In the modern world, you can restore youthful skin, lost due to age-related changes, lack of sleep, frequent stress, ultraviolet radiation, and so on, in different ways. Today's surgeons and cosmetologists are ready to help you with this, providing many different types of procedures aimed at rejuvenating the appearance of both men and women. For these purposes, the most common procedure is circumferential facial surgery.
Circular facelift is a surgical procedure, aimed at rejuvenating the appearance by eliminating age-related changes, wrinkles, folds, sagging areas of the skin over the entire surface. During the operation, excess fat cells, unnecessary stretched skin are removed and muscles are tightened. After a face lift, the skin on the neck tightens, the oval of the face becomes clearer, wrinkles disappear, in particular around the eyes and on the cheeks.
Facial skin tightening methods
Despite common perceptions of a facelift in which a surgeon will cut into your skin, there is another way of lifting - non-surgical.
The surgical method, as mentioned earlier, is carried out through incisions in the hairline or chin area and subsequent skin tightening.
In its turn, the non-surgical method does not involve any surgical intervention. A facelift is performed by injecting various fillers under the skin. These gels fill hollow areas under the skin, thereby tightening the skin, removing wrinkles and unevenness.
Both methods give excellent results. Which to choose The patient decides together with his doctor. The choice depends on the desired effect, current skin condition, medical indications and contraindications. Currently, the non-surgical method is becoming increasingly popular, as it has fewer contraindications and a shorter rehabilitation period.
Types of surgical lifting
In some cases, a circular facelift is not necessary, that is, you need to tighten, for example, only the eyebrow area or, conversely, the lips. In this case, they resort to lifting one zone. Depending on the area of skin tightening, procedures are divided into:
Indications for surgery
The age category of women most suitable for a circular facelift is from forty to fifty years. This is exactly the period when age-related changes began to appear on the skin of the face, and the epidermis is still in a favorable condition, capable of quickly recovering after surgery.
If such a need arises, a facelift can be repeated after a period of time recommended by your attending physician, on average this is about fifty to ten years.
Contraindications
All surgical operations have limitations for their implementation; circular facial skin tightening is no exception.
Contraindications for a circular facelift include:
Progress of the operation
As with any external intervention in the human body, so You need to prepare in advance for a facelift. Of course, your plastic surgeon will tell you about this. But the main points of preparation for the operation will be as follows:
- Since facial skin tightening is performed under general anesthesia administered intravenously, you need to find out in advance whether your body will tolerate it. Are there any contraindications to its use?
- Get tested and undergo all prescribed medical examinations in order to know about allergies, chronic diseases, and so on.
- In the evening, before the day of surgery, remove all makeup, take a shower, wipe off nail polish, wash your hair, and put on a clean set of underwear.
- On the day of surgery, do not drink or eat anything in the morning. Also, using regular soap, thoroughly wash your face and neck. And do not apply any cosmetics.
Classical Circular face lift begins with an incision, which starts at one ear and ends at the other, along the hairline. That is, surgical incisions are made so that the stitches are not visible later.
Very often, patients are concerned about skin tension. Namely excessive lifting which gives an unnatural appearance to the face. But such fears are groundless, knowing the nuances of the first plastic surgery to tighten the skin. Because the raised skin, fixed in a new place, naturally fuses with the muscle layer. But subsequent surgical operations will seem less and less natural each time, because after the first tightening the skin has become less elastic, and the area under the dermis where the fusion with the muscle layer took place becomes denser.
Recovery period
First The patient should be under the supervision of a doctor for a couple of days. During this postoperative period, dressings and procedures are performed to promote rapid healing. There are no more complex events taking place at this time.
The patient then leaves the medical facility. The first two to three weeks there will be severe swelling on the face. Therefore, in order not to feel uncomfortable in society, take a vacation from work and minimize your social activities.
During the first year after facial skin tightening, prolonged exposure to the sun is not advisable.
During rehabilitation you need to wear a special mask. Remove spicy foods from your diet and reduce salt intake to a minimum.
By strictly following all the recommendations of the attending physician, the occurrence of complications is minimal. But of course, if medical recommendations are not followed, the rehabilitation period may drag on and lead to complications. Complications most often occur in patients with weak immune systems. and heavy smokers. In these categories of patients, the sutures are not sufficiently nourished, which leads to delayed healing. If a hematoma forms, you need to contact a specialist who can easily cure it.
