Ageing is a natural process, effects of ageing are natural as well. To the most visible effects belongs ageing of face. Skin on face begins to loose, to droop, wrinkles and conspicuous skin folds begin to create.
What is facelift?
Facelift is a surgical rejuvenation of neck and face.
What do effects of skin ageing on face depend on?
- skin type
- inheritad factors
- influence of sunshine
- profession
- lifestyle and metabolism
- lifestyle etc.
The time when these effects occurs is individual and it ranges between thirty and fifty years.
Moderate wrinkles on face through the surgery called facelift.
How is plastic surgery of face and neck – facelift performed?
The surgery is performed in combination of local anaesthesia and general intravenous anaesthesia. The surgical incision is lead from the hairy part of head around temple down around the earlobe and further into the line of earlobe.
Final scar is then visible only as inconspicuous line in case of smooth healing. The hospitalization takes one day and the patient goes home with bandaged head. Five days after the surgery the bandage is removed and the hair is washed. The sutures are removed 10-14 days after the surgery.
This procedure can be combined with liposuction of double chin, eyelid surgery, browlift = temple lift and lift of exterior corners of eyes, forehead lift.