How To Get Ready Before Face Lift Surgery
A face lift surgery (rhytidectomy) is a cosmetic surgical operation that can help you look younger. Sagging or folds of skin on the cheekbones and jawline, as well as other changes in the contour of your face that occur with age, can be reduced with this surgery. A face-lift involves pulling back a flap of skin on each side of the face and surgically altering the tissues beneath the skin to restore the contour of the face to a more youthful shape. Excess skin is removed before the flap is sutured shut. Why is face lift surgery done this way? Because of normal age-related changes, the appearance and shape of your face changes as you get older. Fat deposits decrease in certain regions of your face but rise in others as your skin becomes less elastic and floppy. The following are age-related changes in your face that may be reduced with a facelift: Your cheeks have started to sag. Excessive skin around the lower jawline (jowls) The fold of skin that runs from the side of your nose ...