How To Achieve Ideal Results With A Face Lift

In the past, the face lift has been criticized by plastic surgeons and patients alike for appearing overly done, unnatural, and even frighteningly windswept in some extreme cases. And while woefully out of vogue for the past several years, this procedure is seeing a comeback due to improved techniques including the use of endoscopic cameras and micro incisions as well as by combining the procedure with one or several more to achieve a much more natural and believable outcome.

Although it may be difficult to believe, a face lift can sometimes age a person further. By having just the one procedure alone, the patient is only addressing a few specific areas such as the cheeks, neck and forehead. The deep wrinkles in these areas will be stretched and smoothed following surgery, but other wrinkles and fine lines will remain largely unaffected. If a patient suffers from significant signs of ageing in locations such as the eyes and around the nose and mouth, additional procedures are often recommended for a more balanced look to be achieved. Injectable fillers can be used to smooth out the deep lines that run from the nose tip down to the corner of the mouth. Crow’s feet and smoker’s lines that surround the eyes and lips respectively can also be treated with this method.

Plastic surgeons are also now finding that the underlying bone structure of the face has a much greater effect on how the face ages than mere wrinkles and loss of elasticity alone. The stronger your underlying bone structure, the better you will age and the smoother and tighter your skin will appear through the years. Your plastic surgeon may recommend the addition of cheek, chin, or jaw implants to further improve your appearance in addition to a face lift. Implants can allow the surgeon to drape the skin removed during the procedure in a more aesthetically appealing manner. Waiting until after a face lift to get any facial implants can prove more difficult as there is far less excess skin to work with. Chin and jaw implants can also help improve the contour of the neckline and the profile, slimming and streamlining it.

Plastic surgeons don’t recommend combination or simultaneous procedures in order to boost profits at the expense of their patients, but rather it is far safer to have one session of anesthesia as well as a single recovery period rather than spreading it out over a longer period. The body tends to recover just as quickly as if only one procedure was performed and risks and complications associated with multiple surgeries are greatly reduced. And many procedures, such as implants combined with a face lift, need to be performed together in order for the surgeon to achieve the best possible results. You will also save on the cost of the hospital and anesthesia fees. Some less invasive cosmetic procedures such as injectable fillers are better off performed after full recovery.