The Surgery Time and Recovery Period for Various Middle-Age Anti-Aging Surgeries

The aging of the face is a process that occurs comprehensively, appearing across the face rather than in a specific area.

'Middle-age plastic surgery' or 'anti-aging plastic surgery'

For that reason, 'middle-age plastic surgery' is better approached not as surgery for just one feature or one area, but as comprehensive surgery that corrects the overall aging of the face.

Facial aging

Because of this, when consulting about plastic surgery, the conversation may begin with sagging skin in a specific area, but in the end it is often impossible not to provide a comprehensive consultation for the face as a whole.

And because cosmetic procedures and plastic surgeries are commonly performed, when consulting by area, there are many people who are dealing with aftereffects from past procedures or surgeries.

So when consulting about multiple areas of the face, there are many cases where additional surgical areas are added and the number of procedures increases.

Procedures decided after a comprehensive 'middle-age plastic surgery' consultation. This is a real model who has agreed to disclosure.

1. The patient previously had double eyelid surgery, but because the line was large and a double fold had formed, revision double eyelid surgery was planned.

2. Hollowing and wrinkles under the eyes, along with the tear trough, are becoming more prominent, so lower blepharoplasty is needed.

3. The nose appears crooked and the tip has drooped, so correction is needed to improve the aged appearance.

4. As facial volume has decreased, the contours of various areas have become more visible, so overall facial fat grafting was planned.

5. To lift aging in the lower part of the face, such as nasolabial folds and wrinkles around the mouth, a facelift was planned.

The surgical items decided after a comprehensive 'middle-age plastic surgery' consultation. This is a real model who has agreed to disclosure.

Nose surgery is not an anti-aging procedure that improves aging itself, but as people get older, the tip of the nose can droop slightly, and if there is a dorsal hump, it can give a stronger impression, so nose surgery can make the face look younger. That is why there is middle-age nose surgery as one type of middle-age plastic surgery.

When several surgical items are added like this, many people worry about the longer surgery time, post-operative pain, and recovery period.

Surgical areas in comprehensive anti-aging plastic surgery

The surgery time is about 1 to 2 hours for eye surgery (upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty), 1 hour for nose surgery, 30 minutes for fat grafting, and 2 to 3 hours for a facelift. All of the above surgeries take about 5 to 6 hours under sedation anesthesia.

There is almost no pain after surgery, but if desired, discomfort can be further reduced through a pain-free injection or PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia).

Pain-free injection, PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia)

With eye surgery (upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty) and fat grafting, there are almost no complaints of pain or discomfort.

Surgical items and the scope of surgery.

With nose surgery, you may feel uncomfortable while the packing inside the nose is compressing the area, but we remove it on post-operative day 1.

For a facelift, because a wide area is operated on, a drain is placed to remove pooled blood, and this is also removed on post-operative day 1.

Usually, after the treatment on the day after surgery (day 1), you can stay relatively comfortable.

Recovery process before and after surgery

Usually, for eye surgery (upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty), stitch removal is possible starting on post-operative day 5.

For fat grafting and nose surgery, stitch removal is usually possible on post-operative days 6 to 7.

For a facelift, stitches are removed around post-operative day 10.

There may be individual differences in stitch removal and swelling during recovery, but the process generally progresses on a similar schedule.

Even for anti-aging surgery, which is 'middle-age plastic surgery' that corrects facial aging, there is not a major difference in recovery time even if there are many procedures.

A facelift, which has the widest surgical scope, can be said to have the longest recovery period, but since it is usually within 10 to 14 days, the recovery periods for the other surgeries can all be completed before then.

This is a real model who has agreed to disclosure. Middle-age plastic surgery, anti-aging plastic surgery model