Possible complications most often include hematomas and inflammation. When blood pressure increases, bleeding may occur.
In any case, if you notice unusual formations or bleeding, do not delay and contact your doctor, who will stop all the negative consequences of facial skin tightening.
Photos of complications caused by improper care during the rehabilitation period:
Facial skin care after a facelift
Since a circular facelift is a complex operation, it is 
postoperative care must be strict. It is strictly forbidden to wet the skin of the face, especially areas with stitches. It is recommended to clean the face with moistened cotton pads or tampons.
In the first weeks after surgery, visiting the bathhouse, sauna, solarium and hot tub is prohibited.
Facial surface requires more careful care after surgery. It must be cleansed, protected and nourished. Moisturizing masks and cosmetics aimed at lifting and rejuvenating the skin will help you with this.
Pros and cons of a circular facelift
It is up to you and only you to decide whether to do circular plastic surgery or not. Before you decide or refuse surgery, you certainly need to know about the positive and negative aspects of this procedure.
One hundred percent advantages include:
- absence of loose and hanging skin.
- Wrinkle removal.
- Beautiful oval face.
- Open, rejuvenated look.
- Removing facial wrinkles.
These are the main positive aspects of a circular facelift.
The disadvantages of this surgical intervention were:
How much does a circular lift cost?
The price for circular plastic surgery includes the cost of the operation itself, hospital stay and doctor’s observation for the first two to three days, anesthesia and a mask that is put on the face after skin tightening. Most often, tests and medical procedures performed after surgery are paid separately.
In Moscow, prices range from two hundred fifty to three hundred thousand. There are higher prices, but most likely in this case the operation will be performed by some eminent surgeon.
Which allows you to eliminate most effectively even significant manifestations of age-related changes in the skin of the face, neck, and upper eyelids. Long-term preservation of a positive result (for 5-10 years if all the recommendations of the plastic surgeon are followed), a minimal number of possible complications after this type of intervention and the relative affordability of the cost are important advantages of the method under consideration, which explains the constant attention to it from patients.
How to decide on rhytidectomy
In order to determine the need to perform this type of intervention, which is quite traumatic and requires a long time of rehabilitation in compliance with all the doctor’s requirements, you should analyze the condition of your skin and identify the presence of any negative changes in the form of skin folds. If the listed manifestations are obvious, the wrinkles are deep, and the upper face, then a circular facelift operation will help restore youth to the skin and the natural oval of the face.
However, before carrying out this operation, it is necessary to consult with a plastic surgeon, who, based on the tests recommended by him, will also be able to analyze the general condition of the skin and existing problems with the face. There are a number of contraindications that should be kept in mind when deciding to undergo rhytidectomy. These may be organic lesions of the body, poor blood clotting, and mental disorders, as well as inflammatory processes in the active stage. Existing lesions in the body interfere and complicate the healing process.
Important features of the procedure and indications for its implementation are described in this video:
Preparing for it
Carrying out this type of circular facelift, such as rhytidectomy, is accompanied by a number of manipulations that are performed in a certain sequence. The skill and qualifications of the plastic surgeon who performs this operation ensure a pronounced positive result, giving the skin and face a youthful and fresh appearance.
Proper preparation is no less important than the operation itself. An important condition for rapid rehabilitation after surgery should be the complete elimination of all pathological processes in the body, stimulation of the immune system - this is necessary for more successful and rapid healing of postoperative sutures, eliminating the possibility of inflammation of the skin incision sites.
The following conditions must also be met for successful rhytidectomy, which relate to the preparatory stage before the operation:
- two weeks before the expected moment of surgical intervention, you should completely abandon and, since these bad habits worsen the quality of the blood, reduce the body’s ability to heal itself;
- a week before rhytidectomy, the use of medications that reduce the degree of blood clotting, which can complicate the healing of sutures, should be avoided;
- Negative effects should be eliminated for a week before the operation so that the body is full of strength for recovery: rhytidectomy is a fairly traumatic operation, therefore all options for weakening the body should be excluded.
Maintaining a balanced diet, a clear daily routine and immunostimulating medications will also make it easier to undergo surgery and speed up the process of complete healing of postoperative sutures.
