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How Can I Avoid Getting a Pulled Up Look from a Face Lift?
anything i should know before getting a face lift so I won't end up looking all pulled up? I think they call it "wind swept" looking? this is NOT the results I want from surgery!
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Natural Looking Facelifts
Windswept looks are the result of one part of the face being pulled. For example, if your forehead and eyes are droopy but you have your face pulled tight there will be an obvious difference in the look of your upper face vs. your lower face and therefore a pulled look. Also it is possible to over pull a face or just pull the skin and not the SMAS which will give a pulled look.
In general, the overall appearance of the face must be treated so that the upper, middle and lower face are...
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Your surgeon should be artistically skilled in facelift surgery
The pulled look results from many factors, all of them avoidable. As a lay person, you may not be able to list each one, but you know pulled when you see it.
1. Bad direction of pull. When the facelift is directed very high at the side of the face, pull is created preferentially on the side of the face, and nothing is done for the middle of the face. This yields an unnatural change in direction of the skin. It also sacrifices the sideburn, which in women is not replaceable. How to avoid:...
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A Facelift , Facial Rejuvenation Should Look Natural
I prefer the term 'facial rejuvenation' over the more antiquated term 'facelift', as many patients that I see who seek a more youthful and refreshed facial appearance undergo a set of surgical procedures very different from what would have been considered a 'facelift' twenty-five years ago.
The word 'rejuvenation' means, literally, 'to make young again'. In each individual, different facial changes occur with age. One person may be unhappy with 'baggy eyelids', while another has 'droopy...
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How not to get a pulled look after a face lift
I see that many of my colleagues are telling you to choose a good surgeon. Obviously a good surgeon would know exactly what to do. But i think you are asking a question to help you understand yourself what needs to be done. The wind tunnel appearance is often the result of an uneven or incomplete pull of your skin. For example a person ideally needs a face lift and a brow lift but only a face lift is done. The lower face would be tight but on the side of the eyes, one would notice a crowding...
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Easily avoided
The windswept look should not happen after a well performed lower facelift procedure. This usually occurs in settings where either just the skin is pulled tight or the deeper structures are not addressed properly. A facelift aims to reverse some of the signs of aging. Part of the aging process is descent of the tissues of the face including the muscles and other structures which live below the skin. The skin envelope will then stretched to accomodate the descent. By pulling the deeper...
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The wind swept look is an old fashioned looking result...
The wind swept look is an old fashioned looking result of a facelift that results from a hard pull on the skin in an upward direction in front of the ears. Old techniques relied on the pull on the skin to lift the sagging facial features. Modern facelift techniques recognize the unnatural look this creates and lift the deeper tissues of the face in a vertical direction but take the skin excess off in a more natural direction and under less tension than in the old techniques.
Make sure you...
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Avoiding a pulled look from a facelift
A pulled look or 'wind swept' look is a common problem after a facelift that can be easily avoided.
The key word to remember is -"vector."
Most patients believe that a pulled look is due to tension caused by excessive skin removal during surgery. Although that is a possibility, most of the time it is caused by the surgeon who pulled the skin or excess skin in a wrong direction or vector.
If facelift is performed with this natural vector in mind, you will NOT have a pulled look to...
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How To Avoid Pulled Look Or Unnatural Look After Facelift
Thank you for your question. The short best answer is find an experienced, reputable, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who does many Facelifts.
A properly performed Facelift should create a beautiful natural refreshed look. You should look like your younger self after a properly executed Facelift.
When you see a pulled look, windswept look, weasel look, or obvious Facelift look after a Facelift, the lift was not properly performed.
There are natural directions or vectors for...
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Avoiding the windswept look after facelift
Without getting too technical, there are many different ways of doing a facelift and some of these can lead to this look. My best advice is to look at photos of the surgeons work, of patients 1 year after surgery and, if he/she has them, of patients 5 or 8 years after surgery. This will give you some idea of the type of result the surgeon produces. Of course if they use a new technique, the patient he/she operated on 8 years ago did not have the procedure he/she is using now. Ask people...
