Plastic surgery

Lifting

Lifting
  • Description of treatment
  • Facts and mynths
  • Preparation for the surgery
  • Postoperative care

Description of treatment

Face lift (correction of sagging facial skin) is a treatment consisting in tensioning and the removal of excess skin and fatty tissue of the face and neck, often combined with the correction of the fascia (muscle supporting tissue) of the face. The treatment can be performed simultaneously with eyelid correction. The lifting does not affect the quality of the skin. It eliminates furrows or the sagging of the skin, but cannot remove the fine mesh of wrinkles, which requires more cosmetic procedures rather than a facelift.

Sagging facial skin correction is performed under general intravenous anesthesia (stay in the clinic for about one day), or on an outpatient basis (staying a few hours).

The operation involves making incisions in the temporal vicinity, before and behind the ears. The surgeon then pulls the skin and fascia of the face backwards and upwards, removes the excess, and puts stitches. The treatment can be performed simultaneously with the correction of the eyelids and the suction of fat around the chin.

Facts

Lifting makes you look 10 years younger.

Through the correction of facial contours patients receive better, younger look, but the effect of the treatment depends on the individual patient traits and the condition of their skin. In some cases, you can actually describe it as a clear rejuvenation by a decade.

After a facelift skin on the face will age.

The effects of a facelift are long-lasting, but do not stop the natural aging process of the skin. What is important, however, is that the face will always look better than it would look without the surgery.

Myths

The face after a facelift looks like a mask.

Professionally carried out facelift does not affect mimicry or facial expressions. The effect of the mask is usually the result of facial tissues being lifted too much or procedure being carried out too frequently.

Preparation for surgery

Każdy zabieg chirurgiczny jest obciążeniem organizmu. Dlatego nasi specjaliści zawsze przeprowadzają wywiad kwalifikujący do zabiegu. Ogólne warunki przeprowadzenia operacji to:

  • dobry stan zdrowia (nie wykonujemy zabiegów w okresie infekcji, szczególnie górnych dróg oddechowych);
  • przed każdym zabiegiem przeprowadzana jest konsultacja anestezjologiczna;
  • nie przeprowadza się zabiegów w czasie menstruacji ze względu na obniżoną krzepliwość krwi;
  • konieczne jest przeprowadzenie badania czasu krwawienia i krzepnięcia krwi oraz wykonanie morfologii;
  • konieczne jest wykonanie badania USG piersi lub mammografii - w zależności od diagnostyki prowadzimy dalsze leczenie i kwalifikacje do zabiegu (jeżeli badanie wykaże zmiany w piersiach, podejmujemy się ich leczenia po zabiegu);
  • wskazane jest, aby Pacjentbył zaszczepiony przeciw WZW typu B (żółtaczka zakaźna), jednak nie jest to warunek konieczny do przeprowadzenia zabiegu.

Possble complications

W naszej klinice kładziemy największy nacisk na zapewnienie pacjentom maksymalnego bezpieczeństwa. Każdy Pacjentotrzymuje pełną informację na temat zabiegu, w tym również na temat możliwych powikłań (lekarz omawia je szczegółowo w trakcie konsultacji, przed przystąpieniem do zabiegu).

Postoperative care

After the surgery, bandage dressings and elastic band around the head are applied. The day after the procedure dressings are replaced with fresh ones, and it is no longer necessary to wear the headband. Dressings are necessary for approximately 10 days, during which time the physician will remove the stitches. During the convalescence sudden movements and excessive effort should be avoided.

Postoperative recomendations

Complete healing after a facelift takes about 10 days. Expected appearance of the face is achieved after about a month, and the full conversion of scars takes 3-4 months.

After a facelift swelling frequently occurs surrounding the treated area (usually it disappears after a few days), and there is bruising around the cheeks and neck. Patients after correction of facial skin drooping are recommended to undergo specialized rehabilitative massage surrounding the area of the surgery and the use of cosmetics to fix the procedure result (according to individual indications of the doctor). Do not sunbathe scars until their complete discoloration.

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