Face lift
The loosening and drooping of the skin, along with the formation of wrinkles in the face, is a natural sign of aging. The age at which these signs become apparent is individual, and ranges from thirty to fifty years. It depends on the type of the skin, hereditary factors, profession, and/or exposure to the sun. The facelift surgical technique solves the problems of aging skin, in particular ptosis or drooping of the skin and the apparatus of the fine facial muscles. The surgery is performed in both women and men.The surgeon makes an incision from the hairline at the temple downwards in front of the ear auricle and around the ear lobe into the crease behind the ear towards the scalp, or performs a SMASS Face Lift where the incision is made behind the auricle (tragus) rather than in front of it. Subsequently, the surgeon removes excess skin on the face or neck. He/she lifts and shortens the subcutaneous fibrous structures. At the end of the procedure, drains can be applied into the surgical wounds to drain blood. This procedure eliminates the risk of bruising in the areas operated on. The drains should be removed approximately 2 days after surgery.
After the surgery, it is usually recommended to wear a compression garment. This is an important part of the treatment during the healing period as it helps keep the treated tissues close together and provides greater comfort. In addition, the garment minimizes swelling as it prevents the accumulation of fluids. How long the compression garment should be worn will vary by patient. The regeneration period may take one month or even longer, and thereafter the patient can resume all of his/her normal activities.
You will experience the changes immediately after the operation. The result of the surgery will be more obvious after the swelling resolves, in approximately 3 weeks. Since the healing is individual and is a continual process, the result will not be definitive until after several months.
Surgery on a single area of the face is usually not sufficient to achieve overall improvement in the appearance of the face, it is often suitable to add eyelid correction or correction of the sagging forehead and eyebrows.
The best results can be achieved when combining a facelift with eyelid correction, the newest lifting technique with the use of the Endotine implants and potentially liposuction of the double chin.
Another technique is an SMASS transplantation into the nasolabial fold. Asklepion is the only clinic that performs this technique in the Czech Republic. The advantage of this method is the filling of the deep nasolabial fold (line), which cannot be removed even by excess tightening of the skin during the lifting technique. Complications in the form of an ear auricle unnaturally extended towards the neck, which occur relatively often, do not happen in our facelifts thanks to the proper balance between the SMASS Lifting and skin tightening.
Summary:
- Duration of the procedure: 2 to 3 hours
- Type of anaesthesia: General
- Stay at the clinic: 2 days
- Recommended stay in Prague: at least 7 days after the surgery
- Suture removal: 12 to 14 days after the surgery
- Final effect: 2 to 3 months after the surgery, complete healing and fading of the scar in 10 to 12 months
- Additional information: During the first week after the surgery, the client is instructed to consume soft and liquid food, and to avoid movements that would excessively tighten the lifted skin on the face. The patient should avoid direct sun for 1 to 2 months.
