Face lift Surgery

With aging the skin, fat, and muscles of the cheeks and neck become loose and sag, resulting in lines and folds between the cheeks and nose and lips, over the jawline, and in the neck. Face lift surgery "turns back the clock", improving the visible signs of aging by removing excess fat, tightening the underlying muscles and the skin of your face and neck. It rejuvenates the middle and lower part of the face, making you look fresher and more youthful and relaxed, and feeling more self confident.

You should make sure that the plastic surgeon you choose to perform your face lift surgery in Sydney is an expert in the face lifts before proceeding with the surgery.

Facelifts are often combined with other procedures such as a browlift (to lift sagging eyebrows), blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery to remove skin or fat) to rejuvenate the upper part of the face, and fat injections or fat transfer.

There are a number of options if you are not ready for face lift surgery in Sydney, either laser skin tightening, suture lifts or mini-face lifts such as the S-lift, however the effects are not as good or as long-lasting as a proper facelift.

Many patients who have face lift surgery in Sydney also have the facial skin rejuvenated with non-surgical treatments such asFraxel, Dermaroller or IPL (intense pulse light), which improves the texture and appearance of the skin.

• preparing for face lift surgery

It is important to stop smoking at least a few weeks before the surgery - smoking slows blood flow to the skin and increases the chance of healing problems after the surgery. Aspirin, anti-inflammatory medications for arthritis, and some vitamins and herbal medications including fish oil can cause bleeding and also need to be stopped 10 days before the surgery.

• Face lift surgery in Sydney

Facelift surgery is performed under general anaesthesia, with the operation taking about 3 hours, and usually requires an overnight stay in hospital.

There are many different types of facelift, but the longest lasting techniques involve tightening the deeper muscle layer of the face as well as the skin. Tightening the muscle layer gives a longer lasting result and reduces the tension on the skin closure, producing better scars.

Incisions are hidden mainly within the hairline, in the natural crease in front of the ear, going under and behind the earlobe and back into the scalp, and usually there is also a small incision under the chin. The skin is lifted off the muscle layer and the muscle layer tightened, with any excess fat being removed with liposuction. Following this the loose excess skin is removed and the wound closed.