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Facelifts should look natural
The goal I have for my patients is for them to look like a younger, refreshed and well-rested version of themselves, not someone else. The key to this is good surgical technique. This will vary with the patient, but may involve a combination of repositioning of deep tissues, volume replacement and skin tightening. The correct procedure for you will depend on examination by a competent, experienced surgeon who understands all of the issues that result in aging of the face.
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Motorcycle ride Facelift
The improperly done Facelift may be the most common type of procedure out there. This includes pulling on the skin around your ear in an effort to hide the scar. The truth is that this simply doesn't work.
Look in the mirror and pull on your skin. No matter how young you are, or how good your skin is, it's going to look pulled. Now lay down with a handheld mirror. This is more like what it would look like if every layer on your face was suspended back up against your bony structures. ...
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Look at past results
Different surgeons have different aesthetic eyes. The only way to really determine what kind of outcome you can expect is to look at the results of the surgeon. Most surgeons do surgery the same way each time and therefore their results tend to be consistent. Find a surgeon who you like and whose results you like.
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A proper analysis preop will prevent the windswept look
The windswept look occurs typically in patients with thin faces and varying degrees of bone and fat atrophy. When they get the muscle and skin lifted, there in no volume to shape around and they end up looking flat and pulled.
If you have a rounder, more full face, than you will have minimal risk of getting the pulled look. But if you have a thin, gaunt face, you will need some volumization in addition to the lift.
I like using a patient's own fat to fill up areas of deflation. I also...
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Windswept or overdone look following facelift: how to avoid?
The most important thing you can do as a patient is to do your homework about the physician you are seeing in consultation. They should have specialized training in cosmetic surgery of the face. Their overall philosophy about what "looks good" should be similar to yours. Their patient results either by viewing pictures or speaking directly to them should be similar to what you are looking for. Finally, and most important, you should feel completely comfortable with your physican...
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Avoiding the "pulled up" look with a facelift
Congratulations on considering a face/neck lift. That procedure can rejuvenate a face in an amazing way!
In my opinion, the "pulled up" look results from one of a few misguided ideas:
1: Trying to avoid surgery in the neck by pulling up hard on the sides of the face to make the neck look better. The best way to avoid this look is to treat the neck thoroughly through a hidden chin incision, then lift the sides of the face conservatively
2: Trying to "stretch out" wrinkles...
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Lateral sweep is a tell tale sign of old face lift technique
The main factor in this case is the choice of your surgeon. The lateral sweep is a tell tale sign of old face lift techniques. The key is proper choice of vectors, addressing deep tissues and avoiding skin tension. The natural face lift result is a reversal of the aging mechanism.
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Qualified Facial Plastic Surgeons will be best suited to achieve natural results
The pulled look happens when the underlying muscle and fat is not addressed. The only way to avoid a pulled look is to go to a qualified surgeon, board certified in plastic surgery that specializes in facelifts. He or She should have experience with the type of problem you are presenting. Someone specialized will address the underlying anatomy instead of just pulling the skin.
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Make sure to choose your Facelift surgeon carefully
There are many different techniques for face lift surgery, and each utilizes a technique to "pull up" the underlying tissues as well as remove extra skin. If you want to have a more natural look, the underlying pull should be in a vertical direction to correct sagging from gravity and time. Depending on how much skin also needs to be removed, you may also benefit from one of the "short scar" approaches. The bottom line is to choose a cosmetic surgeon who has significant...
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Avoid the windswept facelift by supporting underlying structures
A pulled or windswept look after a facelift is usually the result of putting too much tension on the skin and not tightening the underlying structures (fat and muscle).
Particularly if the facelift takes only an hour or two, this is probably because just the skin is tightened. I take almost that long just to close the incisions to avoid unnecessary scarring!
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Avoiding the pulled look with facelift
A pulled look is produced when the skin is pulled tight in order to smooth out the face. This most often occurs when patients demand a mini-facelift since the only thing being done is pulling on the skin. In a traditional facelift, the skin is elevated and the underlying tissue is elevated in a superior or oblique vector (direction), the skin is then gently placed back in place over the rejuvenated facial structures. This is what would give the most natural look.
