Face Lift (SMAS-Lifting)

A facelift is an operation aimed at correcting age-related changes in the face. With age, the skin and soft tissues of the face lose their firmness and sag. This leads to the appearance of excess skin in front of the ears, the appearance of wrinkles and folds on the face, the drooping of the soft tissues of the cheeks and the overhanging of the “wings” over the lower jaw, the cervico-chin angle is smoothed. A facelift can eliminate all of this. The result of the operation is the improvement of facial contours, lifting of the cheeks, elimination of “flaps”, improvement of the cervico-chin angle and marked rejuvenation.

Until 10 years ago, a facelift was pursued only by tightening the skin. However, such operations gave temporary results, and the skin sagged within a few years, and sometimes months. All modern techniques are aimed at lifting deep facial structures, such as the superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS). The SMAS lift provides stable, long-term results.

Indications for a facelift.

There is no specific age for the operation. It should be taken into account that after the operation the person should look better and younger. Therefore, such an effect will be dubious for a 20-year-old girl, but women 35-40 years old may well count on it.
Most often, a facelift is performed on patients aged 40 to 60 years. At this age, the face and neck are just beginning to undergo aging processes, but the elasticity of the skin is still maintained, which is an important point for better healing and achieving a pronounced anti-aging effect. At the same time, the bone structures of the face have not yet undergone significant age-related changes. However, such an age range is rather arbitrary. Since age-related changes are not the same for different people. Therefore, in certain cases, the operation can be effective both at a younger and at a later age.