[Facelift] A lifting procedure beyond the limits of non-surgical treatments: 431 Plastic Surgery’s special lifting procedure

Hello.

Recently, interest in lifting procedures has increased.

Mini lifts, lower-face lifts, mid-face lifts, and other various lifting surgeries are being performed.

Today, let’s take some time to learn about facelift surgery.

What is lifting surgery?

As we age, sagging skin and sagging in the jowls or jawline can occur,

and this anti-aging surgery restores these changes, bringing elasticity back to the face and neck tissues.

It is easy to think that sagging occurs only because of aging, but in addition to aging, contouring surgery, orthognathic surgery that changes the facial skeleton, and rapid dieting can also be causes.

Who is a recommended candidate for lifting surgery?

If you fall into any of the following five cases, lifting surgery may be necessary.

1. Sagging cheeks, jowls, and an undefined, collapsed jawline

2. Double chin and sagging neck line

(the boundary has gradually become blurred)

3. Reduced mid-face volume

(tissue shifted toward the lower face)

4. You have been managed with thread lifting or devices, but there is no further improvement

5. Overall skin laxity

Depending on the degree of these items, some cases can be improved with relatively simple procedures, while others require surgery, so it is best to consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon.

Does facelift surgery have to be done only after middle age? When is the right time for surgery?

Sagging of the deep facial tissues and skin laxity can worsen with aging, but they may also be influenced by genetic differences, surgery or trauma, and various other external factors, and can appear at a younger age.

On the other hand, if someone has been maintaining their skin with various skin care devices or lifting devices, they may keep a youthful face that does not require surgery even into their 60s.

For this reason, because there is a large degree of individual variation, there is no single correct answer to the ideal timing for surgery.

If you have surgery once, does your face stay that way forever?

Through anti-aging surgery, you can change into a younger-looking version of yourself, but no one can stop the constant flow of time.

With aging, it is natural for tissues to sag.

Lifting surgery can restore the face to a look that appears about 10–15 years younger.

Then someone in their 50s can live with a face in their 40s for another 10–15 years.

If you make the most of this additional opportunity given by surgery, and your post-surgery care is perfect, you may be able to live with a younger-looking face for an even longer time.

431 Plastic Surgery’s special facelift Deep SMAS lift

General facelift vs. deep SMAS facelift

There are many types of facelift surgery, but the deep SMAS lift, which identifies the fundamental cause of wrinkles and enables lifting, accurately identifies the different directions in which the skin and the fat and muscle layer (SMAS layer) beneath it sag due to aging, and is a lifting procedure that can deliver dramatic results and long-lasting maintenance.

Does the result change depending on the SMAS layer and fixation points?

The special feature of 431 Plastic Surgery’s deep SMAS lift

If you look at a cross-section of the face, there are retaining ligaments that support each area. For example, there are retaining ligaments supporting the cheekbones, cheeks, masseter muscle, and so on. On top of them are the SMAS layer, fat, and the outer skin.

What is often called “baby fat” when young may look firm and elastic, but as time passes, these retaining ligaments sag in different directions, causing facial sagging.

If, after properly releasing the SMAS layer and retaining ligaments, which are the causes of sagging, lifting them, and then fixing all of these tissues while taking them into account, not only will the lifting effect be better, but the maintenance period will also vary depending on the degree of fixation.

Does the surgery take a long time? What is the surgery time?

431 Plastic Surgery deep SMAS lift surgical method

Depending on the patient's condition, there may be differences in degree, but fundamentally, to properly manipulate the SMAS layer, this is a surgery that takes sufficient time.

Also, for any surgery, it is more important than anything else that it be performed safely and that recovery go well, so careful surgery is necessary to prevent complications.

Because facelift surgery is a highly advanced procedure that requires a high level of skill, it is advisable to receive it from a board-certified plastic surgeon with extensive clinical experience and many cases.

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