Losing Weight After Facelift

 

Stable weight best for most cosmetic surgery including facelifts
In general it is best to be at your stable long term weight to reduce the probability for revision surgery. It makes little or no sense to loose or gain weight for a surgical procedure including Facelift unless you can maintain that weight for many years or it is a relatively small amount (plus or minus 5 pounds). This is because if you lose fat that is supporting your facial skin it will tend to sag especially if you don't have good skin elasticity (most facelift patients). In your case if you tend to lose fat in your face with weight loss than indeed there may will be some additional sag of your skin. On the other hand losing weight to a healthier one makes sense and you can always refresh your results in the future.

Thank you for your question. Losing fat in the face after a facelift,
especially for leaner patients, may cause the appearance of hollowness in the
face which can easily be solved with fat transfer or filler treatments.
Generally, however, as long as the weight loss is not dramatic (25 pounds or
so), the patient should have little difficulty.