How Can You Increase Satisfaction Before and After a Facelift?

Hello, I’m Lee Seong-jun, Chief Director of Liting Plastic Surgery Clinic, Seoul Branch.

Recently, as a variety of laser devices have been introduced, more and more people are getting lifting procedures using Ulthera and Thermage.

However, if you are in your 40s, 50s, or 60s, there are many cases where laser treatments do not make a big difference or are not very satisfying.

Today, I’d like to introduce a facelift, which physically lifts the face, for people who feel that laser lifting alone is not enough.

Let’s take a look together at how to achieve satisfying results before and after a facelift.

Who needs it?

To determine whether laser lifting is needed or whether a facelift is needed, you can use a simple self-check.

One way is to check for wrinkles in front of the ears. If you are in your 40s or 50s, you may begin to notice subtle signs, and if you are over 60, they are usually quite visible.

Depending on how well you have cared for your skin, you may have no wrinkles even in your 60s, or they may already be quite noticeable even in your 40s.

If these wrinkles are present, it means skin sagging has progressed significantly, so you may feel a much greater difference before and after a facelift.

What is a facelift?

A facelift is a procedure that makes incisions in front of the ears and, more widely, inside the scalp or behind the ears.

Because it is a physically lifting method, even skin that does not show much difference before and after with laser treatment can show a significant change before and after a facelift.

If no incision is made in front of the ear, it is possible to remove a small amount of skin from inside the scalp and proceed from there.

However, if incisions are completely not allowed, the only options are to use threads or lasers to prevent the current condition from sagging further.

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Will there be scars?

People who think laser lifting is not enough but are considering a facelift often do so because of scars.

The results before and after a facelift are effective, but because incisions are required, they worry about scars left on the skin.

As mentioned in the self-check above, if you need physical lifting, you already have a clearly visible wrinkle in front of the ear that is more noticeable than a scar.

Also, as people get older, scars tend not to rise or become prominent as much, so there is no need to worry too much.

What should you be careful about? If you need a facelift, most people are in an older age group for whom laser lifting alone is unlikely to produce satisfying results.

And in older age groups, there is a higher chance of having underlying conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes, so these factors cannot be ignored.

If they are not properly controlled, wounds that occur during the facelift process may not heal well, which can greatly affect satisfaction before and after the procedure.

For this reason, careful consultation is needed so that the procedure can be carried out when your health is in good condition.

Where should you get it done?

If you look for a clinic that focuses on lifting among the many areas of plastic surgery, you may be able to achieve a more satisfying difference before and after a facelift.

In particular, it is important to remember that the better the understanding of the SMAS layer, the more likely the facelift results are to be satisfying.

We recommend choosing a place that has built up know-how through many cases over a long period of time and understands the characteristics of the SMAS layer well.

We hope you will receive a skin assessment at our clinic, where the medical team focuses on lifting, and also find out which lifting procedure is needed.

Become younger tomorrow than you were yesterday!