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Avoiding the wind swept look after a facelift
Avoiding the wind swept look after a facelift is easily accomplished by not having it done in the first place. What I mean by that is when seeking a facelift, ask the surgeon to make sure that you are not overpulled. The only advantage of overpulling is to avoid the inevitable relaxation that occurs within the first year of the procedure.
I advise my patients to have a more natural look by gently lifting the tissues to their more normal positions and remove a conservative amount of skin to...
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Avoiding The Pulled, Windswept Face Lift
The key to avoiding a windswept pulled face lift is to do a multi-layer face lift and choose an experienced plastic surgeon that performs an individual approach to facial rejuvenation and respect the patient’s inherent facial structures and asymmetries and restore them to a more youthful state based upon concise facial analysis. Facial aging is very scientifically pre-determined. Face lift techniques must be designed to restore natural beauty and youthfulness without violating...
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The best thing you can do is choose a qualified surgeon
Unfortunately the "wind swept look" is all too apparent on many people – including those in the public eye – and it is wise to be cautious in choosing your surgeon. The wind swept look is primarily a flaw in surgical technique in which the deeper tissues are not completely released, and the superficial skin layer is pulled hard in an attempt to achieve rejuvenation. This can result both in uneven tension and tight skin, which are the hallmarks of the wind swept look. The best thing...
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Natural-Looking Facelift Results
Thank you for the great question. In facelift surgery, there really is a sort of "negative reporting bias" -- it's easy to identify the unnatural, pulled, or "wind-swept" results; it is more difficult to identify patients who have had a natural-looking lift. The key differences between the two involve the level of dissection of the lift (skin only or skin, connective tissues, and muscle layers) and the direction of the lift (vertical vs. horizontal). Skin-lifts and horizontal pull will give...
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Obtaining a Natural & Refreshed Facelift Can Be Achieved By a Highly-Skilled, Board-Certified Surgeon
Avoiding the stretched skin look following a facelift is a high priority for facelift patients. It’s amazing how familiar they are with celebrities who have undergone facelifts and have the windswept-look. Providing a natural and refreshed look should be every surgeon’s priority and the windswept-look should be avoided at all cost.
It’s important that the surgeon has a sense of facial aesthetics and understands how the soft tissue of the face interacts with the underlying boney...
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Good techniques give good results - and Bad yields BAD.
The “Pulled” or “Wind Swept” look after a face lift is a result of the technique and the technician. They often occur after “minimal” type of face lift procedures, as the undermining is minimized, and the tension of the lift is placed on the skin surface rather than the underlying facial muscles / fascia. A well performed face lift by a surgeon who understands the patient’s anatomy will not result in these obvious “surgical” looks. You should avoid...
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How to Avoid Wind Swept Look
Dear anon,
The best way is to choose a surgeon that has shown you pictures of their facelifts, and judge the appearance of these results. The wind-swept appearance occurs from placing the skin on too much stretch. We now know that the skin on the face is not the main problem resulting in jowls, and the descent of youthful facial features. The problem is with the underlying layer of tissue known as the SMAS (superficial musculoaponeurotic system). Most...
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How To Avoid Getting A Pulled Up Look From A Facelift
It is understandable that you do not want to end up looking windswept. Luckily, there is an easy way to avoid it. If you do not want to get a “pulled up” look, just make sure you turn to a plastic surgeon that has experience customizing facelifts. A great plastic surgeon will be able to tailor the facelift based on your individual aging process, avoiding windswept looking results.
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Avoiding the windswept look in a Facelift (Facial Rejuvenation)
A good analysis of the face and establishing balance between what a patient desires and what the surgeon feels is indicated is a good way to get the proper facelift result. The skin is not to be pulled so tight as to get the windswept look. The rejuvenation comes from deeper tightening and movement of tissue as needed to get a youthful appearance and restore the loss of volume that causes the aging face.
