Are You A Candidate for a Facelift
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
The facial features are the most important part of our body. When participating in a call or a day to day interactions, we are always in front of other people. And “the characteristic of our body that sets us apart. A young face is a younger person.
“The approach level for the face is the most comprehensive. The top layer of the face and skin. In order to correct the effects of burns, some plastic surgeons recommend the first great skin care products including good for skin care, IPL Photofacials or chemical peels.
On each of the face is the subject of a facelift procedure. Also known as rhytidectomy a facelift smooths the loose skin on your face and neck, tightens underlying tissues and removes excess grease. Plastic Surgeons perform the majority of them with new technologies for endoscopic facelift. With these techniques, a small endoscope measuring 5 mm in diameter is inserted through a small incision in the scalp. The operation is performed entirely under the skin, resulting in no visible scars on the face. There is a quicker recovery with minimal bruising and swelling.
The soft tissue deep in your account for the face and cheeks dark hollows under her eyes. The surgeon may recommend that the fat injection to enhance or correct the hollow cheeks of the face in connection with your facelift procedure. If necessary, the cheeks also increase with cheek implants to improve their edge, while providing a younger face.
Cheek fat off techniques combined with spot face or neck suction or buccal fat excision, where the excess fat removed through a small incision in the cheek, mouth, resulting in more sculptured look to the cheeks. While the increase in the eye to make it wider cheekbones or later appear, removal of buccal fat removing fat from chubby cheeks in the legs. adipose tissue removed from his face and other body parts can often be liquid and used to fill the thinning lips or small depressions in the face right now.
Rhytidectomy can be done solo, with a neck recontouring procedure (cervicoplasty), promoting, or with other procedures, you may want. At your consultation, your surgeon will help you decide which option is best for you.
You can choose to have the procedure done on your one of the local hospitals including Cedars Sinai, Century City, or Saint John. The operation is best done with a light general anesthesia with long-acting local anesthetics are added to minimize postoperative pain. When you sleep, surgery begins with the injection of a long-acting local anesthetic to keep you comfortable long after the procedure is over. If excess fat exists, neck and face are sculpted with liposuction (liposculpture).
The incision is made above the ear and walked behind the ear. The skin is high in the face beside small cuts reveal the deeper layer. This layer contains all of your facial muscles of the face and pulled up towards the scalp, to correct the sagging effects of gravity in his face. The skin is then re-draped over his face, and just pulled up. In this way, surgeons perform a facelift in several layers to ensure lasting results. The incision is then closed meticulously with multiple levels, with special attention to place the scar in front of the ear in a place that feels like a natural skin fold. The incision behind the ears will be covered by ear and not visible.
In the endoscopic technique is your face anesthetized as before. Small incisions are hidden in the scalp and uses a special camera (endoscope) with special endoscopic instruments, the procedure must be done when it is displayed on a monitor. The skin is elevated and the level lowly lowly suspended on top. The skin is then draped over his face and re-suspended in place with special sutures. A-level approach to facial rejuvenation is used again to provide lasting results. The surgical scars are inside the scalp and therefore invisible. The method used in this minimally invasive technique leads to quicker recovery and less “down time”.
In both approaches, your face will be covered with special bandages after surgery that is used to easily compress skin to reduce any swelling.
After your procedure you will rest comfortably in recovery room. Make arrangements for transportation home before surgery. If you want to stay in a rehabilitation center after surgery, please inform us in advance.
Day of surgery, you will be completely quiet and used without pain because of long-acting local anesthetics. You can drink fluids ready, but avoid solid food, because it can cause nausea. Take your medicines as prescribed. It is important that you hold your head high as he lay in bed in order to minimize swelling. This is best done by placing 3-4 pillows under your back to sit on the bed. You should avoid bending the neck for long periods because it can affect the skin of the neck. More than a pillow under your head should be avoided, the lower back simultaneously. Do not turn your head from side to side as this may disturb your neck recontouring procedure. Our office staff will contact you daily during the first week to handle all your concerns.
The first day after surgery is usually the hardest. You will start to walk around the house with the help and resume a normal diet. Continue to avoid bites and large meals that require hard chewing like apples or steak. Let your face “used” to relax the muscles in your face and avoid extreme facial expressions including long talks and laughter. Cold compresses applied to the face helps to reduce any bruising and swelling that can result. You can take a bath sponge with assistance, but keep your head cool and dry for 48 hours after surgery.
During the first week after surgery, you should go more and more. Do not stay in bed for long periods because it can disturb your sleep at night, increasing the risk of complications. The second day after surgery, the bandages are removed and you can enjoy a shower. Going from cold to warm compress on the third day after surgery to reduce any swelling or bruising. Your stitches are removed about 5 days after surgery. Over the next 6 to 8 weeks, there will be 80% recovery from his surgery.


