Face Lift: Restoring a Youthful Appearance

Jun 9
21:01

2012

Antoinette Ayana

Antoinette Ayana

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The face lift is among those operations that has benefited the most from technological advancements. Here are some of the ways the procedure is giving people their youthful appearance back.

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It is not an exaggeration to say that,Face Lift: Restoring a Youthful Appearance Articles among the top plastic surgeons, cosmetic surgery results get better each year. Certainly, there will always be those doctors who are unskilled or unwilling to embrace better technology. But among those who are dedicated to their craft, most of them are getting better results now than at any time in the past. While this is true for any procedure, the face lift is among those operations that has benefitted the most. It used to be obvious, even among the Hollywood crowd, who had gotten work done and who hadn't. Today, it's difficult to tell if your neighbor has had work done or not. Here are some of the ways the procedure is giving people their youthful appearance back.

Restoring Loose Skin
Loose, sagging skin is the most prominent reason for a person to start taking on an aged appearance. No matter how many creams or lotions you use, how steadfastly you avoid the sun, or how many vitamins you take, there's no way to stop the hands of time. And with time comes a loss of elasticity in the skin. A good face lift can tighten up your appearance, which is automatically associated with youth. Of course, a doctor has to be careful not to overdo it, which can lead to a stretched look that few would appreciate.

Tightening Muscles
There aren't too many machines in the gym designed for working out the muscles in your face. But they are just like any other muscles in your body and, with time, they will begin to atrophy. When that happens, it can contribute to that sagging look that is so undesirable. In the old days, a face lift addresses only the skin and did nothing to address this muscular atrophy. Today's best techniques, however, can do both. Not only does this give the patient better results, but they are more likely to last than those procedures that only tackle part of the problem.

Improving Contour
There are certain hallmarks of an attractive face that are often present in the young and often absent in the old. Evolutionarily speaking, we are attracted to youth. Theorists maintain this is because men are looking for women of a child bearing age. Whatever the reasons behind it, though, and whether they are evolutionary or social, there's no denying they exist. Your reasons behind getting a face lift may have nothing to do with being more attractive to potential partners, but most of us want to look more youthful when possible. This form of plastic surgery can help with that goal.