Different types of procedures are used to correct different problems or deliver different results.
Facelifts are a very common cosmetic surgery.
Choosing the Right Facelift
Facelift surgery is individualized to a person’s needs.
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In some cases, newer, non-surgical techniques can be used in tandem with surgical ones.
What Happens During a Facelift?
During a facelift procedure, you will receive anesthesia.
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The changes will be more natural and less dramatic than a facelift that occurs in your 60s or later.
Facelift surgery of this sort requires an in-depth understanding of the face’s sub-muscularaponeuroticsystem (SMAS).
These facial expression muscles are covered in their envelope of connective tissue and lie beneath the immediate sub-dermis.
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Full Face Rejuvenation
This 54-year-old woman similarly sought plastic surgery for facial rejuvenation.
Moreover, avoid sun exposure during the healing process and apply extra sunscreen if you must be outdoors.
The procedures included a lower and mid-face lift, endoscopic brow lift, blepharoplasty, and neck lift.
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Note the dramatic improvement in the drooping jowls and hooding of the eyelids.
This is something you cannot achieve with a facelift alone.
For this, you would need a brow lift and an upper and lower blepharoplasty, sometimes enhanced withBotoxinjections.
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A traditional facelift mainly addresses the neck and jawline areas.
However, the deep plane technique also lifts the mid-face area to retain the face’s natural balance.
Deep Plane Facelift With Dermabrasion
This woman received a deep plane facelift and dermabrasion around the mouth.
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Only dermatologists or plastic surgeons can perform dermabrasion.
Am I Too Old for a Facelift?
There is no “too old” threshold for a facelift.
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You shouldn’t weigh the decision based specifically on your age.
Lip augmentation is a relatively simple procedure to define and volumize the lips.
The procedure can be performed in the healthcare provider’s office when fillers are used.
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It is most commonly injected into the upper and lower lips to ensure a more balanced look.
3D Facelift
This woman received what some surgeons call a 3D facelift.
Moreover, the person’s fat is used to re-contour the cheeks and areas around the eyes.
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The vertical lift method is said to give longer-lasting, more natural results and with less extensive incisions.
Platysmaplastyis a procedure that involves the surgical reconstruction of neck muscles (the platysma).
Two separate sides of the platysma connect in the center of the neck.
Platysmaplasty re-attaches the sides and reconstructs the internal muscles to tighten the chin and neck areas.
The procedures and injections used in cosmetic improvements are constantly changing and improving techniques.
These before and after photos are only a sample of the possibilities for cosmetic facial enhancements.
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