Face-lift (rhytidectomy) surgery is a cosmetic procedure which results in a much younger looking face. Procedures main aim would be to reduce the sagging or folds of skin on cheeks, jaw line and even the neck.

As you get older, your skin goes through age related changes. The skin becomes less elastic and looser, fat deposits decrease and increase in certain areas resulting in a aged appearance. Factors responsible for accelerated aging are genetics, sun exposure, tobacco usage, excess alcohol consumption, stress, and physical illness (such as acne, shrinkage of fat and muscle disorder).

Facelift surgery corrects the following:

• Sagging appearance of your cheeks
• Excess skin at your lower jaw line (jowls)
• Deepening of the fold of skin from the side of your nose to the corner of your mouth
• If neck lift is also done, sagging skin and excess fat in the neck

Face-lift is not just a procedure in which excess skin, fat and muscle is removed. There may be redistribution and restoration of soft tissues over face to give a more natural look.

Standard facelift

Procedure is ideal to lift and tighten loose skin, sagging skin in cheeks, corners of mouth, jowls and neck. It is the procedure of choice if extensive work needs to be on the face. A traditional facelift incision often begins in the hairline at the temples, continues around the ear and ends in the lower scalp. Fat may be removed or redistributed from the face, jowls and neck. Underlying tissue is repositioned, often the deeper layers of the face and the muscles are also lifted. Skin is then re-draped over the uplifted contours and excess skin is trimmed away.