The part of ageing, skin begins to lose elasticity and in facial tissues appear jowls on the lower face, deep wrinkles, and loose skin on the neck. Variety of factors including the stresses of daily life, the effects of gravity, sun damage, smoking, as well as heredity all take their toll on face.
A face lift or rhytidectomy is a cosmetic surgical procedure to create a smoother, more youthful appearance to the face. The procedure improves wrinkles and saggy entire facial skin and reduces changes in the shape of your face that occur with age.
A neck lift (platysmaplasty) is often done as part of a face-lift to reduce jowls on the lower face, fat deposits and sagging skin on the neck.
Procedure:
Surgery time takes about two to five hours. Face lift is performed under local anesthesia and intravenous sedation or general anesthesia. This is outpatient procedure and the patients return to home after the surgery.
During procedure, a flap on each side of the face is pulled back until the face to a more youthful shape. Before closing the flap of skin, excess skin is removed. Bandages are applied.
Recovery:
After the procedure, antibiotics and analgesics are usually prescribed. Bandages and stitches are removed after 1 to 2 weeks and possibility of swelling or bruising is minimal. After three months the incisions and scars are Invisible. Surgeon will give specific instructions on how to care.
Brow lift or forehead lift
Aging as usual cause facial skin and soft tissue lose elasticity and the distance between the eyebrows and eyelashes shortens and the brows to move down.
The goal of a brow lift is improve the appearance of people of any age. It can to tighten excess loose skin, smooth forehead wrinkling and modify drooping brows and also help reduce excess skin of the upper eyelids. Eventually benefit of brow lift is to rejuvenate image and youthful eyes and prevent facial wrinkles.
Procedure:
Brow lift surgery or forehead rejuvenation takes about one to two hours. Local anesthesia with intravenous, sedation or general anesthesia is used for anesthesia. This is outpatient procedure and the patients return to home after the surgery. Brow lifts can be performed in different ways and the surgeon chooses the best approach based on the patient.
Recovery:
A small tube might be placed along the incision site to drain any excess blood or fluid. After a brow lift for minimize swelling of forehead might be loosely bandages that removed them in one to three days. Apply cold compresses to relieve swelling. Keep in mind that swelling might last several weeks. Recovery usually takes two to three weeks. Incision lines will fade over time. Surgeon will give specific instructions on how to care.