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A facelift will lift your sagging cheeks, smooth your jaw line, and eliminate jowling.
Plastic surgery of the face will also tighten the loose skin of your neck, remove excess fat from under your chin, and correct the turkey-gobbler appearance of your neck.
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What Can The Face Lift Procedure Do For Me? |
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As we age, our facial skin loosens and wrinkles, and the muscles of the neck may weaken as well. Anything that will cause the skin to lose elasticity will hasten the process, including sun exposure, weight fluctuations and heredity. A facelift can address these problems by firming and tightening the skin of the face and neck all in one step. It is most effective for the lower face (jowls and neck).
A facelift will NOT (here comes the bad news) eliminate your wrinkles and other skin problems. Line Fillers, Chemical Peel, and Dermabrasion complement a facelift because they address these problems.
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Location of operation: Hospital
Length of surgery: 2-4 hours.
Length of stay: An overnight stay may be recommended.
Discomfort: Mild. Anticipate 0-3 days of pain medication.
Swelling and bruising: Will be mostly gone in 2 weeks but may last longer
Numbness: Cheek numbness is expected and lasts several weeks or months.
Bandages: Changed in 1-2 days.
Make-up: May be worn in 1-2 weeks.
Presentable in public: You should be presentable within 2 weeks with the help of make-up.
Work: You may feel capable of returning within 5 days, but your appearance will be the limiting factor.
Exercise: May be resumed in 2-3 weeks.
Sun protection: Six months with SPF 15 or higher.
Final result: Seen 1-4 months following most facelifts.
Mini facelifts have been touted all over the internet. Do not be deceived. Those who perform them likely do so because they do not know how to perform real facelifts. They claim that mini facelifts provide excellent results with only a few days of recovery.
Realize that if mini facelifts were effective, then all plastic surgeons would be performing them. Also, be suspicious when viewing "impressive" results of a mini facelift on the web. The actual results are not that impressive.
Beware plastic surgeons whose facelifts cause their patients to look like someone else. You want to look like a younger version of yourself, not like a different person. Because a facelift will only rejuvenate the lower two-thirds of your face, consider eyelid surgery and forehead lift at the same time to restore youth and maintain harmony.
Quit smoking two weeks to two months prior to surgery. Quit taking aspirin and aspirin products at least two weeks before surgery. Wait two to three months after a chemical peel or laser resurfacing of your cheeks before you have a facelift (unless it is a micro peel).
Sleep in a recliner or with your head elevated on pillows for the first several days to minimize swelling. Frequent application of ice is also important.
Expect that your facelift will turn back the clock by an average of seven to ten years. You will continue to age on your new face, and you may be ready for another lift within a decade. |
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