There are different types of facelifts that are performed. There is a traditional facelift, which addresses a full face and neck lift. This addresses facial skin laxity, the jowls and all of the neck fat and laxity of the muscles in the neck. There is also a mini lift, which is done for simple facial laxity to lift the jowls only and does not address the neck area. This is typically done on younger patients less than 50 years old who just have jowling but have an adequate jaw neck line. There is also a neck lift alone, which can usually be done on patients who are less than 50 years old, to address only neck fat and redefine the jaw line, but it does nothing for the jowls and facial laxity
There are some limitations as to what a facelift can do for preexisting conditions. The amount of correction that can be achieved with a facelift depends on certain characteristic traits such as thickness and oil content of the skin, underlying structural support of the fat and muscle, and any facial scarring, acne, and preexisting asymmetries. These are all taken into account when a facelift is performed. The goal of a facelift is to reshape and sculpt a new jaw and neck line and lift the jowls for a very natural look. The goal for a mini lift is to simply remove the jowls by lifting them. The goal for a neck lift is to sculpt only the neck fat without removal of any skin or jowls. The neck lift is not performed if there are jowls present that need to be addressed. The S-Lift is a mini lift.
The facelift operation is performed on both men and women starting in the late 40s and into their 50s and late 60s when the face and neck start to sag and a fullness in the neck and the jowls start to descend over the jaw line. The incisions for a facelift start at the hairline at the sideburn and weave behind the tragal portion of the front of the ear and then placed behind the ear crease and up into the hairline. Patients are usually able to put their hair up off their shoulders within a few months after the surgery, and there is no shift in the hairlines. There is also an additional 1 inch incision underneath the chin in the natural crease. The incision for a mini lift is simply in front of the ear only.
The incision for a neck lift is approximately a 1 inch incision underneath the chin and two small 1/2 inch incisions behind the ears. In addition, it is also extremely important that at whatever age a facelift or neck lift is performed, the patient is in excellent health and has no preexisting medical conditions. It is very important to follow all pre and postoperative instructions for a seamless surgery and postoperative recovery. Chronic health problems such as liver, heart, lung, or kidney disease may render the patient unsuitable as a surgical candidate for facial cosmetic surgery. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause bleeding, diabetes can cause infections, and smoking can cause healing issues. Patients are not allowed to be smoking two weeks before and two weeks after a facelift.
Author Resource:-
Dave Stringham, the President of LookingYourBest.com writes about plastic surgery in Seattle, Washington and plastic surgery procedures like seattle rhytidectomy, rhinoplasty, forehead lift, liposuction, abdominoplasty, and brachioplasty.
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