{"id":3413,"date":"2026-10-19T23:52:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/meredith-marks-on-her-facelift-vs-threads\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T23:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:52:30","slug":"meredith-marks-on-her-facelift-vs-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/meredith-marks-on-her-facelift-vs-threads\/","title":{"rendered":"Meredith Marks on Her Facelift vs. Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Meredith Marks is entering Season 7 of <em class=\"italic\">The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City<\/em> with a new look, and she has no interest in keeping the reason a secret. On the latest episode of The Beauty Authority, the reality star joins Beverly Hills, CA plastic surgeon Garo Kassabian, MD, to talk about her February facelift, why she moved on from threads and what it was like to return to filming less than a month after surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Press play below for the full video and keep scrolling for takeaways from our conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"my-8\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RHOSLC&#039;s Meredith Marks on Why She Chose a Facelift Over Threads | The Beauty Authority\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WWz-e3RMAI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"why-nonsurgical-treatments-were-out\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">Why Nonsurgical Treatments Were Out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Marks previously relied on thread lifts and Botox, but her last thread treatment left her with bruising and what she describes as a splitting headache. \u201cThe last time I did my threads, my recovery was actually harder than what my facelift recovery was,\u201d she says. She was also increasingly bothered by facial heaviness and asymmetry. \u201cI just wanted to be back to the person I knew I looked like before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">For Dr. Kassabian, previous procedures are part of the surgical conversation. He says threads can complicate dissection because of scarring or threads remaining in the tissue, and that extensive use of certain biostimulatory fillers can present challenges, too. Those concerns reflect his surgical experience, not a consensus that all thread lifts are problematic. NewBeauty has previously explored the pros and cons of these treatments and why the right choice depends on the patient.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-facelift-designed-around-her-face\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">A Facelift Designed Around Her Face<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Rather than follow a single trendy technique, Dr. Kassabian combined an endoscopic approach with deeper-plane lifting to address Marks\u2019 brows, cheeks, corners of the mouth, jowls and neck. \u201cEverybody gets individualized or combination treatment so that overall the picture looks good,\u201d he explains. Their conversation also addresses the debate over a deep plane versus SMAS facelift: Dr. Kassabian emphasizes repositioning the deeper tissue and releasing retaining ligaments rather than choosing a label first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">The goal was a familiar face, not a different one. \u201cI want to look like myself. I just want to look refreshed,\u201d Marks says. Dr. Kassabian agrees: \u201cI want my patients to look younger, better, fresher looking, not different looking.\u201d For anyone considering a facelift consultation, the larger takeaway is that anatomy, previous treatments and expectations matter more than a buzzy procedure name.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"returning-quickly-to-filming-and-djing\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">Returning Quickly to Filming and DJing<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Marks says the first 48 hours after surgery were \u201ca little rocky,\u201d but her personal recovery progressed faster than she expected. \u201cI was DJing less than two weeks later,\u201d she says, recalling a return to the booth roughly 10 to 12 days afterward. She met with her production team around that time, too, and began filming Season 7 just shy of a month after surgery. That was her experience, rather than a recovery timeline to expect; postoperative swelling, restrictions and scar healing vary considerably.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">She was equally straightforward about discussing the surgery on camera, especially after seeing castmates criticize one another\u2019s appearances. \u201cI think people should do what makes them feel good,\u201d she says. For Marks, the change was less about a dramatic reveal than looking in the mirror and seeing herself again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Watch the full conversation above. Follow <em class=\"italic\">The Beauty Authority<\/em> on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, visit NewBeauty.com and follow @thebeautyauthoritypod on Instagram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meredith Marks is entering Season 7 of The Real Housewi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}