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Avoiding "Pulled" Look Depends on Surgeon and Surgical Technique
The "pulled" or windswept look you are referring to is most commonly caused when the skin is pulled too tightly with either minimal or no lifting in the underlying facial musculature. When performed by a skilled, experienced, and highly trained surgeon, this look is easily avoided. Look carefully at the before and after pictures, as well as the certifications and credentials, of the surgeon you choose. Make sure to have an open discussion with your surgeon about your goals and...
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Natural Facelift
The first thing to do is see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, certified by The American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS) to discuss your expectations regarding your facelift. We do not see the "wind swept" look in our practice, but have had patients come to me in the past that have had surgery elsewhere wanting to know if I can fix it. This is hard if not impossible to do. It is important to feel comfortable with your surgeon and understand the post operative...
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Avoiding a "pulled up" facelift
Facelifts done in the past are different to how they are currently done. In today's facelift the supporting structures are mobilized and held into a more youthful location. The skin is simply draped comfortably, not pulled up or wind swept.
Tampa Plastic Surgeon
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Facelift: Avoiding the "wind swept" look
The goal of surgeons and patients alike should be to attain natural results. The "wind swept" look is a result of surgeons suspending tissue and skin in a vector that is largely horizontal (from front to back). This was more common in the past and has been largely abandoned by surgeons trained in modern techniques.
Over the years, studies have shown that facial aging is manifest by a more vertical drop and sagging of tissues as well as volume loss (which is a whole other large...
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How to get a "natural" facelift
Most patients want a "natural" looking facelift. Marketing " natural" results has become the fashionable thing to claim by surgeons performing facelift surgery. There are many different techniques in performing facial surgery. Some work well while others don't. Not all patients age the same way in their face. The trick is matching the right procedures for the individual patient. Sometimes that means doing more or less surgery than the patient may have...
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Natural face lift result
For a natural face lift result, you need to know this:
See a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Choose someone serious, not a sales surgeon or self-promoter.
Explain what you want
Ask about technique: the wind swept look happens when skin is pulled too tight in an oblique direction (up and back and from the face.)
The MACS and Extended MACS lifts tissues only up, avoiding the wind swept look.
You may need...
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The Key to Natural Facelift Results
The "windswept" "wind tunnel" or "swept away" appearance you mentioned is due to a horizontal or oblique vector typical of traditional or "full" facelifts.
In contrast to avoid this select a surgeon who performs a facelift using a purely vertical vector to re-drape your soft tissues. When you think about it,this is an anti-gravity or anti-aging direction. The MACS lift, LiteLift and others are modified facelifts, in...
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How can I avoid getting a pulled up look from a face lift?
Pick your surgeon wisely. Make sure that you go to a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon preferrably one who has had an aesthetic fellowship and one who has trained specifically in this area to prevent this deformity.
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A Natural Looking Facelift is Possible!
A facelift that pulls the skin tight will look wind swept. For a natural look after a facelift. you must reposition the loose internal muscles and fat. It will reduce the tension on the skin and round up the cheeks and recreate the jaw line. Then the skin excess can be removed without tension and a better facelift with a natural look will be the results.I suspend all my face lifts internally for a rounder youthfull look and the jawls will also be repositioned with internal sutures. The...
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Best facelift result looks so natural that others cannot figure out what you’ve had done to make you look so good
What you call the “wind swept” look I refer to as the “wind tunnel” look. I would definitely agree that this would be an undesirable result. The best facelift result is one that looks so natural that others cannot figure out what it is that you’ve had done to make you look so good. In order to accomplish this, the incisions are hidden above the hairline and behind natural contours, and the tightening should be performed deep to the skin,...
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Face Lift, Mini Face Lift, The Palmer Celebrity Face Lift, Beverly Hills Face Lift
The pulled or sometimes referred to as the "wind swept" look is in fact a result of pulling the shape out of the midface during a Face Lift. If you take your hands and pull your skin towards your ears, you'll notice the excess skin and muscles are tighter but the front part, of your face...the cheeks, are pulled smooth and flat making your face look like it's in a wind tunnel.
