Sudameria Estetic

The best candidate for a face lift is a man or woman whose face and neck have begun to sag, but whose skin still has some elasticity and whose bone structure is strong and well-defined. Most patients are in their forties to sixties, but facelifts can be done successfully on people in their seventies or eighties as well.

• A facelift can make you look younger and fresher, and it may enhance your self- confidence in the process.
• As people age, the effects of gravity can be seen in the drooping eyebrows towards the outer corner of the eye and the sagging cheekbones and neck.
• A facelift can improve the deep cheek folds, jowls, and loose skin around the neck that comes with ageing. It gives an overall youthful appearance which is still natural and healthy looking.

The surgeon makes a vertical incision from the temples to the upper part of the ears. This incision, which is usually made behind the hair-growth line so that the resulting scar will be concealed, is the one used in upper or temporal lift surgery. In mid lift surgery (cheeks), the same temporal incision we just described extends further down in front of the ears and follows their natural outline to the back (periauricular line). By means of this incision, the surgeon separates the muscle and the skin from the face, he tightens them and replaces them further up to achieve a more youthful look. He cuts the excess skin and muscle and sutures. In order to rejuvenate lower areas of the face, such as the outline of the jaw, it is necessary to perform neck lift surgery.

In order to perform the neck lift, the surgeon makes an incision that has two sections: the first one is vertical and extends behind each ear (retroauricular), and the second one is horizontal and extends about 2 inches (5 cm) along the hair-growth line on the back of the neck (mastoid). In some cases it may be necessary to make a small incision under the chin and/or a liposuction of the double chin to obtain better results. By means of these incisions, the surgeon separates the muscle and the skin from the neck, he tightens them and replaces them further up to achieve a more youthful look. He cuts the excess skin and muscle and sutures.

• It tightens the skin and lax (hypotonic) muscles of the face.
• It helps improve the youthful appearance of mature people ,that have not aged yet and that wish to delay the aging process for personal or professional reasons.
• It rejuvenates the face of older people. The rejuvenating effect will be more impressive if the aging marks such as wrinkles and hanging skin are more pronounced.
• It is divided in two areas: a) Upper or temporal lift (also known as mini-face lift or lateral brow lift): it illuminates and refreshes the look and can be performed as a single procedure in young people who do not need to have their cheeks rejuvenated. b) Mid lift: used to correct the cheeks.
• Performed together with eye lift surgery (blepharoplasty), neck lift surgery, and brow lift surgery, it completely rejuvenates the face and neck.
• The neck lift tightens skin and muscle that has become loose and hanging due to aging or hereditary family traits. It also removes excess fat from the neck and the double chin.
• It does not eliminate crow's feet nor wrinkles around the lips, since these wrinkles do not appear as a result of the aging process, but due to repeated muscle contraction.
• It does not produce any changes in the area above the eyes. In order to do that, forehead or brow lift surgery will be necessary.

Length of the operation
•3 to 4 hours

Results
• After your operation, you will feel better and back to normal from the 15th or the 21st day after the operation and in most cases you will feel less numbness and tenderness of the cheeks.
• The outcomes are even better by the third month. First, you might feel slight discomfort due to the redness and the soreness of scars and the general swelling and bruising of the face which are common in such procedure, but eventually and in the long term, you will have a more natural, healthy looking appearance.
• This type of surgery does not have a negative effect on ulterior aging.
• The results are therefore not only natural and effective but also permanent, depending on the natural and genetic aging process and personal health and hygiene.
Post operation face lift surgery
• There isn't usually significant discomfort after a face lift; if there is, it can be lessened with the pain medication prescribed by your surgeon.
• Some numbness of the skin is quite normal; it will disappear in a few weeks or months.
• Your doctor may tell you to keep your head elevated and as still as possible for a couple of days after surgery, to keep the swelling down.
• Bandages, when used, are usually removed after one to five days.

Recovery
You will have to rest at the hotel for 48 hours, and you should bear in mind that you must not move your head too roughly. At first you may feel a certain numbness on your cheeks. You may be able to return to your social activities or job 10 days after the surgery. Some people may experience depression during the recovery period. This is very usual after any kind of surgery, regardless of its triviality. You may even feel that you made a terrible mistake in deciding to have a surgery. But you shouldn't worry. Most of the people who today are happy and satisfied with the results of a surgery have also gone through that phase.

Possible risks and complications
It is very unlikely for face lift surgery to present any complications when performed by a qualified surgeon. However, every surgical procedure, regardless of its triviality, has some risks and we should always think of them as a possibility.

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