Facelift | The Office of Dr. Vincent Hung
Facelift surgery (rhytidectomy) is a transformative procedure designed to reverse the signs of aging and restore a more youthful facial appearance. While facelift surgery alone can achieve remarkable results, combining it with other facial plastic surgeries can provide even more comprehensive rejuvenation. In this blog, we’ll explore what a facelift can accomplish as well as its limitations and discuss the benefits of adding one or more other facial procedures to achieve optimal results.
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What Is a Facelift?
A facelift is a surgical procedure designed to correct visible signs of facial aging by tightening loose skin, lifting underlying tissues, eliminating jowls, and adding volume where needed to restore youthful facial contours and smooth out deep wrinkles and creases.
Facelift Procedure Overview
General anesthesia is typically administered for facelift surgery, after which incisions are made within the hairline and around the natural ear folds to minimize visible scarring.
The skin and tissues are then carefully repositioned and tightened, excess skin is removed, and the incisions are closed with sutures.
Depending on the extent of correction needed, additional techniques such as fat grafting or muscle tightening may be incorporated to achieve optimal results.
Benefits of Facelift Surgery
Facelift surgery offers numerous benefits for individuals seeking to rejuvenate their appearance and turn back the clock on aging. Some of what facelift surgery can achieve include:
- Tightening Sagging Skin: Facelift surgery lifts and tightens sagging skin effectively in the mid to lower face for younger-looking facial contours.
- Smoothing Wrinkles and Folds: Facelift surgery can smooth out deep folds and wrinkles, particularly nasolabial folds and marionette lines, by repositioning the skin and underlying tissues.
- Restoring Facial Volume: In addition to lifting and tightening the skin, facelift surgery can address volume loss in the cheeks and midface by repositioning fat and muscle or using fat grafting techniques.
- Enhancing Jawline Definition: Facelift surgery can improve the definition of the jawline by correcting hanging jowls.
- Long-lasting Results: While facelift surgery cannot stop facial aging, the results can last a decade or more, providing long-lasting rejuvenation and improved self-confidence.
Limitations of Facelift Surgery
While facelift surgery can achieve remarkable improvements in one’s facial appearance, it’s essential to recognize its limitations.
- Limited Correction of Fine Lines and Surface Irregularities: While facelift surgery can smooth out deep folds and wrinkles, it does not address fine lines or surface irregularities such as sun damage or acne scars. Additional treatments, such as laser resurfacing or chemical peels, may be needed to achieve a smoother skin texture.
- Minimal Improvement in Eyelid and Brow Position: A facelift primarily targets the lower two-thirds of the face but offers minimal improvement, if any, to the eyelids, brows, or forehead. Patients with significant drooping or sagging in the brow or eyelid area may benefit from combining facelift surgery with eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) or brow lift surgery for more comprehensive rejuvenation.
- Incomplete Correction of Neck Concerns: Facelift surgery typically includes a neck lift, but patients should discuss their aesthetic neck goals with their surgeon. For those with significant neck laxity or excess fat, ensure a neck lift will also be performed.
Advantages of Combining Facial Plastic Surgeries
When facelift surgery alone will not fully address the individual’s facial aging concerns or achieve optimal results, adding other facial plastic surgeries provides enhanced rejuvenation and comprehensive correction. Some of the key benefits of combining facial procedures include:
- Addressing Multiple Concerns: Simultaneously: Combining facelift surgery with procedures such as eyelid, brow, or neck lift surgery allows for comprehensive correction of multiple aging concerns in a single surgical session.
- Achieving Harmonious Results: By addressing multiple areas of the face and neck simultaneously, patients can enjoy more balanced and natural-looking results that are balanced with their other facial aesthetics.
- Maximizing the Longevity of Results: Combining facelift surgery with complementary facial procedures can enhance the longevity of results by providing more comprehensive rejuvenation and reducing the need for additional procedures in the future.
- Personalized Treatment Plans: Each individual has unique aging concerns and aesthetic goals. By combining facial procedures, treatment plans can be significantly more personalized to address the patient’s unique needs. Skilled facial plastic surgeons can customize treatment approaches to meet each patient’s expectations and deliver natural-looking rejuvenation.
Combining Your Facelift With Other Facial Procedures in Pasadena, CA
Facelift surgery is a powerful tool for rejuvenating the face and offers remarkable improvements in appearance and self-confidence. While facelift surgery alone can achieve significant results, combining it with other facial plastic surgeries such as eyelid surgery, brow lift surgery, or neck lift surgery can enhance facial rejuvenation, provide comprehensive correction, and restore confidence.
Dr. Vincent Hung is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon with two locations in Southern California. Call 626-432-5032 to schedule a cosmetic facial consultation at our Pasadena office.
To reach our Newport Beach location, call 949-574-8292.
