Fraser-Kirk Plastic Surgery
Sunshine Coast
Level 3/37 The Esplanade,
Maroochydore QLD 4558
This blog is where we share clear, considered information about the procedures Dr Sparks performs and the questions patients ask most. You’ll find practical guidance on facial surgery and aesthetics, what recovery genuinely involves, and how to weigh up whether a procedure is right for you, all explained clearly and in plain language.
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Jowls and Jowling: What Causes Them, and What Actually Treats Them
Why the jawline changes with age, and why the answer lies deeper than the skin. In 1989, the American plastic surgeon David Furnas published a short anatomical paper that changed how surgeons think about the ageing face. He described a set of fibrous anchors, the retaining ligaments, that tether the skin and soft tissue of […]
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Hooded Eyelids: Why They Happen, and Why the Eyelid Isn’t Always the Problem
Understanding the anatomy behind hooded eyes before deciding how to treat them. The word blepharoplasty was coined in 1818 by the German surgeon Karl Ferdinand von Graefe. He wasn’t thinking about ageing at all. He was describing reconstruction of eyelids lost to cancer and trauma. Two centuries later, the operation that carries his name is […]
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Facial Fat Grafting in Deep Plane Face & Neck Lift Surgery: What I Do, and Why
Why volume restoration is part of the operation rather than an addition to it. There’s a version of facelift surgery that lifts the face. And there’s a version that restores it. The difference, more often than not, comes down to fat. We’ve understood for decades that facial ageing isn’t simply a matter of descent, things […]
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Filler or Facelift? What the Science Actually Says
The evidence behind a question every patient deserves an honest answer to. Few questions come up more often in consultation than this one: whether years of filler make surgery unnecessary, or whether it’s reasonable simply to keep going. It’s an important question, and it deserves an evidence-based answer rather than a commercially convenient one. The […]
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Facelift Surgery After 70: What Changes, What Doesn’t, and What Surgery Can Realistically Achieve
Why age alone is not a contraindication, and what an honest conversation about results should sound like. There is an assumption embedded in the way facelift surgery is discussed — in clinics, in the media, and increasingly in the algorithm-driven world of social media aesthetics — that surgical facial rejuvenation (rhytidectomy, commonly called a facelift) […]
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Recovery After Face and Neck Lift Surgery: What to Expect
A realistic guide to the weeks that follow, and how to give your result the best possible start. The decision to have a face and neck lift involves two distinct phases of research. The first concerns the surgery itself — the technique, the surgeon, the likely outcome. The second concerns what happens afterwards. In my […]
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Deep Plane vs SMAS Facelift: What’s the Difference?
Understanding the anatomical distinction that shapes facelift outcomes. When patients come to me having already researched facelift surgery, they often arrive with a specific question: what is the difference between a deep plane facelift and an SMAS facelift? It is a good question, and one that deserves a clear, anatomically grounded answer — because the […]
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Why I Don’t Just Perform a Facelift
A different philosophy for treating facial ageing. When patients come to me asking about a face and neck lift, I often find myself having a slightly different conversation than they expect. In many cases a facelift is exactly the right answer. The difference is that what most people picture when they think of a facelift, […]
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Facial Ageing After Weight Loss: Why the Face Needs Its Own Conversation
When a patient loses significant weight, whether through lifestyle change, medication, or bariatric surgery, the conversation is almost entirely about the body. The abdomen, the arms, the thighs, the chest. The skin laxity that follows substantial weight reduction in these regions is well recognised, and the surgical options for addressing it — abdominoplasty, brachioplasty, body contouring — are increasingly part of the mainstream post-weight loss conversation.
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All surgery and invasive procedures carry risks. Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner. Read our full information on the risks of surgery. Dr David Sparks — Specialist Plastic Surgeon, MED0001863770.