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WHAT IS THE FACELIFT?
You are uncomfortable signs of aging on your face, facelift surgery may be right for you. Face and neck skin has begun to sag, but people still have not lost complete skin elasticity are ideal candidates for this operation. Face lift surgery can correct some of the signs of aging in the face and jaw. These;
•Sagging in the middle region of the face
• Located below the deep wrinkles of the lower eyelids
• deep wrinkles extending from the mouth to the nose corner
• Change down to the ground fats
• When Sags occur due to loss of muscle tone in the lower of face
• the bottom of the chin skin laxity and excess fat storage
Our face is formed deeply starting from bone, muscle, fascia, fat and skin layer. The natural aging process loses muscle tone and relax the fascia layer. Fats that are concentrated in the lower half of the face and pushes the bottom of the chin. Deep wrinkles are formed from the change of the distribution of fats. Face lift surgery will correct the sagging that occurs due to loss of muscle tone, but does not eliminate all wrinklesModern face lift surgery intervenes in the face of the deep parts.This operations for made persistant results and for don’t have excessive stretched facial appearance.
Brow lift, neck lift and eyelid surgery can be combined with face lift surgery.Face lift surgery does not change your basic appearance and can not stop the aging process. -
ARE YOU AN APPROPRIATE CANDIDATE FOR FACELIFT SURGERY?
Face lift can only be done surgically. Can not be taken same results with non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedure. However, this process shows a complementary effect to the results of the operation.
• If you are healthy and do not have any health problems that prevent wound healing,
• If you are non-smoker,
• If you have a positive viewpoint and you want an improvement in your appearance
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PREPARATION BEFORE OPERATION
In the first meeting with your doctor, you must specify explicitly what you expect from the operation and after the operation how you want to look like. Share your wishes and expectations with your doctor. To decision for aesthetic surgery is very personal. Therefore, necessarily must be understood and accepted in a good way benefits and risks before the operation.
Your doctor will want to know before the operation, your existing illness, allergies, your medicines. If you smoke will be wanted to leave for a certain period before the operation.Aspirin and some analgesics who increase bleeding will cut by your doctor.
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OPERATION
Anesthesia
Face lift surgery is usually performed under general anesthesia. 2-2.5 hours under normal conditions.If made additional operations, surgery may be extended. Usually, the person may be asked to remain in the hospital for 1 night.
Incision
Face lift operation will be chosen depending on the degree of the changes to be made may vary. Traditional face lift, face lift short-track or neck lift operation with them can be selected.
In traditional face-lift incision often begins at the hairline at the temple area, continued in front of the ears, endsin the behind the ear hair skin . Bu kesi oluşabilecek bir izi en aza indirecek şekilde yapılır.Fats in face, jaw limit and neck is received or back are given shape. Facial skin layers and muscles tense. Excess skin is removed.
Short track face lift, an incision is made extending from tempe into the ear.
If there are skin on the bottom of the jaw sagging, loose skin on the neck, under the chin fat accumulation, correctable with neck stretching.Often ın neck stretching insicisions begin from the front of the breast ear, passes from the behind side of ears and ends in the bottom part of hairly skin.Closing the incisions
Incisions for made facelift surgery, stored in hairly skin and natural folds of face and ear.
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HEALTING PROCESS
The early postoperative period usually goes fresh. You can feel swelling and bruising, and numbness tension in your face. Wrapped a bandage around your face to minimize the formation of swelling after the operation is completed.
After the operation, it takes a few months to go through exactly the swelling. If it becomes vague of scars are six months.
Generally, people can return to work after 1 week.
In male patients distance between the scalp and behind the ear may be reduced. Therefore you need to be careful while shaving.