Facelift to reduce appearance of facial scars?

You are young and have very little facial laxity. The best treatment for your scars in Non-ablative Erbium laser resurfacing as I mentioned in another article. When you are in your 50's if your face becomes lax and the lax skin caused the scars to have a dark shadow, then the facelift may reduce the shadows by... more

See a good, experienced plastic surgeon or dermatologist to evaluate your options. I think you would be very disappointed with the results of a facelift . 

I have had occasion to perform a facelift for improvement in acne scars and I would estimate that it achieved a 50% improvement. Fat injection also seems to be a beneficial procedure. However, traumatic lacerations may not necessarily respond to a face lift procedure and may respond better to direct... more

In your case the pictures were extremely helpful. The most noticeable scar is the left nasolabial groove scar. The vertical scar on left upper lip and horizontal scar on the right upper lip are not as bad. Solution: 1. Direct skin excision within in the left nasolabial groove, everting skin edges, six weeks... more

Sorry about your accident. Scars are best treated directly. Facelift will improve the shape of your face and is best for someone who is aging. While facelift does tighten skin somewhat, this will only be temporary and relax in the first few months. The direction and location of the "pull" in a... more

The facelift operation achieves facial rejuvenation by repositioning tissues deep to the skin into their more youthful position, and unfortunately would not have the effect you desire.  Yes, some skin is removed  that can produce a temporary tightening effect akin to... more

Scarring on the face can be approached throught several means. SOmetimes a simple scar revision can be performed. If there is a pigment issue lighter/darker, lasers can sometimes help but also tattooing for hypopigmented areas.  WIthout a physical exam, it is difficult to say specifically.

Dear Areta, All of us share in your frustration and as well meaning as we are, you can readily see that there is no single agreed upon solution to your problem. I do NOT think a laser nor a facelift are the answers to your question. A facelift will smooth tissue in the lateral neck and lateral face but do... more

There is hope for improving your scars but a facelift probably isn't going to do what you want. I note that when you are pulling on the skin in the pictures, you are actually pulling downward which isn't what would be done in a facelift. My recommendation would be do do the simple things for now like... more

It is unlikely that a facelift will give you significant or long lasting results to treat these scars and I think that the amount of surgery involved would not justify the minimal improvement.  Direct attack on these scars can be done with various surgical techniques with subsequent fillers and or lasers... more