18 days ago
There is nothing to my knowledge to supprt the concept you have described. This just isn't something you see in real clinical practice of plastic surgery after 20+years of doing facelifts.
Web reference: http://www.randcosmeticsugery.com
Long term effects of facelifting on the skin
Richard P. Rand, MD answers: Does a facelift result in less healthy skin over long run?
I read an interesting article that spoke of long term damage to skin that has been cut and pulled as part of a facelift. It states that skin will get thinner and will never regain or increase its thickness given that the skin is lifted away from underlying layers in order to tighten the underlying fascia and muscles. Especially so if more than one surgery. It makes common sense that skin may not re-attach itself to underlying tissues like it was before surgery.
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