Kamran Jafri, MD

I have to agree that the concept of skin being 'less healthy" after face lift surgery is not quite correct.

Long story short: as skin heals after a facelift it does re-attach to the underlying structures (fascia, muscle) via a process of fibrosis (scar tissue). This is actually "good" scar tissue since it is one of the processes that helps hold the results of the facelift procedure in place.

The re-attached skin is actually healthy since part of the fibrosis process involves new blood vessels growing into the skin thereby providing it with all the nourishment it needs - if it didn't then the skin would necrose (die off) soon after the surgery.

I do think this is an interesting thought but factors such as the natural aging process, normal and expected changes in post surgical skin, patient's age and genetics, history of smoking, etc. would all have to be factored in to really arrive at any correct conclusions.

Thanks,

Dr. Kamran Jafri