Facelift

A face lift, also known as a rhytidectomy, is the cosmetic surgical procedure in which facial tissue is treated using various techniques to give a patient a more youthful, less “worn-out” look that comes with age and skin problems. Facelift in Hestanbul Surgery can be used to trim and tighten skin while removing fat pockets if necessary. Whereas dermal fillers and implants can enhance facial structure, skin quality can be increased using laser or chemical peels.

A facelift procedure will naturally remove folds, wrinkles or sagging skin around the eyes, cheeks, mouth, forehead and jaws while enhancing the overall facial appearance of patients making them feel and look younger. You can learn more about facelift treatment in Hestanbul by filling in our easy free consultation form to know how suitable it is for you, and what you can expect out of it from our experts.

Facelift Candidates

Face lift procedure isn’t a very fussy technique but it requires the patient to be eligible for it since everyone is not suitable for a face-lift. Hestanbul cosmetic surgery considers ideal face lift candidates as those who:

• Have good skin elasticity irrelevant of age and a strong bone structure.
• Have lots of loose skin on their face resulting in wrinkles or a droopy look.
• Have kept themselves as close as possible to a healthy weight and are tested negative for skin diseases.

Facelift Goals

The reader must understand that face lift is not a cure for a disease but a beautification process. It can boost self-esteem and physical appearance by tightening the skin hence achieving a younger more beautiful look. Most patients are within 40-70 years of age but facelifts can also be performed on younger patients. Main goals of a face lift are:

• To remove sagging skin and fat deposits around the jaws and cheeks known as jowls
• Excess fat around the chin and neck area are also trimmed off.
• Wrinkles beside the mouth, eyes and on the forehead are smoothed out by tightening the skin.

Facelift Techniques

By classifying face lifts into two main categories for better understanding we get invasive procedures and non-invasive procedures of facelift surgery in hestanbul. The surgeon will determine exactly how much of each kind is necessary to deliver the look you wish to have.

Non Surgical Facelift: your surgeon will make use of injectables and/or derma fillers to tighten skin and give you a more youthful appearance. This is commonly known remedy for wrinkles. But for loose skin, excess fat and facial folds various degrees of invasive surgery is used.

Invasive: Incisions are made above the hairline of your forehead all the way down under your jaws running right behind the ears and even down the chin. The surgeon will peel back the skin and tighten the layer of underlying facial muscles while excess fat is removed. After the tissues of the face are tightened, excess skin is trimmed off.