Facelift

The face lift is appropriate if you are a healthy person and especially if you do not smoke.

There are several techniques for facelift and different lengths scar. In general, the scar will begin to rise to the pins, continue ahead of the birth of the ears and end on the back of the ear. Fat and structures are sculpted and redistribute well as an elevation of the muscles is performed. The skin then is redistributed and the excess is always removed without pressure.

The results appear once the swelling and bruising disappear.

The risks of this surgery are:

• Unfavorable scarring
• Bleeding
• infection
• Delayed healing
• Anaesthetic risks
• Hair loss at the incisions
• Facial nerve injury
• Facial asymmetry
• Fat necrosis
• Seroma
• Persistent pain
• Contour irregularities
• Changes in pigmentation of the skin, or swelling
• venous thrombosis
• Possibility of revision or surgical retouching

You may need to wear a special bandage during the first days to minimize swelling and bruising.

We need to properly take care massage your scars with aloe vera or rosehip during the first 3 months and especially you should avoid sun exposure or apply total solar protection during the first 2 years.