hairline, ear position, movement and previous procedures. The surgeon should ask what changes the patient values and what features should remain recognizable.
Terms such as mini, deep plane or SMAS do not by themselves establish suitability or quality. Ask what tissue would be changed, where incisions would be placed, why the scope fits the examination and which alternatives are reasonable.
- Ask what the proposed operation will and will not address.
- Discuss facial nerve, bleeding, scar and hairline considerations.
- Request a separate explanation for any combined procedure.
SECTION 03
Read result images with context
Look for consistent lighting, expression, camera distance, hair position and front, oblique and side views. Ask how long after surgery the later images were taken and whether other procedures were performed.
A selected image cannot show every aspect of sensation, scarring, movement or recovery. It also cannot predict how another person's tissues will heal.
SECTION 04
Test the postoperative system
Confirm the facility, anesthesia team, overnight monitoring, emergency pathway, wound reviews and what happens after the patient leaves Shanghai. A surgeon's availability after the operation is part of the comparison.
General-anesthesia surgery may follow the group's typical pathway of about two inpatient days if the treating team considers discharge clinically appropriate. External sutures, when used, are often reviewed around day 7; the surgeon decides actual timing and travel clearance.