Your Face Lift - What To Expect From The Procedure

A face lift is also known as a rhytidectomy and is a cosmetic procedure used to lift up the facial skin and then re-drape it, taking off excessive skin and fat in the process and giving your face a more youthful and tighter look. This procedure is probably the least understood cosmetic procedure and surrounded by the most misconception of all cosmetic surgeries. Before you opt for a lift make sure you truly and fully understand what you should and should not expect first. First it is a common misconception that a face lift will remove wrinkles, lines and other skin imperfections such as acne scars but this is not true. Unfortunately many articles and web sites seem to keep this myth alive with deliberate miswording in describing the many benefits to this type of procedure. The only way your skin would look flawless after this procedure is if it looked flawless before. The misconception is likely based on some truth at least a grain of it anyways. While a lift won't lift away deep lines or deep wrinkles it will sometimes help erase fine lines by tightening up the skin when it is pulled up and re-positioned in place. If you are considering rhytidectomy because you think it will remove your wrinkles around your eyes, nose and mouth or make the bags under your eyes disappear think again. A face lift will do this- it will make you look younger by giving you tighter skin on your face. It is a relevantly simple concept really. Think about it when you were in your twenties your skin was tight and elastic. As you grew older your skin lost that elasticity and that is how wrinkles and line begin to form where they didn't form before. On top of that your skin begins to sag and that is what make you look years older than your chronological age. A face lift does exactly what the name implies it will do- it lifts your face back up and the ensuing results can last for a long time. This is not a rinse and repeat type procedure so it can be well worth the investment. A lift can also be helpful to remove the loose folds of skin in your neck that make you look like a turkey. This is not an attractive look and it can literally take decades off your appearance to have your excessive skin on your neck tightened up as well. Baggy eyes and wrinkles however are not going to be greatly impacted by a face lift so in conjunction with your needed lift you may want to explore some additional surgical procedures to treat these areas that your surgeon can assist with you. If you have a clear understanding in regards to what a lift can and cannot do for you there is no reason you won't be satisfied with your surgical results- so educate yourself and talk to your surgeon so you know what to expect.