How can you tell what the face will look like after a facelift?

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If a patient is sedated with eyes closed, and a face-lift is done under the skin, how is it even possible to tell what the repositioning underneath will look like when finished? It seems like a lot of guess work.

Safa Manav, MD, FEBOPRAS · Answer

Without 3D imaging or computer simulations, surgeons rely on their extensive experience and anatomical knowledge to guide the facelift procedure. They use precise techniques, such as manual measurements and their understanding of facial anatomy, to estimate and achieve the desired results. The process involves real-time adjustments based on their skill and the patient’s specific anatomical features to ensure the final appearance aligns with the anticipated outcome.

Lucian Ion, FRCS · Answer

Thank you for your insightful question. In general terms, even if the facelift would be carried out with the patient standing or sitting, it would not be possible to see at the end of surgery the exact result that would be developing in the ensuing months.

Overall, facelift surgery follows certain protocols that have become associated with typical results. The assessment of repositioning of the tissues and the contour along the jawline, as well as the contour of the neck, have a reasonable correlation with the outcome of surgery, but without being an exact replica of the appearance of the face at the end of surgery..

In summary, knowledge regarding the end result is a combination of collective experience with a type of technique, personal experience with that technique and with facelift surgery in general, and an assessment of the contours of the face during surgery.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

The goal of a lower face and neck is to tighten loose facial and neck skin, tighten loose facial and neck muscles, lift the jowls, and remove fat deposits in the neck located both above and below the plasma muscle, in addition to a corset platysma-plasty to significantly improve the jawline.  It's important to study your prospective surgeon's before and after facelift photo gallery to see what the differences would look like

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