The Facial Lifting aims to treat the aging that arises, naturally, with the passage of time. Although aging is a natural process, it can be accelerated and intensified due to factors that harm the skin, such as excessive sun exposure, everyday stress and continuous contact with environmental pollution. This aggression generally translates into aspects such as facial flaccidity, deep wrinkles, loss of mandibular contour and accumulation of skin and fat in the jowl area, which are easily treatable with a Face Lift .
These signs of aging, which end up giving you a tired and sad look, can be preventively treated through aesthetic medicine procedures that will avoid the need for a Face Lift . The prevention of aging is usually achieved through simple procedures, such as the application of biostimulators, botox, hyaluronic acid and biostimulation with microfocused ultrasound. However, when there is no prevention, skin aging reaches a very advanced stage in which aesthetic procedures no longer have as much effect, sometimes because the dermis is broken at a very deep level, sometimes because there are not enough cells to reinforce it. collagen production. In these cases, the most effective treatment for facial rejuvenation is the surgical Facelift . Through this intervention it is possible to recover the facial contour, reduce excess skin and flaccidity and reposition the muscles and fat. Unlike aesthetic procedures, the Facelift has long-lasting results and manages to treat all aspects effectively, regardless of the stage of aging.
A Facial Lift, or Facelift, is performed in a single surgical intervention, after a thorough preoperative study in which the patient sets out his expectations and desires and the doctor explains the different approaches that will allow the desired result to be achieved. The surgical process of the Lifting varies depending on the areas of the face to be treated, favoring the most affected areas and using complementary techniques, such as blepharoplasty, malar augmentation, chin filling, among others. For this reason, the study stage is extremely important for planning a Facelift .
After this study, we move on to the surgical stage. The Lifting technique repositions the muscles, skin and fat and removes excess skin with an incision that is completely camouflaged. This incision usually starts in the temporal region below the hair, goes down the front of the ear, continues around the earlobe, goes behind the ear and reenters the hair part, down the neck.
Lifting incisions take stitches that close the cut, and small drains are left under the skin so that there is no accumulation of any exudate or blood. The patient leaves the operating room with the head wrapped in a padded dressing and with a drainage system. This dressing is removed the next day, when the face and hair are cleaned. Two days after surgery, the first facial and cervical drainage is performed and the drains are removed.
After the Lift, the face has a relatively swollen appearance depending on the surgery performed and the characteristics of each patient. At this stage, drainage sessions are essential to help with the recovery process.
A Facelift takes between 2 and a half to 4 hours and can be done on an outpatient basis or with a 1-day hospital stay, usually under general anesthesia. Recovery is not usually painful, and any discomfort can be managed with pain relievers. The dressing is removed the day after surgery, the drains 48 hours later, the eyelid sutures are removed in 5 days, the facial stitches on the eighth day and the hair sutures after 10 to 15 days, depending on the recovery of each patient.
It is normal to feel your face swollen for 15 days and, during that time, several drainage sessions are performed. In addition, you cannot expose yourself to the sun or exercise for 3 months. Light work can be resumed in 3 to 4 weeks and the appearance of the face improves significantly in 2 weeks. The scars become imperceptible after 2 months.
