The ‘Facelift’ That Turns Back the Clock on Facial Aging

There is a procedure that does not completely stop aging, but has the effect of “turning back the clock.”

That procedure is a facelift.

A facelift is a surgery that improves sagging skin and wrinkles in the face, helping restore a youthful and firmer appearance.

Even after surgery, natural aging continues, but it can improve the appearance of sagging jowls and nasolabial folds all at once, and its effects are known to last for a semi-permanent period.

You cannot stop time from passing, but you can turn back the clock of aging, which is why it attracts a great deal of interest, especially among middle-aged and older adults.

In this way, a facelift removes the signs of time from the face and is mainly used to improve sagging in the midface, lower face, and double chin.

Rather than simply pulling the skin, it also lifts the SMAS layer, which is a deeper layer of the face, allowing for a more natural and longer-lasting result.

As a result, it helps refine the facial contour and restore a youthful, firm appearance.

It is chosen not only by those who want to improve sagging skin, wrinkles, and loss of elasticity caused by aging, but also, in some younger people,

by those who are not satisfied after laser treatments or thread lifting procedures, or to improve sagging cheeks or skin after contouring or double-jaw surgery.

Shall we look at a case?

This is the pre-surgery photo. The skin is sagging downward, and the nasolabial folds and neck wrinkles are deep. You can also see that the under-eye area is hollow.

This is the post-surgery photo. Starting from the SMAS layer, the skin has been lifted, and the overall skin appears to have regained its firmness. You can see that the nasolabial folds, neck wrinkles, and under-eye hollowness have all improved.

A facelift analyzes the skin condition of the face and neck from multiple angles and lifts the sagging tissue in the proper direction.

It is a very important procedure to sufficiently dissect without damaging major blood vessels and nerves,

firmly pull the fascial layer, and improve facial sagging with long-lasting effects and without severe scarring.

A personalized surgical method should be used to create a youthful, firm, and smooth face like in one’s younger years,

while minimizing scars and fundamentally improving the sagging of soft tissue,

with the key being to make the effects last as long as possible.

Because of this, a facelift requires a detailed anatomical understanding and should be performed by skilled and experienced medical staff who can make an accurate diagnosis while considering the positions of the retaining ligaments and the deep major structures, which can differ from person to person.

Uniform dissection is needed to avoid side effects, and the deep tissue must be firmly pulled and fixed to restore the face to a pre-aging state.

In order to maintain the surgical results for a long time, extensive surgical expertise must also be involved.

Therefore, it is a procedure that must be approached carefully by identifying the causes and areas of sagging and wrinkles that vary by age and facial type from person to person.

Most importantly, it is essential to find a medical institution that can minimize side effects and perform the surgery safely, as well as specialist medical staff with a delicate sense of aesthetics,

and to establish a surgical plan tailored to each individual’s condition in order to improve the overall quality of the result.