Would Getting a Facelift in Your 40's Gaurantee That You Would Need One in Your 50's?

On average the surgical #results last between 4 and 7 years. However, people vary so much from one another, an exact time is difficult to provide. If you wish, you may repeat the procedure at that time. There is always an improvement compared to not having the procedure as the #aging process continues to progress throughout the future. Patients, with very loose skin will occasionally experience sagging earlier and it may be seen as soon as one year later. Such may require a secondary procedure to tighten the loose skin.

The best time to get a facelift is when you start seeing changes in the mirror that you don't like, such as jowling and excess neck tissue.  If this happens to be in your 40's, that's fine.  Doing a facelift earlier is better for several reasons.  You heal faster, there's less pulling on the skin, you bruise less, generally you are healthier so easier recovery, better skin  elasticity so better result, and usually smaller incisions.  Don't do a facelift in your 40's if you're not bothered by the early signs of aging.Does having a facelift in your 40s mean you have to have one in your 50s?  If what you see at 40 bothers you now, then when the facelift wears off in about 10 years, it will bother you at 50.  The person you see in the mirror now, you'll see again 10 years after your facelift.  You don't have to have another facelift but chances are, you'll have the experience of knowing you can do something about it and in return look 10 years younger again.  In reality, even if you don't have another facelift, you'll still look 10 years younger than everyone around you even after the facelift wears off (unless your friends are getting facelifts too).Lastly, lasers only treat the top layer of the skin and even though it's one of 2 items that actually tightens skin every time (facelift is the other), it only tightens millimeters and doesn't address jowling or excess neck tissue.

A
facelift performed at any time might eventually require additional surgery to
keep it useful in the future. Generally, however, what I see is when the
patients come back ten years later after a facelift, they still look better
than they did ten years before since no one “needs” a facelift at any age. It
will not be required to have a redo later. It simply depends on whether or not
you feel you need another one.