Methods of carrying out
Traditional methods
The performance of rhytidectomy may vary slightly in the surgical technique. The method of influence under consideration is divided into three varieties, each of which has its own specific implementation and gives different results:
- There is a deep version of this effect, which affects the deepest tissues of the epidermis. As a result of this type of operation, you can get the most pronounced positive changes in facial skin, returning elasticity and youth. The preservation of the result in this case will also be the longest: if you follow all the doctor’s recommendations, the effect will last for 10-12 years.
- Superficial version of rhytidectomy is accompanied by correction of more superficial tissues, without affecting the periosteum, which allows us to expect final healing of skin damage in the shortest possible time. However, the result obtained from this type of rhytidectomy is less pronounced, it lasts for a shorter period of time - no more than five years, after which rhytidectomy is recommended to be repeated.
- Combined impact involves the use of deep treatment methods for specific areas of the facial skin. For example, in the presence of a double chin, excision of excess fatty tissue in this area and skin, which is greatly stretched and worsens the oval of the face, is used. This usually requires deeper treatment of the chin area. In the absence of strong negative changes in the facial skin in other areas, a superficial version of the intervention is used to improve them.
All three surgical techniques require highly qualified plastic surgery specialists and the fulfillment of all conditions for proper preparation for surgery and a rehabilitation period.
New technologies
Since cosmetology is constantly evolving, more and more advanced drugs and methods of skin correction are used, rhytidectomy is also undergoing certain changes, allowing for a more pronounced and long-lasting effect. For example, for a circular facial skin tightening, it allows you to enhance the positive effect of this type of intervention and increases the duration of the result.
The use of threads (the most commonly used are Aptos threads, which have proven themselves and are available to patients) allows you to eliminate the initial manifestations of age-related skin changes: decreased skin elasticity, the initial stage of manifestations of a double chin. Threads are used for both young people, when the natural elasticity of the skin is still preserved and the rehabilitation period as a result proceeds more quickly, and for the elderly: even at the age of 60-65 years, the use of a circular lift using threads can significantly improve the external characteristics of the skin and facial contours , neck and chin.
The technique of using threads to perform a circular facelift is as follows:
- First, the area where this technique will be applied is anesthetized. The anesthesiologist gives the required number of injections, which are evenly distributed over the desired area. Their number, depending on the area of the skin, can vary significantly: from 2-3 to 8 injections. Their duration of action is 5-8 hours, during which time the patient does not feel pain when performing manipulations;
- Next, markings are applied to the facial skin, previously cleaned with disinfectant solutions, along which the threads will then be inserted - this will make it easier for the doctor to distribute them as evenly as possible along the oval of the face and further secure them;
- Now small cuts are made at the marking site, through which the thread is threaded using a miniature needle. The doctor distributes it evenly in the skin. Next, you should most carefully distribute it throughout the entire volume of the treated area, securing the ends.
The duration of the procedure in question may vary depending on the area of skin on which the operation is performed. The patient is not admitted to hospital; a few hours in a day hospital is sufficient.
Aptos thread lift is described in this video:
How is the operation performed?
Rhytidectomy is performed in several stages, which may vary in duration depending on the area of skin being treated. Preparation before surgery should also be carried out in full compliance with all the doctor’s requirements: this will avoid possible complications of surgical intervention, and also speed up the rehabilitation process.
The sequence of actions of the plastic surgeon is as follows:
- First, anesthesia is administered, which is usually administered in the form of intravenous anesthetic drugs. The duration of the operation is about 5-9 hours, therefore a drug is selected that ensures a long-term lack of sensitivity of the skin in the areas where it is treated.
- Next, an incision is made in the temporal part and behind the ears, depending on the size of the area on which the manipulations are performed, the size of the incision may be different.
- Then the plastic surgeon, with the utmost care, separates the fatty tissue from the skin, removes its excess and evenly distributes the remaining fat. This makes it possible to give the face the desired natural oval.
- After removing fatty tissue, a certain amount of skin is formed, which becomes redundant and displays unsightly folds. It is also excised with a scalpel.
- The end of the operation is performed in the form of suturing with uniform distribution of the skin; the suture is made with non-absorbable threads. After 2-3 weeks, the threads at the sutures are replaced with strip sheets of adhesive tape.
To speed up the rehabilitation process, various medications are used (for example, ointment for the face and sutures “ “); the doctor’s recommendations regarding the absence of significant physical activity and sudden movements must be followed.
