Face lifting procedure

Face lifting is a procedure that restores the appearance of a young face, and therefore many people use it. It is performed by the surgeon to cut temples, the front earlobe, with the ear and the hair line, separate skin from muscle and adipose tissue disorders, skin movings, the maximum smoothen by removing excess flabby skin on the face and neck. If there is a need the surgeon can reconstruct the muscles and remove excess fat. Scars are not visible. The patient is in hospital at least a day, the operation takes about 2.5 hours and is performed in local anesthesia. Postoperative seams are relieved after 6 or 8 days, but swelling may persist for several days.

During the first days after leaving the clinic, it is necessary to carry a large dressing on the face. Face lifting is the reconstruction of facial skin and subcutaneous tissue, face rejuvenation, but does not inhibit the process of aging skin. Light skin lifting and muscle is to reduce the vertical and horizontal wrinkles and possibly increase the eyebrow ridge. It is performed by a surgical cut in the hair at a distance of 5 cm from the forehead and stretching muscles so that skin is smoother. The operation takes about 1 hour, is performed in local anesthesia.

The patient leaves the clinic on the second day with no dressing. Sutures are removed after 8 days, while a small postoperative swelling persists for about 3 days. The result of the operation is smoothing the forehead skin and eliminating the appearance of the sad face. The eyes area is getting older very quickly because skin in these places is nearly 2 times thinner than facial skin, contains fewer glands tallow, supporting tissue is weaker and is still drilling. On the aging process also affect hereditary factors, stress, fatigue, inadequate care and excessive sunlight.

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