Hesitation and Risk of the Surgery

When a qualified plastic surgeon is performing a facelift surgery complications are occasional and usually small.  As people are different by their anatomy, their physical reactions, and their healing abilities, and so the result can never be absolutely predictable.

  You can have such complications after the operation as: hematoma (an accumulation of blood under the skin that needs to be removed by the surgeon), harm to the nerves that control facial muscles (usually transient), infection, and reactions to the anesthesia. If you smoke you will have poor healing after the operation. If you want to reduce your risks you must follow your surgeon’s advices as before so after surgery.

Planning Your Surgery

Facelifts are very individualized procedures. During your first consultation the surgeon will evaluate your face, especially the skin condition and underlying bone. Then he or she will listen to you and discuss your aims for the surgery.

Your surgeon must take into consideration all medical conditions that can cause serious problems during or after surgery, such as: unregulated high blood pressure, blood coagulation, or the striving to make noticeable scars. You must tell your surgeon if you smoke or taking any drugs or medications, especially aspirin or other drugs that usually affect blood coagulation.

If you have already decided to perform a facelift, your surgeon will explain you all details, techniques and anesthesia he or she will use. Also he must inform about the type of facility where the surgery will be performed, all the risks and costs of the procedure. You shouldn’t hesitate to ask your doctor any questions you may have, particularly those which concern your expectations and results.

Preparing for Your Surgery

Before the face lift surgery your doctor will give you detailed instructions on how to prepare for surgery. It will contain instructions on eating and drinking, smoking and taking or no definite vitamins and medications.

You must follow all doctors’ advices thoroughly; it will help your surgery go more easily. If you smoke you should avoid smoking for at least one or two weeks before surgery and after the surgery during the process of healing. Smoking slows down blood stream to the skin and will interfere with the process of healing of your scars.

In case you have a short hair, you should let it grow out before the surgery. It’ll help you to hide the scars until they heal.

During your arrangements for a facelift surgery you have to ask for someone to drive you home after your surgery and to help you out for a few days, if required.

Candidates for a Facelift

The main candidate for a facelift is a man or woman whose face and neck are already sagging. Their skin must have some resilience and the bone structure have to be strong and legible. Most patients for face lifting are in their forties to sixties, but it can be well-performed for people in their seventies or eighties.

A facelift will make you look younger and fresher. It can help you to improve your self-assurance after the procedure. But don’t hope that it will give you a quite different look, and it can’t restore the health and energy of your youth. Before you decide to have surgery, you must think thoroughly about your expectations and discuss them with your surgeon.