Results of circumferential facelift surgery
After a circular lift, patients receive a significant increase in skin tone of the treated areas of the skin, restoration of its elasticity, elimination of wrinkles and skin folds. Age-related changes are minimized, the natural oval of the face is restored, and a double chin is removed.
Thanks to this technique, it is possible to achieve a reduction in the age assessment of the face and neck by 5-10 years, while maintaining the positive effect is observed for 5-8 years.
Where to do it
A procedure such as a circular facelift is performed only in specialized medical institutions by an experienced plastic surgeon who has practical experience in performing rhytidectomy.
- When choosing a clinic that offers services for performing a circular facelift, you should first of all pay attention to the reputation of the medical institution, the length of its work in the medical field, as well as reviews of those who have already performed a similar manipulation in the chosen organization.
- The use of modern anesthetic drugs and the use of professional equipment are also important indicators of the quality of work of the selected cosmetic plastic surgery center.
Almost all large medical centers offering their services for performing a circular facelift are located in large cities of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Novosibirsk, Yaroslavl.
Complications after the introduction of dermal implants into the facial area - the topic of the video below:
No matter how actively a woman acts in an effort to preserve beauty and youth, there comes a time when drastic measures cannot be avoided. Most cosmetic techniques help cope with minor age-related changes. Surgical facelift guarantees positive results in any case. The method is considered traumatic and requires incisions and open work with tissues. For those who are thinking about surgical plastic surgery, it is important to know how a surgical lift is performed.
Indications for use
Cosmetologists recommend that patients begin taking care of their skin at a young age. This will help postpone the need for radical surgical intervention. The first signs of aging are perfectly dealt with by more delicate cosmetic methods that give noticeable results. Surgeons do not undertake surgical plastic surgery if there are no indications.
For radical intervention it is necessary:
- the presence of deep wrinkles, skin folds;
- the presence of pronounced tissue ptosis;
- formation of age-related defects (hernia of the eyelids, double chin, jowls, sufas);
- change in skin quality (dryness, sagging).
The need for surgical changes in appearance is not determined by age. Doctors perform plastic surgery according to indications. Typically, surgeons' patients become people after 40–45 years of age. The most active users of the technique are men and women aged 50–60 years. To prevent aging, patients are not subjected to surgical lifting; they are offered to achieve the desired results using gentler methods.
Surgical plastic surgery can eliminate existing age-related defects in patients and restore a toned appearance.
Attention! Plastic surgery cannot completely solve the problems of aging skin. Surgical treatment is often complemented by other methods of anti-aging therapy. When performing an intervention at the age of 60, the effectiveness of plastic surgery decreases.
Types of surgical intervention
Any surgical operation aimed at tightening the skin involves excision of excess tissue and strengthening of the muscle frame. There are many methods for dramatically affecting tissue; the choice is made individually. Surgeons suggest the following options:
- rhytidectomy;
- S-lifting;
- check-lifting;
- spacelifting.
Rhytidectomy (circular facelift) allows for a comprehensive effect on obvious wrinkles on the face and neck. As a result of the manipulation, the surgeon performs a complete redistribution of tissue, reducing the volume of fat deposits, straightening nasolabial folds, and correcting a double chin. There are superficial, deep, combined types of surgical techniques. In the first case, the doctor works with the upper layers of tissue: excess skin and fatty tissue are excised, the integument is stretched and strengthened.
With deep intervention, in addition to the superficial tissues, the surgeon touches the muscle-tendon framework at the SMAS level. Surgical operation allows not only to eliminate age-related changes, but also to significantly change the oval. Combined rhytidectomy allows surgeons to combine both previous methods and perform effects on tissues of different depths.
S-lifting indicated for young patients or as a repeat intervention. The surgeon works with the tissues of the middle and lower third of the face. The doctor performs liposuction of the chin area, neck, tightening of the muscular aponeurotic level near the auricle, and balancing the position of the skin. As a result of the surgeon’s actions, the results are noticeable: the lower third of the face is tightened, jowls disappear, the outline of the lower jaw and chin is harmonized. A type of intervention is called extensive MAX-lifting.
Check-lifting helps to “erase” the obvious signs of age in the middle third of the face: bags on the lower eyelids, severe sagging of the cheeks, clear nasolabial folds. As a result of surgical intervention, wrinkles of varying depths, sagging, and swelling are eliminated. Surgery using this technique is characterized by low trauma and is often performed in combination with blepharoplasty.
