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Introduction to
Facelift Surgery
The young individual has a firm, smooth face with only a few lines and wrinkles. The skin feels tight because it fits snugly over the fatty tissue, and the muscles and bones of the face.
As you age, the skin loses its elasticity, the muscles of the face lose tone and stretch and the fatty tissue shrinks in volume. The eventual result of this is that lines and wrinkles begin to appear and they become more prominent due to the effects of gravity and muscular action.
The purpose of a facelift (rhytidectomy) operation is to raise and tighten the facial skin thereby eliminating or decreasing overhanging folds or lines. A facelift (rhytidectomy) also aims to correct the effects of ageing on the deeper structures by tightening and relocating muscles which have stretched and drooped and by removing redundant deposits of fat.
The standard facelift (rhytidectomy) operation is effective in the neck, chin, cheeks and temporal regions i.e. the lower two thirds of the face and the neck. The forehead and eyelid regions are not included in the standard facelift (rhytidectomy) operation and require separate procedures that may be combined with it.
It is not possible to eliminate every line, wrinkle or furrow in a facelift (rhytidectomy)procedure. Prominent lines or wrinkles that remain after a facelift (rhytidectomy) operation will require additional treatment e.g. skin abrasion, filler injections with synthetic filling agents or fat implants.
The London Cosmetic Surgery Centre has successfully performed facelifts on many women in over 20 years.
FREE Facelift Surgery consultations with highly experienced cosmetic surgeons are available in London or Manchester.
To find out more about Facelift Surgery, click on any of the links below:
Before the Facelift Operation
The Facelift Operation
After the Facelift Operation
Facelift FAQs
Facelift Gallery
or
Click here to download London Cosmetic Surgery Centre's "Guide to The Facelift"
Further Information about Facelift Surgery can be obtained by reading our senior surgeon's latest book "Every Woman's Guide to Cosmetic Surgery". If you would like to purchase a copy, please click here.
