The loss of youthful contours in the face can be due to variety of factors, including thinning of the skin, loss of facial fat, bone atrophy, gravity, sun damage, smoking, as well as heredity and stress. During a face-lift, a flap of skin on each side of the face is pulled back, and tissues below the skin are surgically altered to return the contour of the face to a more youthful shape. Same can be done with the neck.
Age-related changes in your face that may be reduced with a face-lift include the following:
- Relaxation of the skin of the face causing sagging
- Deepening of the fold lines between the nose and corner of the mouth
- Fat that has fallen or has disappeared
- Jowls developing in the cheeks and jaw
- Loose skin and excess fat of the neck that can appear as a double chin or “turkey neck”
Other procedures might help to rejuvenate an aging face. It can be done with fillers, Botox and many other procedures.
Description
There are many different techniques. Usually, a good result can be achieved with MACS (Minimal Access Cranial Suspension).
A traditional face-lift incision starts at your temples in the hairline, continues down and around the front of your ears and ends behind your ears in your lower scalp. An incision might be made under your chin to improve the appearance of your neck.
MACS is a shorter incision that begins in your hairline just above your ear, wraps around the front of your ear, but does not extend all the way into the lower scalp.
Neck lift incision starts in front of your earlobe and continues around your ear into your lower scalp. A small incision also is made under your chin
Postoperative recovery
- Day 1-2: Rest and cold compressions, elastic bandages for 1 week.
- Week 1: Medical check-up.
- Week 2: Decreased swelling and bruising, remove elastic bandages.