Ever Wondered What Facelift Before and Afters look like?
A facelift is a cosmetic procedure designed to improve the appearance of facial wrinkles and loose or sagging skin. The procedure can be customized depending on the patient’s individual needs, from a full-face lift to smaller areas such as the jawline, neck, and forehead. It requires an experienced facial plastic surgeon to reliably achieve desired results.
To understand the transition between a facelift before and after, it is important to understand how the procedure and recovery work. Healing after a facelift procedure can be broken down into three stages. Immediately following the procedure, you may experience some swelling and bruising in the areas that have been treated. This will typically last for several days to a week, although this time period may vary from person to person. During this initial stage, it is important to keep the area clean and dry, so you may need to wear a bandage or other protective covering for a few days.
Once the swelling and bruising have gone down, you will begin to see some of the initial results of your facelift procedure. Wait you want to see what it actually looks like?
Before we take a look at before and afters - What exactly is a facelift?
A facelift, often combined with a neck lift, is a surgical procedure that can help to improve the appearance of wrinkles and sagging skin on the face, neck, jawline and forehead. The overall goal is to achieve facial rejuvenation by addressing excess skin, excess neck skin, facial laxity, and overall tissue descent. Different techniques can be used to achieve different results depending on each individual’s needs. All facelift and neck lift procedures are performed under general anesthesia and involve making small incisions in the scalp or around the ears.
Now, let’s look at some before and after photos of people who have undergone a facelift procedure.
Before and After Photos Facelift
You can see that these patients have had sagging skin, wrinkles, and jowls prior to the surgery. After the procedure, their faces appear tighter, smoother and more youthful-looking. Very often facelift procedure is combined with other surgeries to achieve the best possible facial rejuvenation. Many patients undergo simultaneous eyelid surgery, brow lift, fat injections, lip lift, and rhinoplasty.
But there is more to consider! Facelift before and after results will also depend a lot on the technique used.
Different Types of Facelifts (Mini-Facelifts, Full Facelifts, etc.)
At Kassir Plastic Surgery, triple board-certified Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Ramtin Kassir specializes in several different types of facelift procedures to help you achieve a more youthful-looking appearance. All facelift techniques will address excess skin, drooping jowls, and deep nasolabial folds.
A mini-facelift is an excellent option for those who want to minimize wrinkles or sagging skin around the lower face and neck without having a full surgical procedure. This type of procedure typically involves shorter incisions and less downtime for recovery.
Full facelifts, also often called SMAS facelift, on the other hand, are a more invasive procedure that typically involves making larger incisions around the ears. This type of surgery is designed to address wrinkles or sagging skin on the face, neck, jawline and forehead in order to create a more youthful appearance.
Deep Plane facelifts are a more advanced procedure involving lifting both the skin and underlying SMAS layer to provide long-lasting, natural-looking results. The SMAS layer is the connective tissue and muscle layer that lies beneath the skin and is responsible for keeping your face firm and lifted. In addition, several bands attach the SMAS to your bone. Those tend to get loose with aging and restrict the lifting of the face if not released properly. In a deep plane facelift these adhesive bands are free to allow a long-lasting and rejuvenating lift of your face.
Let's take a look at some Deep Plane Facelift before and Afters
Often combined procedures with a facelift
Recovery After a Facelift
Recovery time for a facelift procedure will vary depending on the type of surgery and the individual patient. Generally, you can expect some swelling and bruising around the face and neck in the weeks following surgery but these should gradually decrease over time. If you had additional facial procedures these areas might swell as well such as the lower eyelids. It is important to keep your head elevated and avoid strenuous activity during this period. Luckily facial swelling improves quickly.
Recovery Timeline and Tips
Day 2-5: You will experience moderate swelling and bruising around the face and neck in these early stages. Be sure to keep your head elevated and avoid strenuous activity for the first few days.
Days 5-12: Swelling should begin to diminish during this period, but you may still need to wear a bandage or compression garment to help reduce bruising.
Day 12-15: Most swelling should have subsided and you can start to resume normal activities. Make sure to take it easy in the first few weeks following your procedure.
Weeks to months: Your initial tension will settle and relax achieving natural results.
Healing Stages immediately after facelift in a 64 year old
If you want to tackle facial aging at any age, contact us today. Facelift is not only reserved for cosmetic surgery but can also be applied for reconstructive surgery. Dr. Kassir and his plastic surgeons will develop the best plan for you, including all surgical and non-surgical options. With our facelift before and after gallery you will have a great idea what to expect.