Any Face Lift that tightens and pulls your face in the same manner will have the same...
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Natural facelift
The pull for the facelift should be straight back and only slightly superior to bring up the jowels. When a surgeon pulls too tight in a upwards direction you will get a windswept, unnatural look
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Windswept look too pulled
This answer is easy .......go to a surgeon with extensive facelift experience who can show you books and books of HIS facelift results. You should be very impressed by his results and not see any windswept or pulled looking patients. If you do go somewhere else. The look you are referring to happens for two reasons, 1) the direction of the skin redraping is too upwards. 2) The degree of pull is too severe. There is no excuse for either of these two aspects occuring, a good facelift...
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How to avoid a "pulled look" facelift
Plain and simple. Review your surgeon's before and after pictures, if you see any patterns of pulled look in his or her patient's photos, then avoid that surgeon. How one gets a pulled look after facelift ? There many ways to get a "pulled look" that are technical terms. As far as a patient is concerned, how other patients look and feel should be more pertinent.
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How to Avoid Being Sorry About Your Facelift
The most important decision you will make after you have decided to get a facelift, is the surgeon that will perform your surgery. To avoid being sorry about your facelift results, do your homework. Ask around, look at many before and after photos in offices and on the internet, and try to learn about different techniques. Contemporary facelifts that avoid the "windswept look" that you refer to achieve their results by elevating facial fat and muscular tissues...
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How to avoid a pulled look after facelifting
I feel there are several components to avoid this.
The lift needs to be up and back in a natural direction , individualized for each patient, depending on their facial structure and anatomy.
Volume is the next component. As we age the facial bones and soft tissues begin to decrease. To achieve a more youthful look, adding fat or facial implants(chin or cheek) is necessary.
The quality of the skin. The skin is the delicate covering of the face. if it is very wrinkled...
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Avoiding a pulled look after a facelift surgery
Usually when people refer to a pulled look they may be referring to 2 different problems.
The most common problem after facelift surgery is too much pulling and / or pulling mostly in posterior direction, rather than vertically up. Because gravity affects tissues in a vertical direction, the pulling backwards usually creates unnatural and wind blown appearance. Pulling too much even in vertical direction can create somewhat unnatural appearance.
The way to avoid...
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It is all about the vector of pull and skin tension
Plain and simple, the difference between a great facelift and a windblown poor result is due to the amount of tension and direction of pull placed on both the skin itself and the underlying SMAS muscle. A well trained facelift surgeon can study your facial anatomy and then give you an individual plan to produce the most natural result.
It is paramount that you see a board certified plastic surgeon who performs this operation on a frequent basis. ...
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Avoiding the Pulled Look
The pulled look is often a result of overzealous skin removal. Surgeons who are able to lift the appropriate layer of tissue and elevate it in a natural fashion can create an improved jawline, neckline while avoiding a pulled look. Seek consultation with a surgeon who specializes in faces.
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Avoiding A Wind Swept Look Following Facelift Surgery
Probably the most important factor in avoiding the dreaded wind swept look following facelift surgery is choice of surgeon. Make sure you elect to go with a plastic surgeon is experienced in performing facelift surgery on a regular basis. Make sure you see plenty of their before and after photos. A surgeon board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery is a good place to start. Best of luck.
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Natural Facelift Results
Well performed facial rejuvenation should make you look better and younger with correction of excess skin and fat and replacement of facial volume where it has been lost.
In a natural appearing facelift, there is no “done” or pulled look with a visible horizontal indentation or skin furrows in the cheek area. This is avoided by evenly tightening the deeper tissues underneath the skin and then gently re-draping the skin, avoiding a stretched or unnatural appearance...
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Achieving Aesthetic Results with Facelifting
The term facelift clearly shows what this procedure should be which is a LIFT, not a face PULL. This aesthetic look is achieved by elevating up the deep tissues, called the SMAS, in an up and backwards vector, while the skin can then be gently be redraped in an elevated position without any tension. This is a simplified way to describe how natural appearances can be achieved.
