A face lift can remove these signs of aging and rejuvenate the recipient to the point where often the whole behaviour and lifestyle of the patient alters. Compliments such as "You look ten years younger" and "I've never seen you looking so well" can give you a face lift patient a great boost of confidence and often change attitudes towards career prospects, social activities and even the type of clothes and hairstyle chosen.
Obviously, we cannot promise a patient that a face lift will change their life, all that we can do is remove the signs of aging and hope this will have the desired result. Often it does, but any improvement other than the visual is very much dependant on the patient.
The objective of a face lift is to remove the signs of aging which show themselves in the form of loose skin, lines and wrinkles in various parts of the face, and can make the recipients look much older and more tired than they are or feel.
The wrinkling is due to a gradual shrinking of the underlying material combined with a general lack of elasticity of the skin which will not contract at the same rate and hangs infolds in the lower part of the face and neck. The skin fibres tend to break at these folds forming wrinkles and lines.
A face lift will tighten the skin on the cheeks, the side of the face and jaw line and also the upper neck.
The Face Lift - Procedure
Basically the technique used involves a gradual stretching of the skin, on the sides of the face and jaw line, backward towards the ear, and the removal of excess skin through an incision that will follow the contour immediately in front of the ear and tuck up behind the ear out of sight.
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