A face-lift is a procedure to lift and tighten sagging skin on the face and neck. Surgeons perform the surgery in the operating room while the patient is often completely asleep under general anesthesia.
During the procedure, surgeons make small incisions around the earlobes to help hide any surgical scarring, which is minimal. They lift and pull back loose facial and neck skin and connective tissue, removing excess skin before closing the incisions.
DIFFERENT FACELIFT PROCEDURES
Here are all facelift techniques surgeons recommend as per the requirements and evaluations of a person’s face:
1.Short scar lift – People with less looseness in their neck area receive this procedure. The front section of a candidate’s ear gets a small incision. The incision requires no further extension and the effects last longer than 10 years. It is an outpatient procedure, during which, a patient stays under the effect of general or local anaesthesia. The bandages need to stay on for 2 days, while the suture takes 7-8 days for removal.
2.Mid facelift – This type of surgical procedure is limited to a patient’s cheek area. A small incision created right in the ear’s front area does the work. The procedure requires general or local anaesthesia with 7-8 days to remove the suture.
3.Lower facelift – This surgical procedure covers the jowl area, which covers the jawline and sagging skin around that area. Professional surgeons create a precise incision to remodel and reshape the muscles, tissues and skin layers systematically to achieve the desired lift.
4.MACS facelift – MACS or Minimum Access Cranial Suspension is provided to lift the layers in your cheeks, neck and jowl areas. After the lift, the same areas get suspended to cover bones and muscles. This procedure is popular due to less dissection and provides long-lasting results for more than 10 years.
5.Endoscopic facelift – An endoscopic facelift focuses on lifting a wide range of facial parts. Mostly, this facelift is combined with Endoscopic forehead and neck lift to achieve an overall effect.
6.Thread or feather lift - Multiple types of thread lift procedures exist, including extremely small-sized incisions. However, the effects of this procedure stay effective for only about a year or so. This procedure is not for people who need skin tightening. Call now for a consultation!
The procedure addresses problem areas, such as:
- Jowls that occur on the jawline
- Loose neck skin
- Nasolabial folds, also known as marionette lines, between the nose and mouth
- Midface drooping
- Double chin