Bring out the best version of yourself with natural-looking facelift results:
The facelift, also known as rhytidectomy is a popular plastic surgery operation that improves the visible signs of aging of the face and around the neck. If you feel like your self-confidence is impacted by the appearance of sagging skin, flat contours, loss of volume, and/or deep lines that have not significantly improved with minimally invasive treatments, a facelift may be the next best option.
Dr. Shirley Madhere is a highly trained and experienced plastic surgeon in NYC who approaches surgery with a holistic approach that helps to improve outcomes and optimize results. Dr. Madhere performs a variety of facelift techniques, customized to your facial features and aesthetic needs, including mini facelifts and non-surgical face lifts.
Regain Your Confidence with a Surgical or Non-Surgical Facelift
· Lift Sagging Skin
Skin loses its elasitcity as we age. At some point, the extent of sagging may not be held off by anti-aging creams or non-invasive methods. As such, you may consider a facelift operation to tighten up the tissues in the face and neck, allowing the removal of excessive skin, and therefore, repairing the sagging. A properly performed facelift will result in a smooth, youthful, harmonious contour without a pulled or wind-swept appearance.
· Remove Jowls
Another effect of facial aging that a facelift may ameliorate is loose jowls. The re-positioning of facial skin will result in removal of the jowls, a tighter jawline and a more contoured facial appearance.
· Treat Deep Creases
The reduction of collagen and elasticity during aging tends to result in loss of tissue structure and volume, leaving your neck and face sagging and looking drawn. A surgical facelift will restore the deep tissue structures and reposition the skin and deeper tissues to regain an improved and youthful facial contour. For additional volume, augmenting any volume loss with fillers or fat may be performed at the time of operation.
Benefits of Facelift
· Treat Various Signs of Aging
The skin changes that occur during aging may be attributed to a number of reasons, including the loss of facial fat and the weakening of dermal tissue. The causes of these changes are related to factors as age, genetics, current health, and lifestyle, to name a few. Modern facelift techniques can restore some of these effects by tightening the underlying muscle and tissue, removing excess skin, and re-draping the overlying skin.
· Are you a candidate for a facelift?
A facelift operation may be suitable in men and women as early as the 40’s. This depends on your specific manner of aging and is also affected by your genetics and lifestyle. Although many people with signs of advanced wrinkles and sagging skin may benefit from a facelift operation, it is vitally important to discuss your options with your surgeon.
· Well-hidden surgical scars
During a facelift operation, the incisions are designed to be unnoticeable, placed within currently existing natural folds or skin crease lines. Typically, the incisions are often made along the hairlineand behind the ear for concealment.
About Facelift
Facelift procedures are a popular and more long-lasting method of addressing facial aging. A facelift helps to improve visible signs of aging in the neck and face, including sagging skin, deepening of the fold lines between the corner of the mouth and nose, loose skin, relaxation of skin, and jowls. The loss of contours in the face is usually attributed to factors like loss of facial fat, thinning of the skin, genetics, and lifestyle contributors as smoking, sun damage, stress, overall wellness. However, you should understand that facelift surgery does not halt the aging process; it helps you to age gracefully from appearance perspective.
How a Facelift Helps Improve The Signs of Aging
A facelift procedure may be performed in an outpatient surgical facility or in a hospital. It may be performed under local anesthesia and sedation or using general anesthesia.
The operation involves lifting the skin and tightening the deep-lying muscles and tissues. Fat in the neck and face can be removed, redistributed, or sculpted. The facial skin is re-draped over the repositioned facial tissues. Excess skin is removed.
The incisions for the surgery will depend on the technique used and your specific cosmetic needs and facial shape. There are a number of facelifting and neck-lifting techniques that may be performed:
Limited incision: a shorter incision from your hairline above your ear that extends only to the earlobe.
Conventional facelift : the incision begins at the temple in the hairline, continues around the front of the ear, and continues behind the ear and into the lower scalp at the back of the neck.
Neck lift: To address the issue of sagging skin at the neck, an incision may be extended from the earlobe and around to the back of the neck for a variable degree, depending upon the extent of correction needed at the neck.
A facelift procedure may be up to four hours in duration, depending upon the degree of facelifting required and whether additional techniques are added during the operation. Active recovery may be for up to two weeks. Moreover, your surgeon will ask that you follow additional instructions for optimal post-operative results.
Frequently Asked Questions About Facelift
Q: What is the recovery time for a Facelift?
After a facelift operation, there may be minor discomfort, which may be alleviated by non-prescription pain medicated as advised buy your surgeon. There will also be some variable degree of swelling and possible bruising. These are self-limited and will resolve over 1-2 weeks. Active recovery may be for up to 2 weeks, during which time you are encouraged to resume your normal activities of daily living. However, rigorous exercise may resume only after 4-6 weeks.
Q: Can I re-do a facelift procedure?
It is important to allow the tissues to heal completely after the intial operation, typically after 1-2 years. If, after that time, there is a residual cosmetic issue that needs to be addressed, this may be managed with injectables. If there is recurrence of sagging of skin, a revision of the facelift may be performed at a later date.
Q: How long should a facelift last?
How long the effects of a facelift last is highly dependent on your skin health, genetics, overall wellness, and lifestyle, among other factors. Given this, nevertheless, you may anticipate to enjoy a more youthful and refreshed facial contour for 5 or more years.