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The natural looking face lift
The wind swept look after a face lift typically results from inappropriate tightening of the skin. A world class moder face lift requires that the surgeon address all the elements of facial aging. The face changes as we age in all 3 dimensions. The surgeon needs to assess and address all the elements of aging. This could include adding volume to a deflated face, correcting aging in the deep facial structures, such as muscles/SMAS, appropriate vector of pulling., and...
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Facelifts can improve appearance
An experienced surgeon in facial rejuvenation should avoid a look that is unnatural. Some procedures do have a pulled look particularly around the eyes that resolves in a short time. Proper communication between the surgeon and the patient will ensure that the patient obtains the look they desire.
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The proper vectors and redraping are key issues
Most often, a windswept appearance results from the wrong vectors of tension or tightening of the deep (SMAS) closure and too much tension on the skin closure. If the vectors in the face are too horizontal this unnatural appearance can result. Seek out an experienced board certified facial plastic surgeon, and bring old photos of yourself to the consultation.
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Avoid getting a pulled up look from a face lift
The final result of your facelift procedure will depend upon what you look like before and the skill of your plastic surgeon. Avoiding a pulled up look requires tightening the deeper layers in the proper direction, and not over pulling the skin in the incorrect direction. Your best protection is to see a qualified experienced plastic surgeon and view his own patient photos so you can see the result that he considers good.
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The Natural Look
A good Facelift should always give the impression of a normal natural look to the face. The important thing to choose is to look for a good board certified surgeon. Ask to see hi his before and after pictures. Also see if you could talk to some of his patients. all these will help you to choose the most adequate surgeon for your face.
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A facelift should give you a rested youthful look, not a tight look
There are so many different ways to do a face lift, some giving the soft youthful rested look you should have and others a "surgical" look. A skilled surgeon will analyze with you the aging changes that are happening and what options are available to improve them.
For most faces that will involve lifting and repositioning the cheek fat to a higher level in some manner. Simply pulling on the skin rarely ever gives an attractive look. Go through any magazine at the grocery checkout...
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Natural Face Lift - how to avoid the pulled windswept appearance
The real key to achieving a natural result from a face lift is to pick a board certified plastic surgeon who is familiar with the various vectors requires to achive a natural result. The deep tissue is where most of the rejuvenation is accomplished and the pull should be more vertical than out to prevent the tell-tale sign of a face lift. Even the scars should be almost imperceptible and this is best accomplished by minimizing the tightness on the skin closure. This can be counter-intuitive...
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Avoiding the Pulled, Wind Swept Facelift Look
Avoiding that awful, done, over-pulled, wind blown Facelift look is actually not difficult. Pick the right surgeon to do your Facelift.
That done look often accompanied with ear lobules which are pulled forward (aka Pixie Ears) or rotated forward (so one can look INTO the ears by facing them) and shifting of the hairline behind the ears are often the result of inexperience and placing too much pull on the skin (instead of on the deeper layers of the SMAS).
A well-done Facelift should restore...
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Vector reshaping for natural facelift results
Fortunately the "wind tunnel" look isn't very common anymore, as plastic surgeons have recognized the 3-dimensional nature of facial aging. There is more emphasis on reshaping the tissues under the skin, rather than pulling on the skin. Key to this is the direction of lift, or vector; for example, instead of pulling laterally in the cheek area we go vertically. The skin sort of comes along for the ride rather than carrying the load.
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Avoiding the pulled look on facelift
The natural look is what we are striving to achieve. Excessive pull is something that we avoid by experience. In the older age group it is even more important because the tissues have lost their turgor (resilience) and it is even more important to limit the extent of the pull. Just as with everything else one needs to have an experienced surgeon who is willing to show his results, perhaps even let you talk to some of his patients.
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Getting a natural-looking Facelift
In today's age, the technology exists for the most natural looking facelifts. The key to this is in the technique that is performed. Seek out an experienced face lift surgeon that performs the most advanced techniques.