Spacelifting called a low-traumatic innovative technique. The surgeon works endoscopically. The doctor moves tissues through anatomical channels located at the points of attachment of muscles to bones and subcutaneous fat. The surgical operation gives a noticeable lifting effect and does not require long-term rehabilitation, as in other cases.
Preparation process
Surgical intervention is a serious manipulation, preparation for the upcoming event is an important process. The doctor will tell you about all the nuances of the period preceding the radical intervention at the preliminary consultation. The duration of preparation for plastic surgery sometimes extends for 1–2 months.
It should be remembered that rehabilitation takes a long time. It is necessary to plan the date of the manipulation well in order to eliminate the need to participate in important events in the next 2-3 months. For aesthetic reasons, it is advisable to grow your hair in advance. It is recommended to count the days of your cycle so that the procedure does not fall during your menstrual period.
At home, 2–3 weeks before surgery, the doctor will ask you to give up:
- alcohol, cigarettes;
- medications (especially anticoagulants, hormones);
- cosmetic interventions (Botox, peelings).
The week before the intervention is devoted to mandatory testing. You will have to undergo a wide range of examinations. This is not only a general analysis of blood, urine, feces, but also an electrocardiogram, fluorography, biochemistry, kidney and liver tests, detection of sugar levels, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis. In most clinics, examinations are carried out centrally, increasing the length of the patient’s stay in the hospital by 1–2 days.
How is the operation performed?
The operation is carried out according to a strict scheme. The doctor must have sufficient knowledge and experience. It is recommended to take the choice of a surgeon seriously. The process involves the participation of a whole team of medical workers: the main doctor, assistants, anesthesiologist, and nurses.
It is usually practiced to admit the patient to the hospital on the eve of plastic surgery. Doctors and nurses at the clinic monitor the general condition and allow the person to undergo serious intervention. To anesthetize the process, in most cases, general anesthesia is used.
After putting the patient to sleep, cleansing and antiseptic treatment of the skin is carried out. The surgeon makes incisions in the right places. Most often the area of the temples, hair growth areas, and parotid space are involved. Some technologies involve the involvement of the layer in the area of the chin, lower eyelid, and upper lip.
The detailed course of action for the surgeon is dictated by the type of operation. For endoscopic intervention, small incisions and the introduction of special guide tubes for instruments and a camera under the skin are sufficient. A simple lift involves the surgeon separating the skin layer and working with the surface layer of tissue. Smas-lifting involves a serious correction involving the muscular-fascial framework.
The surgeon excises excess skin, performs liposuction of the fat layer, tightens, and fixes the tissue. During the operation, doctors monitor the patient's health using devices connected to the patient.
Important! Surgical intervention lasts from 1.5–2 to 4–6 hours. The manipulation is completed by applying sutures and a fixing bandage. The patient is placed in the ward.
Photos before and after
Rehabilitation period
A nurse monitors the patient's condition after awakening from anesthesia. Frequent complaints are headaches, increased thirst, discomfort in the face, decreased or increased sensitivity of certain areas of the skin. External negative consequences include bruising and swelling. In the hospital, everything necessary for the rehabilitation of the patient immediately after plastic surgery is performed by the medical staff.
Circular facelift photo immediately after surgery.
When discharged home, the doctor gives detailed instructions for subsequent behavior. At home, the patient will have to independently monitor the condition of the sutures, visit the clinic for dressings, and follow-up examinations by the surgeon. The doctor closely monitors the progress of rehabilitation and makes adjustments to the care regimen. Depending on the individual characteristics and type of surgery performed, the recovery period takes from 1–4 weeks to 2–3 months. When performing a deep lift, in older patients, with individual aggravating factors, rehabilitation can last up to 6 months.
Restrictions after surgery
By following the doctor’s instructions, the rehabilitation process will go faster, and the susceptibility to various complications will be significantly reduced. Usually the surgeon indicates that you cannot:
- consume alcohol-containing substances;
- independently remove applied bandages, stitches, remove scabs;
- be exposed to ultraviolet radiation;
- take a steam bath, sauna, swim in a pool, open reservoirs;
- wash in hot water;
- use cosmetics (including face cream);
- perform any care procedures without the consent of a doctor;
- experience physical stress.
