procedure
Facelift
Surgery
Procedure overview
A full or complete face lift improves the skin and tissues of the lower two-thirds of the face, from the ears, across to the cheeks, and down to the jawline, by removing excess fat, tightening muscles and re-draping skin.
The procedure usually requires three to four hours of operating time.
General anesthesia is administered and the patient is completely asleep. The procedure can also be performed under intravenous sedation and local anesthesia.
Usually this is an inpatient procedure and the patient is discharged the following day.
Temporary bruising, swelling, numbness and tenderness of the skin, as well as a tight feeling and dry skin. For men, permanent need to shave behind ears, where beard-growing skin is repositioned.
Injury to the nerves that control facial muscles or feeling (which is usually temporary but in rare cases may be permanent), infection, bleeding, skin necrosis (skin loss), poor healing, excessive scarring, asymmetry and a change in the hairline.
The patient may return to work after ten to fourteen days. More strenuous activity may be resumed after two weeks or more. Bruising should begin to disappear after seven to ten days.
Most facelifts can be expected to maintain optimum appearance for five to ten years.
Eyelid surgery
Tightens drooping upper eyelid skin & reduces puffy bags below eyes.
Injections/fillers
Enhance and improve the appearance of skin without surgery.
Facelift
A facelift Improves sagging facial skin, jowls and loose neck skin.
Otoplasty
Otoplasty is a procedure to change the shape, position or size of ears.
Structural fat graft
Rejuvenation of the face or reconstruction of defects.