It is important to ask your surgeon what kind of technique he uses and why. Also be sure to see many before and after photos of his/her work in order to see if their style and facelift results match your aesthetic ideal.
It is always wise to go on several consultations....
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No reason for a windswept look from facelift these days
The most common reason for a windswept look is because the tissue was pulled in the wrong direction. All well trained facelift surgeons know the correct direction (vector) to lift; there is no reason to get that look these days.
Look at past photos and the surgeon's credentials.
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Good facelifts should always look natural and never windblown
A skillfully performed facelift should always look natural. By thightening the deeper layers and not just pulling on skin the results from a facelift should be excellent. The sign of a good facelift is for people to know you look great but not know why. If done by a skillful surgeon, nobody will ever know you had surgery, they will know that you just look great.
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Avoiding a pulled look after facelift
The face ages in three dimensions and a good facelift takes this into account, rather than trying to undermine the skin and pull it all up and back. There are various ways of addressing this three dimensional aging, and the facelift procedure may involve moving different components of your face in different vectors or bringing in other techniques like fat transfer to restore volume.
In a sense, the deeper layers are the ones doing the "work" of a facelift and give the lasting...
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Good Face Lift Surgery looks natural
The reason some facelifts looked pulled or wind swept is because the surgeon simply tightens the skin, placing all the tension of the face lift on the skin. This makes the skin stretch and look unnatural, The way to avoid this is to tighten the muscle under the face called the SMAS and only remove the excess skin. There is no tension on the skin and thus it lays naturally and unstretched. Many doctors do not perform SMAS face lifts so know what type of face lift your doctor performs. I...
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Getting a natural look form a facelift
Having a "chasing the wind" look is not an inevitable result with a Facelift. You should look for a board certified facial plastic surgeon or a board certified plastic surgeon who specializes in facial surgery. Ask to see results (before and after pictures), and ask him to discuss with you the technique he/she uses. Often the pulled look is the result of over aggressive pulling or aggressive pulling in the wrong direction. Good luck
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Avoiding a windswept look facelift
"I don't want that 'wind swept' look!" is a comment I hear almost daily. Personally, I don't want my name attached to anyone looking "wind swept."
The main contributor to the swept-up look is a lot of loose skin especially in the neck area. A 2 stage facelift with at least a year of healing in between is recommended for a better result. Ask to see photographs of results of previous patients. If you don't like what you see, keep looking. Find a doctor that specializes in...
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Pulled up look after facelift is avoidable
The unnatural, weird look is probably what prevents a lot of women from having facelifts. They are frightened about looking that way and frankly, I do not blame them! This should not occur and I recommend that patients look at photographs of the surgeon's results post-operatively and if anything looks weird to them, go to another plastic surgeon.
Unfortunately, some of our best known, most seen celebrities have such an appearance. I feel sad and sorry for people that have these looks for it...
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Avoiding unnatural results in facelift
You should make clear your desires to the plastic surgeon. While an initially tight look is to be expected in anticipation of soft tissue relaxation, this typically resolves and improves with time.
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Face lift results
Face lift should look natural.
Even your friends should not be able to say you had a face lift rather you are rested, you look different, healthy, yet the results should be dramatic
The pulled look is a 1960 face lift. It all depends on the surgeon, his abilities and expertise.
Choose the right Board Certified PS with experience and do not let the hype of branded procedures lure you. Money should not be the detrmining factors.
See before and after from the prospective surgeon. Judge yourself.
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Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Wind swept facelift
It is very important to find a qualified board certified plastic surgeon to perform your surgery. The wind swept look can occur when the skin is not positioned properly during a facelift.
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Choose a good surgeon
Outcomes are dependent on the surgeon. I do a composite technique that does not employ the skin to support the lift. Therefore, the skin is sutured under no tension. It is not the only technique, but someone skilled at the operation can give very good and very natural appearing results. Ask to see a number of their patients pre and post op photos.
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How to avoid a pulled look facelift
Focus on the area that matters most -- around the eyes, that is what people look at when they look at you.
