Face Lift
※Recovery time, hospital admission and visiting for treatment schedule may vary among individuals.
Operation time
2~3 hours
Method of anesthesia
sedative anesthesia
Hospital admission stay
unnecessary
Suture removal
about 10~14 days
Visiting for treatment
3-4 times
Recovery time
about 2~3 weeks
What is a Face Lift?
In the case of severe cheek drooping and nasolabial fold from aging, it is difficult to show an effect through simple procedure.
In this case, the drooping skin and the SMAS (muscle fascia) must be firmly pulled through the face lift for improvement.This procedure pulls the face firmly through incision on sides of both ears, and it is effective on improving the wrinkles.
SMAS dissection and extended SMAS dissection is very different surgery and effect is also very different. Extended SMAS technique requires highly trained surgical skill and knowledge.
Only skin lifting
When only the skin layer is lifted,
connection between facial muscle and skin is broken
Lifting up to the SMAS layer
it make face awkward and unnatural The skin layer,
fat layer and the SMAS layer must be pulled
simultaneously to have strong and long-lasting lifting effect
What is SMAS
(Superficial Muscular Aponeurotic System: Muscle Fascia)?
Superficial Muscular Aponeurotic System
When only the skin layer is lifted, connection between facial muscle and skin is broken and it make face awkward and unnatural The skin layer,
fat layer and the SMAS layer must be pulled simultaneously to have strong and long-lasting lifting effect
Cases requiring a Face Lift
Patients with flabby sagging flesh or an overall wrinkled face
Patients who desire to resolve, all at once, the problems of nasolabial folds, sagging cheek, wrinkles of the neck or wrinkles near the rim of the eyes
Patients who have not been satisfied with their previous simple procedure, such as thread or laser treatment
Patients who have not been satisfied with their previous simple procedure, such as thread or laser treatment
Patients with significantly sagging skin secondary to facial bone contouring or Two jaw surgery, from which the skin has not been taken care of
Face Lift Effects
Overall facial wrinkles are
improved by a single operation
·
A single procedure improves overall facial wrinkles, including the forehead wrinkles, nasolabial folds, sagging lower eyelid
and sagging cheeks.
Permanent surgical effect
·
droopy skin and muscles are tightened
through minimal incisions, producing a significant effect.
Deep wrinkles are definitively ameliorated
·
tightening of sagging skin and muscles are outstanding for acquiring the effect
of facial or wrinkle reduction.
Outstanding effect
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A face lift is rather effective for deep wrinkles. Patients with deep wrinkles will have great satisfaction after this surgery.
Face Lift Technique
The nasolabial folds adjacent to the mouth, sagging cheek jawland the jaw line are tightened upward, while pulling the skin of the neck toward the mastoid process posterior to ears. Surgical incision lines end at the posterior aspect of the ear but an incision line is made along the hairline and natural wrinkle to be quite invisible.
STEP 01
Incisions are made in the border area between the hair-line and skin,
as well as the border area between the ear and facial skin.
STEP 02
The skin is dissected by inserting a pair of scissors through the incision.
STEP 03
Superficial fascia beneath the skin is dissected and tightened.
STEP 04
Sagging skin is pulled toward the arrow direction,
and the droopy skin is spread.
The right direction
Invalid (back)
※The proper direction of movement when fixing the SMAS layer
Invalid (vertical)
※The fixation method of SMAS layer in Apgujeong yk plasticsurgery uses a high-intensity SMAS
surgery method that works with the central face, under the eyes, and around the mouth.
Step 05
The skin is tightened, and remaining
excessive skin is excised and sutured.
BEFORE
AFTER
changes in neck muscles that had been sagging down after surgery
Patrick L. Tonnard, Alexis M. Verpaele, 『Short-Scar Face lift Operative Strategies and Techniques Vol.2』, QMP , 2007 , P218-219,253,255
Malcolm Paul, 김용규, 『안면거상술 다양한 수술법과 임상적 적용』, 엘스비어코리아 , 2009 , P81,220,222,246,263
Q&A on Face Lift!
Q&A
Is a face lift a dangerous surgical procedure?
The surgery is performed in the layers deep inside the skin, so there is a risk of damage to the facial nerve. Therefore, it is required to receive the safe surgical procedure from the specialist with accurate anatomical knowledge and skills.
Is there a large scar left after the face lift?
A. Surgical incision is is made across the hairline back to the ear, but the scar is not noticeable.
Is a face lift only for the elders?
Recently, there are young patients who received orthognathic surgery or facial bone contouring without considering the skin and the muscles, and also for those with severe skin drooping for one’s age, a face lift is effective with a long lasting effect.
