A man’s plastic surgery transformation is turning heads on social media for its dramatic results. At age 64, John Spaedy’s decision to undergo multiple procedures on his face and neck has social media users saying the surgical treatments removed 20 years from his appearance. Now 65, the patient couldn’t be more thrilled with the outcome.
L. Mike Nayak, a plastic surgeon and the founder of Nayak Plastic Surgery, performed the transformation, unveiling before-and-after images of Spaedy, now 65, in an Instagram post. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and a side-by-side like this is worth at least 10 times that. Spaedy has a happier, lit-from-within glow and a revitalized look that anyone in their forties (or younger) would envy. “His appearance has changed from ‘supporting character’ to ‘leading man,’” Dr. Nayak wrote in his caption.
Beyond the actual surgical results, the photos of Spaedy from before and after his procedures show a stark comparison between his more muted, pre-operation demeanor and the energized, excited post-operation mood he exuded afterward—even his eyes appear brighter, and there’s a subtle smile in all of his “after” shots.
Of Spaedy’s response to the results, Dr. Nayak simply said, “He loved it.” For many, the swelling that comes immediately after surgery can be challenging to see past, but in Spaedy’s case, optimism prevailed. “He looked and saw the positives right away,” the surgeon told The Daily Beast. “He was really excited.”
Dr. Nayak tends to have this effect on his clients. (Remember the AI-fooling facelift that went viral after a chatbot deemed it “too perfect”? That was Dr. Nayak’s work.) If you scroll through the thousands of posts on his page, a clear pattern emerges beyond the beautifully executed surgeries themselves: It’s the renewed confidence that now radiates from each patient. Many are older, turning to him not just for cosmetic enhancement but for the chance to feel like the best version of themselves again, which calls for increased care and an artful touch.
In Spaedy’s case, the transformation journey was far from straightforward. He first underwent chin liposuction and a suture suspension neck lift, procedures meant to address what he expressed as the most significant issue, giving him pain and discomfort. “His neck really, really, really bothered him,” Dr. Nayak shared in his Instagram post.
Dr. Nayak explained to The Daily Beast that an initial procedure Spaedy underwent elsewhere was far too superficial to address the patient’s deep concerns. “It’s not going to do anything,” Dr. Nayak said, noting that “you can only compress tissues so far.” Instead, he said that “you need to actually get rid of some of the extra tissue,” rather than merely suctioning a minor amount of fat from beneath the skin.
To achieve the results he wanted, Spaedy underwent procedures from Dr. Nayak that were more foundational in their treatment of his issues, including a deep plane extended facelift, deep neck lift, brow lift, and buccal fat reduction.
Aesthetically, Spaedy’s main issue was what he perceived as sagginess in his neck, which Dr. Nayak explained as “water running downhill.” It appears that the neck is aging the fastest because gravity naturally pulls everything downward over time. And from the doctor’s perspective, a deep plane facelift rather than a traditional facelift would be a better fit.
To explain how it worked, Dr. Nayak asked me to imagine a sandwich: the bread represents the skin, the melted cheese is the fat, and the turkey corresponds to the muscle layer. Beneath the first turkey layer is another layer of turkey, and the space between the two separate muscle layers is what he calls a “potential space,” essentially a gap where a surgeon can carefully work. The “water running downhill” effect has to be countered by moving everything uphill, so in a deep plane facelift, per Dr. Nayak, the muscle, fat, and skin together move “uninterrupted, unviolated, back to where it came from.” Returning to the sandwich analogy, a traditional facelift would only “peel the bread off of the turkey,” separating that fused layer of skin and fat. The correcting deep plane facelift Spaedy received helped to restore the skin to fat to muscle fusion in youthful positions.
In Dr. Nayak’s practice, 10% of his male patients typically come in wanting to fix their neck in the same way Spaedy did. “That’s what starts the process for a vast majority,” he told The Daily Beast. “With men, people talk about strong jawlines [because] the jawline is one of those things that [can] define [an] attractive man.”
Dr. Nayak’s work on Spaedy silences anyone who claims that plastic surgery—facelifts in particular—makes men appear more feminine. “I think that’s a really big misconception,” Dr. Nayak said, before adding that if the surgery is done well, it will only look like the person “never aged in the first place or that they aged well.”
However, Dr. Nayak acknowledges that some facelifts might have a feminizing effect if the surgeon is not as experienced or well-versed in the field because male facelifts can be “a more challenging operation” for several reasons. “Male tissues are heavier, they’re tougher, male heads are bigger than female heads,” he explained. “There’s just more work involved [overall].” So much so that he estimates male facelifts take around “20% to 30%” longer than those performed on women, on average. While noting that he does not upcharge male patients, Dr. Nayak told The Daily Beast he is aware of “doctors who charge men more for their surgery because it is longer, it’s more work, and it’s harder.”
It has been eight months since Spaedy’s plastic surgery, and, according to Dr. Nayak, Spaedy is around 70% to 80% healed, with a portion of his incision line still visibly pink. “Incision lines take a year plus to fully mature,” regardless of location on the body, he said.
What began as discomfort and disappointment in previous work has turned into renewed confidence, and by his own reaction, sheer joy for Spaedy. For Dr. Nayak, it’s another reminder of why patients trust him to do the heavy lifting—literally and figuratively. “They just want to feel normal, and so when I can achieve that, that’s the goal and that’s what gives me gratification,” he said.
The landscape for men seeking plastic surgery has completely changed in recent years, with more men than ever going under the knife to regain their confidence, and people on social media are supportive. As one admiring commenter wrote on Dr. Nayak’s original post, “John looks awesome!! 😍 I love seeing men taking care of themselves!”
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