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What's the Maximum Number of Facelifts You Can Have?
How many Facelifts does one get in life (without looking like Joan Rivers)? I've heard the max is 3 to 4. Do mini facelifts count? Hopefully they're only a 1/2! Thanks in advance for all posted answers!
Asked 36 months ago by
c'est moi
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How many facelifts is enough?
This is a very good question. I think theorectically there is no limit to how many times a person can have a facelift. The key is what the person is trying to accomplish and what look they are going for.
Our understanding of facelifts has changed over the years. It used to be that the average patient coming for a facelift was between 65 and 70 years old. And that the surgery was a once in a lifetime event. Right now with advances in plastic surgery and increased popularity...
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Reno Plastic Surgeon
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How Many Facelifts?
There really is no specific number of "the most facelits someone can have."
If done well, a facelift lasts a long time. In the minority of instances, a woman may have a second procedure.
Repeating facelifts for the "wrong" reasons knows no limit! Then, of course, the rsults will be predictably unnatural and appear surgical!
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The number depends on the person but fewer is better
A really well done facelift will last most people 8-10 years before they would consider redoing it. Even if they never redo the operation, they will always look better than if they hadn't done the surgery. Minis count as fulls in this regard. The more they redo the surgery, the more operated on people can look. But in the hands of an excellent surgeon, you don't have to look tight and pulled.
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maximum number of facelifts
There really is no given answer as to the amount of face lifts that you can have during your lifetime. It really depends upon the type of face lifts that were done, the quality of your skin, and various techniques that might also be used. Generally we tell our patients the facelift should last about seven years. Obviously the patient who seeks a facelift for the first time at age 45 has a very different sense of aesthetics than that of the patient who seeks her first facelift at...
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How Many Facelifts Can You have?
The amount of laxity in the skin and soft tissue would determine when a patient would have their first Facelift, more so than age. Many have had their first in the 40's. A good Facelift usually lasts 8 to 10 years, or more with good skin care and avoiding over exposure of the sun. So it is possible to have 3 or 4 in a lifetime, if the patient is in good health. But it is very important to choose a qualified Board Certified plastic surgeon that will advise you for your personal...
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No Limit to the Number of Facelifts
There really is no limit to the number of facelifts one may have. The over-done look is a result of excessive skin tightening, which you can see with one or several facelifts. After your first facelift procedure, secondary procedures may be periodically needed to maintain your look. These "touch-up" operations may not be as involved as your first procedure, however. Your plastic surgeon can help you keep up with time.
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Maximum Number Facelifts: No Magic Number
When it comes to the maximum number of facelifts in a patient's life time, there is no magic number. Older facelifts that depended mostly on skin tightening from skin removal caused significant shifts of important visual landmarks such as loss of sideburns, elevation of foreheads, and made skin seem waxy and stretched. Contemporary facelifts cause less removal of skin with more emphasis placed on the elevation and retention of facial fat to produce more voluptuous...
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How Many Facelifts Can You Have?
The real question is how many facelifts should you consider having? It really depends on not only facial aging, but also the type of procedure that you had initially. Having a secondary “re-do” facelift needs to be done so you can have natural results based upon pre-operative analysis of your aging process to prevent or correct facial distortion. Of course, if the patient has facial distortion from a previous facelift it can be more difficult to correct. You see this in Hollywood...
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Most Facelifts You Can Have
There is not a maximum number of facelifts a patient can have. The limits of whether a patient can have a facelift is in laxity in soft tissues of the face.
Chicago Facial Plastic Surgeon
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More is Definitely Not Better.
Every time a Facelift is performed, some skin is removed. Typically for any given patient, the first Facelift involves the most amount of skin removal, and subsequent Facelifts result in less and less skin being removed. Skin may stretch or lose elasticity with aging, but there is a finite amount of skin on your face. That being said, progressive skin removal will begin to cause facial distortion at some point. That point is variable for individuals, but it...
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Loaded question
Determining the maximum number of facelifts is a complex task. The first consideration is the patient's health so having few medical conditions, nonsmoker status, healthy lifestyle etc.certainly facilitates the decision making. Secondly, the ability to have more than one facelift depends on what technique was done and what other nonsurgical procedures have intervened. During residency, I had a patient who had protocol silicone injections to his face to...