Restrictions are being lifted gradually. As open wounds heal, you can return to your usual skin care routine. Any actions from the list of restrictions, even if enough time has passed, the skin looks healed, can be performed by the patient only in consultation with the doctor.
Saving the result
After surgery, the sutures are removed after 5–7 days in the areas of least tension, and the rest after 10–14 days. Modern materials make this easy and painless.
2–4 weeks after surgery, the scars become pink and do not attract attention. After 3–6 months, the seam area becomes lighter. The formation of the final type of scar occurs a year after the operation.
It will not be possible to evaluate the achievements of surgical intervention earlier than after 3 months. By this time, bruises and swelling have completely disappeared, and the tissues have taken on their natural shape. You will be able to enjoy the final result in 6–12 months. The effect of surgical intervention lasts 5–15 years.
Attention! The length of time the results last is individual. The characteristics of the body and the age of the patient are important. How long the effect lasts depends on the quality of the surgeon’s work and the patient’s approach to rehabilitation.
Price
The price of surgical intervention is determined individually. The doctor will provide an estimated cost after a preliminary consultation. By turning to a young specialist, you will be able to reduce costs. The services of famous surgeons are more expensive, but the quality guarantee is higher. The price for a surgical facelift with a young doctor is 100–200 thousand rubles. The cost of intervention with the participation of an experienced surgeon starts from 350 thousand rubles.
Contraindications
Considering the seriousness of the operation, the procedure has many contraindications. The manipulation is preceded by a comprehensive clinical examination. The surgeon may additionally require the opinion of highly specialized specialists. You will have to refuse intervention if:
- various dermatological problems;
- pathologies of the lungs and cardiovascular system;
- blood diseases;
- diagnosing renal and liver failure;
- significant endocrine disorders (diabetes mellitus).
The operation is refused during pregnancy and lactation. The date of the procedure will have to be rescheduled in the event of an acute course of any disease or the presence of an inflammatory process. A common cold or runny nose is a temporary contraindication to surgical manipulation.
Side effects
Serious exposure increases the risk of developing various negative reactions in the body. Full compliance with the conditions of absence The presence of contraindications does not exclude the possibility of complications. Before the operation, the patient signs an informed consent for the intervention. The document indicates the risk of developing:
- tissue necrosis;
- suppuration, scar hardening;
- hyperpigmentation.
Tissue death can occur in areas of severe thinning and tension of the skin. Suppuration occurs when sterility is not maintained, sutures are not properly cared for, or hair gets into the wound. Scar thickening occurs when the tissues are improperly laid down during surgery, and there is a tendency to form a keloid type of healing. Activation of hyperpigmentation is possible with thin, sensitive skin.
The operation is fraught with temporary loss of local hair (suture sites). This must be taken into account in advance. Hair grows back quickly. 3-4 months are enough for fresh fluff to appear. It is recommended to provide a haircut that does not attract attention and can hide minor imperfections.
If the surgeon makes mistakes, deformation of the contours of the face, asymmetry, and disruption of certain functions are possible: opening the mouth, chewing, smiling, facial expressions. Modern technologies make it possible to avoid such consequences, but the human factor is present. To prevent this situation, it is recommended to carefully choose a doctor or clinic.
Advantages and disadvantages
A clear advantage of surgical intervention is the high efficiency of the technique. The result is natural, and strangers do not notice the scars. Different technologies allow an individual approach to the solution and, with the help of intervention, achieve fundamental changes.
The downside of plastic surgery is the traumatic nature and high cost of the procedure. Manipulation requires lengthy preparation and rehabilitation. Various complications are possible. The technique has a wide range of contraindications.
Alternative options
Cosmetology offers many methods of non-surgical correction of age-related changes. It will be possible to mask or improve the problem and get a decent result. It is impossible to completely get rid of the pronounced signs of aging.
Among the cosmetic techniques that are similar in effectiveness to surgical intervention are:
- thread lifting;
- contour plastic surgery;
- hardware impact.
Advice. Patients who take care of their skin on an ongoing basis from an early age notice the onset of old age later. It is enough to use care products, periodically perform peeling, mesotherapy, biorevitalization, massage.
Opinion of cosmetologists
Doctors are in no hurry to send patients to plastic surgeons if the problem can be solved with a less drastic intervention. Cosmetologists are sure that those who take care of their skin will develop serious age-related appearance problems later. Doctors are assessing the situation sensibly. If they see that it is difficult to achieve the desired result by other influences on the tissue, then surgical plastic surgery is recommended.
