Facelift after tightening procedures?

Yes, prior energy treatments and sculptra do make a facelift somewhat more challenging to perform. That being said, it is certainly not impossible, and anyone who regularly performs facelifts in this day and age is very used to doing facelifts on people who have had prior tightening treatmnts, fillers, threads, etc.

Thermage and Ultherapy use heat or sound waves to target tissues beneath the skin, aiming to tighten and rejuvenate. However, these treatments can sometimes compromise the integrity of the underlying tissue over time. For individuals who have undergone these procedures and desire more significant, long-lasting results, the Preservation Deep Plane Facelift is the ideal solution. Unlike other facelifts, this advanced technique carefully lifts and repositions deeper facial tissues while preserving natural structures, ensuring minimal disruption and optimal blood supply. It offers a safer, more effective rejuvenation, delivering natural-looking, long-lasting results even for those with previous non-surgical skin-tightening treatments.

Non-invasive and minimally invasive tightening procedures have become very popular in recent years.
Unfortunately these procedures are often performed by non-surgeon practitioners who do not have an eye to the future of their patient's rejuvenation needs. It is still possible to have a facelift or necklift if you have had one of these procedures, but they increase the complexity of surgery by increasing scar tissue and tissue adherence. As general rule of thumb: as the depth of treatment increases, so does the difficulty during surgery. Procedures such as RF microneedling, which do not penetrate beneath the dermis have less scarring than those which are beneath the skin (fillers, threads, FaceTite, etc).