Why You Need to Understand What a Facelift Means Before Getting Surgery

Hello. I’m Lee Seong-jun, the chief surgeon at LITING Plastic Surgery Seoul Branch.

Over the past decade or so, anti-aging procedures and surgical techniques have developed significantly.

This means that patients can now choose treatment options suited to their age, skin condition, degree of aging, and main concerns.

If sagging skin and the deep wrinkles caused by it are your concern as you age, you may choose a facelift.

The meaning of a facelift is literally a surgery that lifts and pulls up the skin of the face.

Among treatments that improve loss of elasticity, it is one of the most effective surgeries.

Since it is a procedure performed on the face, the burden on the patient is not small, so if you are considering a facelift, it is advisable to think carefully about various factors and choose the right place for surgery.

The skill of the medical team, the surgical environment, and the satisfaction of previous patients can all be major criteria for selection.

What is a facelift?

As mentioned earlier, the meaning of a facelift was explained as a surgery that lifts the skin of the face.

Looking at the facelift procedure in a bit more detail, the overall surgical process can be divided into five major stages.

In order, after making an incision along the hairline, the skin flap is lifted from the incision site and the fascial layer is incised.

After that, the fascia and retaining ligaments are dissected, the fascial flap is raised, and the sagging fascia is pulled and fixed to tighten the skin.

Finally, the unnecessary skin is removed and the incision is sutured along the incision line to finish the procedure.

For a satisfying facelift, communication with the medical team during the surgical planning stage must be smooth.

This is because whether a patient wants a natural improvement or a more dramatic improvement, many aspects can change depending on the area of concern, from the design of the procedure itself to the aftercare.

That is why, during consultations, our clinic explains as many aspects as possible to patients, from the meaning of a facelift to the surgical method and expected effects, and recommends an appropriate surgical approach based on the patient’s needs and current condition.

Because aesthetic procedures involve important design and visual elements at the planning stage, our clinic strives to reflect the patient’s needs as much as possible through active communication with the patient.

If necessary, other procedures are performed together with a facelift.

For example, if you want a lifting result that does not look obvious and appears natural, the upper face can be improved with a facelift while the lower face, where nasolabial folds and sagging under-chin tissue are concerns, can be improved with thread lifting.

LITING’s facelift know-how

The most important factor during surgery is the skill of the medical team.

In this context, the skill of the medical team refers comprehensively to anatomical understanding of the facial structure, experience, proficiency, and surgical know-how.

Our medical team has honed its treatment capabilities through years of surgical experience, based on know-how in dissecting the fascia and retaining ligaments to minimize damage to the skin tissue.

As the meaning of a facelift suggests, since it is a surgery that lifts and pulls the skin, tissue damage can occur during the dissection stage.

Reducing this damage is LITING’s know-how.

LITING minimizes damage to the surrounding tissue and pulls the fascia (SMAS) by identifying the actual lifting area.

We also have the technical ability to quickly find and release the retaining ligaments that cause facial sagging in one motion.

These two techniques helped reduce damage to normal tissue.

When there is less tissue damage, bleeding is also reduced, so bruising and swelling are relatively less severe, and the likelihood of side effects can also be lowered.

In addition, as the surgical area heals smoothly, the lifting effect lasts longer.

How is aftercare handled?

Our clinic does not neglect post-surgery care.

We provide step-by-step care with delicate, personalized attention so that patients can be satisfied at every moment during their stay at our clinic and recover smoothly.

At the final stage of surgery, we begin with careful double-layer suturing of the incision area to minimize the visible trace of the incision line, followed by scar management injections that help reduce firm scar tissue at the surgical site,

Hillight care to soothe swelling and bruising and help skin regeneration, and scar lasers for skin recovery, all used appropriately depending on the individual’s situation.

In this way, our clinic improves surgical outcomes by providing personalized care throughout the entire process, from consultation to surgery and postoperative management.

In fact, many patients who have visited our clinic have left positive reviews about the satisfying changes before and after surgery and LITING’s systematic care.

You can check these directly in the surgery reviews on our website and in the collected review booklet available when you visit the clinic.

If you are considering a facelift?

A facelift is certainly a difficult surgery.

However, with a medical team that has techniques and know-how built up through effort and time, risks can be reduced and results can be improved.

Our clinic is a medical institution that focuses on lifting procedures, including facelifts, and is recognized in the field to the extent that overseas medical professionals visit to observe lifting surgeries.

Today, with LITING, we looked at everything from the meaning of a facelift to the surgical method, key know-how, and post-surgery care.

If you are considering a facelift, please feel free to visit us at any time.

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