Celebrity plastic surgeon reveals when it's too soon for a facelift, and when waiting can backfire

When it comes to getting a facelift, timing may be everything.

Going under the knife too soon could mean having surgery before it’s necessary — but waiting too long can also backfire, according to celebrity plastic surgeon Dr.

Terry Dubrow.

During an episode of Josh Peck’s podcast, "Good Guys," the Beverly Hills-based surgeon said some women are jumping the gun and getting the procedure too soon.

CHEAP SURGERY OVERSEAS MAY COME WITH DEVASTATING COMPLICATIONS, DOCTORS WARN "For those people in their 30s who want some skin tightening, they need to wait, 'cause there will be the technology that will allow early facelifts without cutting," he said.

Dubrow also mentioned Kris Jenner’s recent facelift , which may have motivated women to seek out the procedure based on her results.

"That made facelifts like, ‘Oh, Kris Jenner did it and made it public.

Now it's cool.

Everybody get a facelift,’" he said.

"So then you're seeing 38-year-old people in your office wanting a facelift, and you go, ‘OK, hold on a second.

You don't even need a facelift.

You need to wait, because, you know, a facelift is incisions, and scars, and elevating up the skin, numbness, and all sorts of potential things that can go wrong." MEN FACE NEW PRESSURE TO STAY ‘HOT’ AS THEY AGE — AND IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT LIVING LONGER Dubrow warned that if people have too many facelifts, "when it starts to relax, it can relax in weird ways." "You've all seen it – people who look pretty good, but there's something about the way their skin lies on their face that looks unnatural, and it ruins the whole look," he warned.

"If you have early laxity, don't go in for your ‘Kris Jenner facelift.’ Still wait, because that technology is just around the corner." Conversely, the surgeon has warned that waiting too long – while relying on other nonsurgical fixes – can also backfire.

"A lot of women are staying on the ‘nonsurgical treadmill’ for too long," Dubrow told Fox News Digital.