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RHYTIDECTOMY (FACELIFT)

DO I NEED FACELIFT SURGERY?

If you have any or some of the underlying conditions, you may want to consider the option.

a deep line, or fold, running from the corner of your nose to the?corner of your mouth.
loss of a well-defined jaw line or jowls associated with youthfulness.
sagging of the ”highlight” areas of the cheekbones as well as deep wrinkles in the cheeks.
loose skin, wrinkles, vertical ”cords” or excess fatty tissue in the neck.

A facelift can be a solution to all of these problems. However, conditions like sagging eyebrows, excess skin and fatty deposits in the upper and lower eyelids or wrinkles around the mouth cannot be rectified by this surgery. Further information can be provided by your plastic surgeon if you have an interest in other procedures to treat these areas.

INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION

In the initial stages of consultation, you may be asked by your plastic surgeon to look in a mirror and point out exactly what you would like to see improved. Specific areas should be discussed, as they may need different approaches and techniques.

You and your plastic surgeon may also discuss additional procedures that can be performed along with a facelift to address all the concerns you have identified. For instance, a facelift is often combined with a other surgeries like forehead lift, eyelid surgery, nose reshaping or chin implants.

HOW A FACE LIFT IS PERFORMED

Although several variations to the facelift procedure are possible, generally an incision is hidden in the natural contour of your ear. It then extends around the earlobe and back into the hairline. Post surgery, hair or makeup can easily conceal the incisions. Chances of a small incision hidden underneath your chin are also there.

Through these incisions, the surgeon is able to free the tissues from the underlying structures and ’tighten’ the face and neck. Excess fat can be sucked out to improve contour.

By this procedure a finer, fresher look is imparted to the face and neck.

UNDERSTANDING RISKS

Fortunately for patients significant complications from facelifts are infrequent. Year after year multitudes of people, who have undergone liposuction experience no major problems and are pleased with the results. However one should be aware of both the benefits and risks when considering surgery.

By following the advice and instructions of your plastic surgeon, both before and after surgery you can help minimize certain risks.

Some of the potential complications include:

Collection of blood under the skin which may have to be evacuated
Temporary weakness of some of the muscles of the face and eye
Scarring, especially behind the ear
Anesthesia related

A detailed information booklet will be provided with instructions and precautions for the immediate and early postoperative period. This will also discuss the sequeal of facelifts.

PREPARATION FOR SURGERY

You will be asked to stop smoking well in advance of surgery, in case, you are a smoker. Increased bleeding can be caused by aspirin and certain anti-inflammatory drugs. It is therefore recommended that you avoid taking these medications for a period of time before surgery.

Your surgeon will provide you with additional preoperative instructions as well. In case you have very short hair, you may consider letting it grow long enough to cover your incisions while they heal.

If you are overweight and you have a realistic desire to lose more than 15 pounds, you should discuss this with your surgeon.

The facelift may be performed as a day procedure or a one day admission.

These will not cause any discomfort and will be removed in a day or two. Going home after a few hours may be permitted, although some patients may stay overnight in the hospital for surgical facility.

RESULTS OF YOUR FACELIFT SURGERY

You may experience dramatic or subtle results of your facelift surgery. The results would depend on factors like how you looked before surgery as well as the specific goals that you and your plastic surgeon had set. The healing process is gradual, so you should expect to wait for at least several weeks for an accurate picture of your ”new look”. Additional minor changes, or settling, may occur over several months.

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PLASTIC SURGEON

It is essential to have a regular follow-up with your plastic surgeon so that your progress can be regularly evaluated.

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