Skin Care Products Prior to Face Lift

I do not recommend making any drastic change to you skin care regimen prior to your facelift with one exception....a retinoid. A retinoid such as retin-A or Tazorac has a powerful effect on collagen stimulation and will help reduce irregular pigmentation, fine lines, and promote healing.
The key is that this should be started a minimum of 4 weeks prior to your facelift and you should introduce this into your reimen slowly, as to avoid your skin becoming too irritated. I have also added LED light technology before and after my facelifts - this has helped reduce bruising, welling, and speed recovery in my patients.

The skin of the face does not need to be “preconditioned” prior to a facelift operation. It is certainly preferable that there be no outbreak of an acne condition or other infection of the skin of the face at the time of surgery. Therefore, antibacterial skin cleansers may be helpful but they are generally not essential.
A facelift is performed to redrape the subcutaneous fascia/muscular elements as well as the full thickness skin to improve the contour of the face and neck. Preconditioning of the surface of the skin with topical substances will have no bearing on the results of facelift surgery.