Why Does a Plastic Surgery Clinic Near Hakdong Station Recommend a Facelift to Middle-Aged Patients?

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

With the emergence of laser lifting, which does not involve the burden of incisions or sutures, many people have been consistently managing their skin with lasers.

However, at some point, satisfaction with laser lifting may decrease, or even if it is tried for the first time, there may be little noticeable difference.

If you have experienced something similar, it is generally likely that you are entering middle age, when skin aging begins in earnest.

The lifting method that is appropriate for each person varies depending on age, the degree of skin aging, and lifestyle.

Today, a plastic surgery clinic near Hakdong Station will explain why middle-aged people concerned about skin aging should consider a facelift.

How can you self-check whether you need a facelift?

Just because someone is middle-aged does not necessarily mean their skin has significantly sagged, and just because someone is young does not necessarily mean their skin is firm.

Depending on a person’s skin characteristics and how they care for it, aging may come quickly or slowly.

If you want to self-check whether you are in a condition that requires a facelift rather than laser lifting, you can look at the area in front of the ears.

In general, wrinkles begin to form in front of the ears in the 40s and 50s, and by the 60s or 70s they become noticeably deeper.

If you look in the mirror and see wrinkles beginning to form in front of the ears, the plastic surgery clinic near Hakdong Station recommends a facelift.

Hakdong Station Plastic Surgery Clinic

What is a facelift?

A facelift is a lifting method that can deliver especially strong results among the various ways of lifting sagging skin.

It involves making an incision in the area in front of the ear, where wrinkles were mentioned earlier, and extending the incision into the scalp or behind the ear to pull up the sagging skin.

In fact, compared with other methods, it can pull the skin much more, making it suitable for cases where sagging becomes pronounced after middle age.

However, if you do not want an incision in front of the ear, you can choose a method that makes the incision inside the scalp, resulting in a slightly less lifted outcome than a facelift.

If you do not want an incision at all, you will need to use thread lifting or lasers, so only mild maintenance is possible.

Scars from a facelift

If you do not want an incision in front of the ear, or do not want any incision at all, you are probably concerned about scars.

As mentioned earlier, if you are at the stage where a facelift is needed, the wrinkles in front of the ears are prominent enough to be identified through self-checking.

It is true that once incisions and sutures are involved, it is impossible for there to be no trace left at all, but you should not forget that the area already has wrinkles.

It is also worth considering that as people age, unlike when they are younger, cellular strength weakens, so scars do not become very large.

Above all, the plastic surgery clinic near Hakdong Station does not simply recommend facelifts unconditionally; it carefully examines whether they are necessary before providing guidance.

What should you be careful about after a facelift?

As briefly explained earlier, a facelift is a large-scale lifting procedure, and as such, the results are also more distinct.

Because the procedure involves incisions not only along the side of the face but also behind the ear, some swelling will occur.

The plastic surgery clinic near Hakdong Station focuses on lifting and has accumulated excellent technical expertise through many cases, and it works to reduce swelling as much as possible.

However, since this type of procedure is used on people in middle age and older, there are often underlying conditions, so there may be cases where healing is not easy.

To reduce this possibility, please take good care of your physical condition and visit the clinic when you are in good shape.

The importance of the fascia

Our clinic is a plastic surgery clinic that focuses exclusively on lifting procedures, and it has all three elements: experience-based data, technical skill, and understanding.

In particular, the thing we have come to recognize as important through countless cases is the SMAS layer, the fascial layer.

Even before the concept of this was known decades ago, our clinic has been building experience and know-how through facelift cases.

In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that understanding of the SMAS layer determines the outcome of a facelift, so you should look for medical staff and medical institutions that emphasize the SMAS layer.

For efficient care

If you have been consistently receiving laser lifting and have been managing your skin well, you may wonder whether you can just keep getting laser treatments.

In fact, if you have been managing your skin before sagging began in earnest, you may have already noticed that skin aging progresses much more slowly.

However, if time has passed and your skin has sagged to a significant degree, it may be much more efficient to undergo one larger-scale facelift.

After a facelift, continuing maintenance with laser lifting can help keep the skin firm for a long time.

It is a method with high satisfaction among middle-aged patients who have experienced it firsthand because it can greatly reduce not only cost but also the time required.

Why it is necessary to choose a method suited to the individual

Our clinic offers a wide range of options, including facelifts as well as various lifting procedures at different stages.

Because we provide many methods at our clinic, there is no need to emphasize or recommend any specific one; instead, we find the method that suits each individual.

For people in middle age and beyond, a facelift is generally recommended for efficient care, but depending on the condition of the skin, various methods may be applied.

If sagging is less severe or only part of the face has sagged, partial lifting procedures are also well prepared, so if you visit the clinic, you will be able to check them directly.

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