Surgical Face-lift

To whom do we recommend surgical face-lift?

• Who feels that his face does not reflect the young and energetic personality.
• Anyone who doesn’t see the face they want in the mirror because of sun damage, gravity, or inherited genes.
• Whoever says sagging facial skin is an obstacle in your career or social life.

Advantages

• With a single surgery, we can achieve radical improvement in several areas of the face.
• Its effect lasts for at least 10 years and can rejuvenate the patient for up to 15 years.
• It contours the neck and chin area better than any other procedure.

Disadvantages

• It doesn’t change the existing features of the face, it “just” rejuvenates. (For some, this is an advantage, not a disadvantage.)
  There is recovery time.

Most facelifts focus on the lower part of the face, such as the chin, but the face and forehead can also be shaped with a facelift. In some techniques, the surgeon not only tightens the skin, but also tightens and repositions the deeper tissues and muscles of the face for durability and a more youthful outcome. For best results, a facial filling with your own fat or hyaluronic acid may be used after surgery to compensate for the loss of facial volume.

These techniques are reliable, safe and durable. The surgeon will perform the incisions where necessary to achieve a targeted result based on prior consultation, but no matter what type of technique you use, the incisions will be around the ear. The scars are hidden by the natural line of the hairline and ears, and the incisions are closed by the doctor with sutures or small metal staples. If necessary, use a drain tube and then a tight support bandage will be placed on the head.

Different surgical face-lifts

Traditional facelift: The incision begins at the temple, passes in front of the ear, and extends to the lower part of the scalp, overgrown with hair.
Partial facelift: The cut lasts from the temple to the ear.
Neck plastic surgery: The surgeon starts the incision in front of the earlobe, which runs behind the ear, to the lower part of the scalp, and a small incision is made under the chin.

 Things to do before surgery

• Smoking is forbidden in the six weeks before surgery for faster wound healing and nicer scarring.
• Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs are prohibited because they increase bleeding.
• Anyone who dyes their hair should do so before surgery because they will have to wait at least a month after that.

What can we expect after surgery?

Depending on the type of facelift, it can be performed under general or local anesthesia. In the latter case, if the surgeon allows, the patient can go home immediately after surgery, but in this case someone should be asked to take him home by car and be with him for the next 24 hours. After anesthesia surgery, the patient must spend one night at the clinic. The feeling of pain and discomfort decreases after the first 48 hours after surgery, if not, see your surgeon. Recover at home for a few days after surgery, preferably in a sitting position, to prevent swelling at the site of surgery. Bending is definitely avoided. For the next few days, make an outfit that is buttoned or zipped in front of you and doesn’t have to be worn over your head, or a lover instead of a lace-up shoe is luckier. Hot baths, showers and saunas are prohibited for three weeks after surgery. If we do physical work, we have to take two to three weeks off and lifting heavy objects is also forbidden.