The less you pull in the lower face the better, and that is best accomplished by focusing on the forehead and midface parts before addressing the lower face.
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Nice natural facelift results
I think the answers that have been given here are on target. The most important thing is the style of your surgeon. Some like to pull the skin quite tight to ensure a lasting result. My preference is to redrape rather than pull. It may seem like a semantic difference, but by redraping my goal is to make the skin firm in the way that it naturally wants to be. Pulling is too aggressive in my opinion. Firm, not tight, gets the best results, in my humble opinion.
Be sure to look at many before...
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How to avoid a pulled look after a face lift
The best way to achieve a natural result in face lift surgery is to approach things in a balanced way.
There should not be excessive pulling on the skin during surgery. The lifting should be accomplished by repositioning the underlying SMAS and muscles rather than relying on the skin to do all the work.
The loss of facial volume contributes to sagging of the facial skin. The face can be compared to a table and table cloth. As the table shrinks, there is a relative excess in table cloth...
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Results from facelift
The results from facelifting is dependent on many things. Your anatomy comes first. Your surgeon should analyze your anatomy to determine why you look the way you look and how you have aged over the years. Some patient will be destined to tend toward the "windswept" look because of the extreme nature of their wrinkles and excess skin. Next is the treatment that must be specific for the anatomy and your goals. The procedures should serve the anatomy and the goal. The goals should...
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Facelift: Appropriate Tension and Vector
Modern Facelift techniques are typically multiplanar, allowing for repositioning of descended facial tissues. The direction of pull (vector) of the deeper tissues (SMAS) determines the appearance of the face. Inappropriate vectors lead to unnatural looks. Secondly, inappropriate vector with skin re-draping and/or excessive tension on the skin can lead to a stigmatic appearance. As has been mentioned by others on this topic, the problem is avoidable with appropriate techniques.
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Pick your surgeon carefully
I can't see any reason why the pulled look can't be avoided. The important issues include lifting the muscular tissue called SMAS in the correct direction and then close the skin without any tension in a natural direction. Most of the patients require fat transfer to the face to restore the youthful volume.
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Too tight unnatural look
I truly do not understand this look. A natural refreshed appearance should be the goal. Ask your surgeon to show you in a mirror the lift that is expected. If it is too tight there is your answer. Also meet with past patients, or most surgeons have Web sites, view the before and after photos. And for sure chose an board certified surgeon that has been trained to operate on face lift patients
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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The pulled or tightened "wind-tunneled" look comes from...
The pulled or tightened "wind-tunneled" look comes from stretching the skin too tight and was common practice 20-30 years ago. Now, with modern techniques in face-lifting surgery, the muscles are tightened and the skin is only slightly stretched. Fat is removed from underneath the neck to create a defined jaw line.
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Good surgeon will avoid pulled facelift look.
Hi.
This is a great question. And the answer is that it is all about the surgeon. Some surgeons have a good eye and the skill to create a younger rather than a pulled look. And some surgeons don't.
I wrote an article for RealSelf about how to pick a cosmetic surgeon. You can look at it on my profile.
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Good facelift technique avoids wind swept look
A good facelift technique will achieve a natural youthful look rather than an operated appearance you describe. This entails a proper vector pull of the underlying SMAS using the extended SMAS-plasty to contour the face. Proper redraping of the excess skin will help produce a natural improvement.
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How can I avoid getting a pulled up look from a face lift?
Hello
You are not alonw with this MAJOR concern following a facelift. This type of outcome was the stimulus for my developing my laser vertical Facelift. I can go no here about it and would welcome any challenge on this topic. Look at my web site and you will see what I am talking about.
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The "Natural" Look of a facelift
The most important thing to consider before a facelift, is choosing the right surgeon for you. It is ideal to choose a board-certified plastic surgeon, certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
You should discuss all of your goals and expectations, including looks you are trying to avoid. Your specialist will use your information to form a plan to works best for you.
Current facelift techniques offer many ways to achieve a natural result without the need for the "pulled up...
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