New Yorkers are getting second and third facelifts in quest for eternal youth: Life expectancy is going up I dont know if we can say four is too many

They’re repeat customers.More and more New Yorkers are opting for follow-up facelifts to maintain a youthful appearance several years after first going under the knife.“I am seeing a lot of patients in their late 50s and early 60s coming in for second facelifts,” Upper East Side facial plastic surgeon Dr.

Sean Alemi told The Post.“I would say this is up 30% since a year ago.’’Famed New York hairdresser Paul Labrecque, 64, is scheduled for the procedure in August.

He had a neck and lower facelift 13 years ago, at age 51, and was extremely happy with the results.But gravity has taken its toll and, after not recognizing himself in photographs from a charity event, he made an appointment with facial plastic surgeon Dr.

Edward Davidson in Palm Beach, where he also has a salon.“I am in a young person’s profession and I want to look current and not tired,” Labrecque told The Post, adding.

“Some of my clients are now doing three [facelifts], but I think by the time I’m in my ‘70s, I won’t worry about it.”One major driver of the trend is the fact that people are increasingly getting facelifts at younger ages than before, and, a decade or so later, wanting to keep up the youthful look.The popularity of Ozempic and similar medications is also a factor, as the dramatic weight loss they bring about can lead to loose skin and a face that appears deflated.

Also, the surgeries themselves have gotten better.“I see more people coming in at 40 to 45 for primary lifts, rather than at 50 to 55, and those that already had them done are no longer waiting 15 or 20 years [to get another], because they are aware of newer techniques, and they want to jump on them,’’ noted Dr.Robert Schwarcz, an Upper East Side oculoplastic surgeon.Dr.

Babak Azizzadeh, a Beverly Hills facial plastic surgeon with many New York patients, said his second-facelift patients aren’t expecting to appear as they did the first time around.“They don’t want to look like they...