Facelift procedures can take 10-15 years off of your appearance. The procedure can produce life-changing results for the right candidate. Many patients opt to have facelift surgery for a dramatically more youthful appearance, while others prefer a subtle change. And always, always natural.
For most patients, results from a facelift will last about 10 years. The skin on your face will continue to age after you have a facelift, which is why the results aren't permanent.
On average, patients can expect to look about ten years younger after a full facelift.
Facelift surgery is often performed in combination with a neck lift for a more effective result. Our patients get at least 10 years younger, fresher, and firmer skin after the surgery.
In most cases, a facelift works best for people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s when signs of aging begin to become prevalent. Deep lines, wrinkles, fine lines, and sagging skin are the result of the aging process and can be best corrected through surgical techniques rather than non-surgical ones.
When performed correctly by the hands of a skilled surgeon, facelift results can be some of the most natural looking of any cosmetic procedure and can leave you with a rejuvenated and more youthful facial appearance.
Visible scars are glaring signs of plastic surgery. Generally, facelift incisions run from the hairline at the temple and continue in front of and behind the ears and extend to the lower scalp.
How much younger does a facelift make me look? According to a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (the American Society of Plastic Surgeons). Patients who have undergone a facelift rate themselves as looking at an average of 12 years younger after facelift surgery.
Basically, the lower face lift addresses issues of the mid-face except for the forehead and crow's feet, which require treatment with other procedures. By contrast, a neck lift focuses specifically on improving skin laxity of the neck and removing fatty tissue beneath the chin.
Many patients develop aging after a facelift in the same way and areas that they developed facial aging initially. Lines will develop around the nose and mouth, the cheeks will lose some of their fullness, and the jawline will eventually soften.
The benefits of getting a facelift early
While the surgery provides amazing results, the amount of tissue repositioning and adjustment it requires leads to a lengthy recovery period. For younger people, a quicker recovery time is expected as well as a more youthful aging process.
A facelift is a procedure that provides long-lasting results. The only factor that prevents it from providing completely permanent results is the aging process. You can fight the aging process, but you cannot stop it. Once you undergo this procedure, you can enjoy long-lasting results that may last up to 20 years.
The lower facelift is performed with a shorter incision than full facelift surgery and is less extensive overall, meaning patients often enjoy a shorter recovery period and less scarring. Still, lower facelift surgery can help men and women look up to ten years younger!
Why? When the facelift is performed, the skin is tightened and it can flatten out the jowls because the skin is tighter. However, over time as the skin relaxes, the full fatty jowls will restretch out the skin and the jowls will reappear. Weight loss prior to face lift surgery is very important for these people.
As an invasive surgery, a mini facelift requires either general or local anesthesia. Once you're under anesthesia, your surgeon will make small incisions around your ears and hairline. They'll manipulate the underlying tissues in your skin by lifting and then pulling them up, while also remove excess tissue.
The SMAS facelift is targeted towards the correction of the internal structure of the facial skin, thus yielding more natural-looking results as compared to the conventional facelift. The results last longer (as long as ten years or more) than those of the traditional facelift.
Your face likely will be bruised and swollen. The swelling may get worse before it gets better, but it will probably go away in 1 to 2 weeks. After a few days you may get some bruises on your neck and chest. This is caused by gravity, which pulls the excess blood and bruising downward.
You must wear the chin strap continuously for the first two weeks after surgery except while eating and showering/cleaning incisions. The strap helps fight the forces of gravity immediately after surgery and helps improve any swelling.
Normal Smiling Should Return After Two Weeks
The full facelift impact will take a bit longer, from six months to a year. However, your natural smile should return in short order. Lip and mouth asymmetries after a facelift should resolve with time.
A facelift, however, will not change the shape or appearance of your eyes. It is true that in the initial few weeks of healing, swelling may cause the area around your eyes to be fuller and the skin under your eyes to have less wrinkles.
Technically, there is no limit or “magic number” when it comes to how many facelifts can be performed. But as we mentioned, we want to make sure your results remain as natural as possible. Too many surgeries can make your face appear “pulled” or “worked on,” which is not always desirable.
Facelifts usually fail because of a surgeon's lack of expertise. 90% of facial plastic surgeons perform superficial facelifts, which tighten the skin and do not treat supportive musculature. Surgeons may also pull facial tissue too tight, which makes patients look startled and unnatural.
Unlike a facelift, fillers can't remove extra skin or provide any significant degree of skin tightening. Fillers also can't lift the facial muscles or fat pads and, therefore, the results don't last as long either.
Facelift is also considered major surgery based on a longer recovery time than following lesser invasive treatments. Swelling may linger for several months, however the majority of swelling and bruising resolves over the first few weeks post-operatively.