Facelift

Facelift is a surgery aimed at eliminating cosmetic problems of face and usually the neck due to aging.

If you think your face looks tired and old and you notice sagging in your facial skin, you can consider face lift surgery.

However, in facelift, excess facial skin is removed and the supportive tissues are repaired. There is no effect on other defects in your face (forehead lines, under-eye lines etc.) and quality of your skin. A more natural facial appearance can be achieved by suggesting additional treatments for the under-eye, eye, eyebrows, nose, mouth, cheekbones, jaw and neck in preoperative planning while the sagging is eliminated that cause tired and older facial appearance.

As a result of aging and environmental factors, facial skin loses its elasticity, sagging occurs over time and facial appearance changes.

When the gravity force is added to these factors, bags occurs under your eyes and the facial skin and subcutaneous tissue starts sagging towards the jowl. To all of these processes are added eyelids and neck skin over time. Ultimately, the face appears tired and old due to the sagging, wrinkles caused by environmental factors and mimic muscles, the under-eye bags, the deep lines and the deterioration of the skin quality.

Facelift aims to eliminate the following problems:

Skin of mid-face sags to and below the chin due to loss of elasticity in skin
Bags and deep lines develop under the eyes.
Cheeks appear collapsed due to sagging of skin and displacement of subcutaneous fat tissue
Skin of neck appears loose and sagged.

If total facial rejuvenation is required, you need to discuss and plan other procedures that will eliminate other cosmetic problems with your plastic surgeon in order to be satisfied with outcomes of the surgery.

There are a variety of techniques that can be used for facelift surgery. Your plastic surgeon will determine and inform you about the method depending on both severity of sagging and your expectations in order to get best result. You will be informed about details, advantages, risks and possible outcomes of these techniques (mid-face lift, total face lift and neck lift, conventional face lift).

The surgery can take about 3 to 6 hours, depending on the cosmetic problem. After the excess skin is cut and removed, the tissues under the skin are reshaped. Whenever necessary, fat is removed from other parts of your body and placed in facial areas where tissue loss is present. Finally, the incision is sutured and covered by dressing materials.

Small tubes, also known as drain, can be placed, before the surgery is completed, around the incision line in order to prevent accumulation of blood and body fluids.

Your plastic surgeon will inform you whether you need to be observed or you should stay in hospital.

In order to get the best result as soon as possible, you should strictly follow your doctor's instructions throughout the healing period (wound care products that accelerate wound healing, sun exposure, avoiding from strenuous physical activity, protection against facial trauma, bath, make up etc.). Therefore, please ask all your questions to your plastic surgeon before you leave the hospital.

Face-lift surgery allows the face look younger, but does not hide other cosmetic defects of the face. This surgery does not help skin problems and tissue quality. For that reason, if you think sagging of facial skin is accompanied by other cosmetic problems (collapse, tissue loss, deep lines, etc.), face lift surgery can be combined with other cosmetic procedures to get rid of these problems.

Procedure time: 3 to 6 hours
Overnight stay: 1 to 2 nights
Anaesthetic: General
Final Result: 6 to 9 months