A cosmetologist understands that to radically solve problems, plastic surgery is needed. You can maintain the result with any cosmetic procedures.
The doctor is sure that it is too late to start skin care using cosmetic methods for clearly defined problems; only plastic surgery will help.
The cosmetologist is sure that serious problems with appearance can only be solved surgically; non-surgical procedures will only slightly improve the picture.
A facelift is a popular plastic surgery that allows you to get rid of age-related changes, improve contour, and eliminate excess skin. But it involves surgical intervention, which means it requires preliminary preparation and careful weighing of all the pros and cons. What do you need to know about the procedure?
Preliminary consultation with a plastic surgeon: basic questions
Having decided to change your appearance through a surgical facelift, you need to find out from the surgeon the intricacies of the operation, the area of influence in a particular case, the specifics of preparation, indications and contraindications, probable consequences and complications, the duration of the rehabilitation period, etc.
Types of surgical facelift
Facelift is the only effective way to eliminate significant age-related changes, which include deep wrinkles, sagging skin, lost volume, and pigmentation. The operation is recommended for patients over 35 years of age who are experiencing decreased skin elasticity. Its implementation can be targeted at different areas, depending on individual characteristics and wishes. Conventionally, surgical lifting is classified into:
- The top one. Its goal is to eliminate or reduce the visibility of wrinkles in the forehead and eyebrows.
- Average. During this procedure, deep folds formed around the mouth are removed, and the skin in the cheeks and cheekbones is tightened.
- Bottom. This technique is aimed at combating a double chin and excision of loose skin on the neck.
In some cases, it is possible to combine and carry out several lifting options together. To achieve maximum effect, additional rejuvenation techniques are often recommended. This includes blepharoplasty and liposuction.
Facelift and weight loss
It is advisable to carry out almost all plastic surgeries while at an optimal weight. When planning radical work on yourself, including getting rid of excess weight, you need to discuss the issue with your surgeon. Typically, minor weight loss does not have a significant effect on the results of plastic surgery.
If you need to lose a lot, you should postpone the operation. With significant weight loss, volumes disappear not only on the waist, hips and buttocks, but also on the face. This may result in the results of a facelift being nullified.
What anesthesia is used for facelift
To minimize the negative impact of medications on the body, facial plastic surgery is performed under general anesthesia with additional local anesthesia. The local anesthetic drug constricts blood vessels, reducing blood loss. After the procedure, in this case, less intense swelling is observed, and the rehabilitation period passes faster. In addition to the anesthetic, sedatives are used to provide the patient with maximum comfort.
How long does surgery take?
The duration of the procedure depends on many factors. This includes the individual characteristics of the patient, the degree of loss of skin elasticity, and the number of zones of simultaneous exposure. The mini-lift ends after 1-2 hours. The duration of the standard procedure is 3-4 hours. If additional manipulations are performed (liposuction, blepharoplasty), the time spent on the operating table may double.
Features and duration of the rehabilitation stage
Recovery after a facelift takes several weeks. The maximum result of the intervention is formed after six months. For the first few days, the patient needs to wear a special compression bandage that provides protection against infections, rapid tissue healing, and adaptation to the new face shape.
A common reaction of the body to surgery is the formation of swelling and redness of the skin. Compresses will help make these processes less obvious. Appropriate medications will be recommended to reduce pain. It will also take some time:
- sleep with your head slightly elevated;
- refuse physical activity, heavy lifting, sudden movements;
- quit bad habits, in particular smoking;
- Avoid walking in direct sunlight, as well as going to solariums and baths.
Possible complications of a facelift
If you go to a good clinic and see a competent doctor and follow all the instructions, the likelihood of complications occurring is minimal. In other cases, the penetration of infections, the appearance of large hematomas, facial asymmetry, decreased skin sensitivity, and unnatural facial expressions are possible. To eliminate complications, antibiotics, wound treatment, drainage to remove fluid, and even repeated surgery are required. The Beauty Doctor Clinic has developed and implemented an entire surgical safety program to ensure that patients do not experience complications. But patients themselves must be attentive to themselves during the rehabilitation period and be sure to follow all the doctor’s recommendations.
You can also learn more about other methods of facial rejuvenation from the sections
