Facelift

What woman does not dream to be forever young and beautiful? Unfortunately, over time you receive the excess skin on the cheeks and neck, and down the corners of the mouth, betraying our senile person view. Fortunately, thanks to modern methods of treatment that can be corrected. There are methods of thread face lift is a non-surgical methods. Facelift surgery is designed to remove excess skin and wrinkles. This is perhaps one of the few procedures to look 5-10 years younger.


Preparing for facelift




Before surgery the doctor should examine your medical history. Also, you should analyze blood clotting and ECG. Two weeks before operation it is necessary to abandon the use of preparations containing salicylic acid and aspirin. A month before the operation, you should minimize the number of cigarettes smoked and avoid alcohol.




The operation




Facelift is one of the most complex surgical procedures. It must be done with maximum precision, because the treatment effect will be seen every day on this depends the whole future life of the patient. Facelift is performed under General anesthesia, and in some cases, under local anesthesia. The whole procedure takes about four hours. Top notch for each patient individually, but most often the incision is made, starting from the temporal region along the surface of the ear, then making a soft curve in the natural folds of the skin around the ear lobe. After that is the exact stretch the skin and removing the excess water, optionally simultaneously with the lifting is pumping out excess fat from under the skin of the chin and the cheeks. In order to prolong the effect of a face lift during the operation, the surgeon tightens the facial tissues and muscles. At the completion of operations on the line of the incision are sutured.




The postoperative period




After the operation provides for special bandages, which are removed within two weeks. During this period it is advisable to limit physical activity (to avoid sudden movements and physical effort). After the braces on the face are stored swelling, feeling of tightness, numbness and bruising. All these negative effects usually disappear within 7-10 days. Normal appearance of the face takes about 10-12 days, complete healing takes about one month. The final effect of the treatment is visible three months after surgery.




Possible complications





In rare cases, complications may occur that includes hematoma, which sometimes cause the need for re-treatment. Another complication may be the infection that requires antibiotic treatment.




Contraindications




A necessary condition to perform the face lift is in good health, and a satisfactory result basic laboratory tests. Contraindication for surgery are: anemia, diabetes, HIV, chronic sinusitis and purulent inflammation of the skin. In addition to improving the appearance after a facelift, you can make a neck lift, forehead and temples. To achieve the greatest effect of rejuvenation surgical face lift is often performed in conjunction with blepharoplasty.

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