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Lifetime quota of Facelifts
There is NO set lifetime quota of Facelift procedures. But it is clear that the best and most natural results are seen after the first procedure and each subsequent either corrective or maintenance Facelift procedure is not as efficacious nor as natural looking.
Put another way dear c'est moi - if people are to know that it's you (c'est vous), choose your plastic surgeon carefully so you can limit your lifetime number of Facelifts.
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Facelifts can be repeated as many times as needed
There really is no limit as to the number of facelifts that you can have. As long as you need one, you should be fine and get a good result. When a facelift is not really needed and a facelift is performed anyway is when people get a look that appears "fake." Signs that a facelift is necessary include prominent nasolabial folds, significant jowling, and excess hanging skin of the neck.
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Facelift maximum
I have never heard this question before. I think the key to the first one is to get it done correctly. Many patients go on to have several more to correct mistakes made in the earlier ones. If a good one is done, it should last 5-10 years depending upon your genetics, skin laxity, sun exposure, smoking history, etc.
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Maximum Facelifts...
The overwhelming majority of average individuals who desire to have aesthetic improvement will have only one facelift. Having a second facelift is not that common relatively speaking when you look at the vast majority of people seeking aesthetic improvement. More often, additional types of aesthetic procedures will be requested and provided, such as Botox, Restylane, microdermabrasion and laser peels.
Those individuals that do seek a repeat procedure or repeat facelift do so after 10 or...
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Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
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No more than 3 in a patient's lifetime
No more than three facelifts should be performed in a patient’s lifetime. With each successive facelift, there is a small amount of fat that is removed, and the face can look gaunt, pulled, and tightened after three.
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There really is no answer
There really is no answer to this question that applies to all people. Some people have one lift and do well for the rest of their lives. Other people, see to need facelifts more often. It is a combination of the surgical technique, the patient's genetics and environmental factors.
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No real number for face lifts
Most patients who have facelifts will want to have another tightening procedure in 8-10 years. So, if someone has their first facelift at 50 then it would be 3-4 facelifts on average. I'm not sure what a minilift is and how you are keeping score, but they would likely count as well. Make sure you let each surgeon know of your previous surgical history. All physicians want to do what is best for you and avoid operating on you more than is actually necessary. Good luck.
Portland Plastic Surgeon
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Three to four facelifts is about right
Your question concerning the lifetime number of facelifts is a very good one and I think there is much truth in your estimate. In our practice longtime patients will often have two facelifts of various types, sometimes three, rarely a fourth. The trend to mini lift or a soft lift as we call it may well count as a one half as the skin pull in the lift is almost all vertical or straight up. Patients have begun facial rejuvenation at a yournger age and really enjoy the firmer skin texture, firm...
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It's how they are done, not how many.
People look like Joan Rivers because of badly done facelifts, and one is all it takes.
Three is a reasonable maximum. And minilifts don't do much.
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No definite number of facelift treatments
Joan Rivers looks the way she does, not because of the number of lifts, but the way in which they were done. Since I have been doing facelifts for more than 30 years, I've had the opportunity to see patients that I did facelifts on over that period of time.
Once you have a facelift, the skin that was removed is in the trash, You will continue to age, but you will always look better (less sagging and jowls) than if you had never had it done. I do more small lifts on actresses and actors...
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Nothing absolute for maximum facelift treatments
There isn't a firm answer to this. What it depends on is the condition of your tissues. Each lift will result in some scar formation, and will make the tissue a bit less elastic and a bit harder to work with. The good news is that as time passes, minor "touch ups" can be done, and in the hands of a skilled plastic surgeon, you can restore a youthful appearance without the distortion you refer to.
You can minimize aging by avoiding UV rays (inculding tanning beds), avoiding smoking...
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Maximum number of face lifts
In my experience in over 30 years, I have done 2nd and 3rd facelifts on several patients at approximately 10 year intervals. The 1st lift was done by other senior surgeons prior to my going into practice. There is no limiting number, but would depend on multiple factors such as age at 1st lift, skin type, sun exposure, genetics, and a host of other factors.
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No maximum number of face lifts per se
There is no maximum number of facelifts that one can have. However, each additional surgery can increase the possibility of problems, such as hair line distortion or having the wind-swept look. Often with secondary facelifts, little skin is removed; rather, more tightening is performed on the deeper layers of tissue (SMAS). Be sure to have a honest discussion with your surgeon about your goals. Good luck!
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