Will facelift surgery get rid of melasma?

A facelift will help address loose or excess skin by removing or redraping the saggy skin.  Appropriate skin care such as hydroquinone or Cosmelan mask may assist you with your melasma.

If your question is: "Can I treat the melasma on my forehead and also have a facelift at the same time?", then the answer is yes.  You never want to do any skin treatments on the same areas that are being lifted because the blood supply will be compromised and healing prolonged.  So, you... more

Hi there- Facelift surgery by itself will not help with discoloration of the skin, because the operation does not affect the quality of the skin, but only it's quantity and distribution (by changing its relationships with the underlying muscle layer). This is not to say, however, that this cannot be... more

 I am not a plastic surgeon, but I cannot see how a face-lift would rid you of melasma. Melasma occurs on the surface of the skin and would not be amenable to that sort of surgical procedure.     While there are means of ridding you of this discoloration, beyond creams and peels, such as... more

There a any number of real treatments for melasma of your face but face lifting is not one of them. Skin care with many different topical preparations have been effective in light cases. When the problem is a little worse intense pulse light treatments work well. For the really difficult case you will need... more

Hello, Melasma is a disorder of the skin that can be treated by various topical creams and chemical compounds or lasers (in certain skin types). Depending on the type of facelift you are considering, the surgeon may or may not wish to treat it at the same time. One consideration is that after your facelift you... more