What is Facelift Surgery?
Facelift surgery is an operation that produces the greatest change among all other aesthetic surgeries. Also called conventional, total and full facelift, this type of surgery covers the entire mid face, lower face and neck regions. ⠀
Several different methods can be employed in this surgery. The patient’s health condition, smoking, age, gender, the extent of facial aging, the condition of the skin and the structure of the facial bones play an important role in the selection of the right method. Also, the extent of the surgery is decided depending on the needs of the patient. In general, all of these techniques aim to ensure lifting and improving the skin through maximal restoration of the soft tissues and connective tissues under the skin, which are called SMAS. The scar produced as a result of this surgery covers a longer scar than in the mini facelift surgery. ⠀
Practiced as an application in furtherance of the results of the surgery in full facelift operation, fat transfer from different parts of the person’s body aims to sculpt the necessary areas of the face. Procedures such as TCA Peeling and CO2 Laser can be performed following the surgery to heal and rejuvenate the skin.
The patients can go back to work and continue their social life within 2 weeks to a month following the full facelift operation.
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Mini Facelift Surgery
Mini Facelift is intended for the middle age group and is performed to make the face look younger by carrying our minor interventions in cases where not much facial sagging is present. Mini Facelift surgery is the most preferred method by men and women at the ages of 40-50, who suffer less sagging. ⠀
Mini Facelift operation aims to restore the middle-lower half of the face and to eliminate minor sagging that occurs on the sides of the chin due to aging. This surgery can be performed even under local anesthesia. The mini facelift operation causes a shorter scar compared to total facelift surgery as the incision made in front of the ear is terminated behind the ear. Thus, both a more natural appearance and a faster recovery period are ensured. Patients can go back to work or continue their social life usually within 1 week after the surgery. ⠀
The aim of facelift is not to stretch the skin. It is to restore the soft tissues and connective tissues under the skin.
TCA Peeling and CO2 Laser are among the procedures performed for healing the skin, removing slight wrinkles and rejuvenating the skin following the mini facelift operation.
What are the Applications Performed in Combination with Facelift Surgery?
Facelift surgery is a frequently applied aesthetic facial procedure. Particularly when applied together with neck and eye area surgeries, it provides dramatic rejuvenation and beautification for the patient, Eyebrows, eyelids, cheeks and lips shall be taken into account along with face and neck lift operations. As well as the face and neck area, elimination of sagging and bagging on the eyelids, elimination of wrinkles around the eyebrows and eyes, elimination of sagging in the neck area, elimination of hollows occurring on the face due to aging, and sagging and wrinkles on the cheeks by injecting the fat transplanted from different parts of the body are essential for a natural and effective facial rejuvenation operation.
Eyebrow lifting and aesthetic eyelid operations applied simultaneously with facelift surgery are among the combined operations that are frequently carried out. ⠀