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Staple removal after a facelift will not make it tighter. It has no bearing on the end result of your surgery.
Removing Staples After a Face lift sill Improve the Tightness in my Face perhaps a little. It will lessen the tension in the immediate area just a little at most. With time however your tissues will become more pliant and less tight.
The tight feeling you describe is unrelated to the staples and will only improve with time - it can take months
That would depend entirely on where the staples are, and the tension on them. I doubt the improvement will be substantial, but there are too many details missing to know for sure.
No, unfortunately removing staples will not improve tightness. The tightness will continue to improve as you heal and the swelling goes down. Good luck1
Removing your surgical staples won't produce further tightening of you face. This early from surgery you still have some healing to do in addition to swelling that will subside.
Removal of skin clips after facelift should not change "tightness" of face. Time, reduction in swelling and relaxation of tissues will result in some relaxation of the face and neck tissues that typically eliminates the overly tight sensation that some people have after undergoing facelift.Stephen Weber MD, FACS
Staples can be uncomfortable for the patient (which is one of the reasons why I do not use them). Tightness is most likely not related to the staples or sutures and should not change dramatically. Rather, tightness is a common temporary experience after facelifts related to tightening of the platymsa and SMAS.
Most patients experience less tightness once the clips are removed. It does not, of course, affect the tightness of the face.
Ultimately skin tightness is controlled by how much skin was removed from you face at the time of your facelift. Like most things in cosmetic surgery, this is more art than science. Too much skin removal and one has the windswept look. Too little skin removal and disappointment is the result. Following the facelift, the result is not likely to "tighten" as it heals. If this is an issue, it is possible that your surgeon was conservative with your facelift. I would strongly recommend that you allow your face to heal fully before you decide that not enough skin was removed. There is undoubtedly very good clinical reasoning by your surgeon for perform your facelift as was done.
Jaw implants should not cause bone erosion if done well. Most of the time the bone is on hard bone. Chin implants have been known to erode bone but this is mostly related to when they are placed more superiorly where the bone is soft. If done well I would not worry about his as much.
Most patients will experience some mild degree of rebound relaxation after facelift surgery. As the swelling settles down, the skin will soften and experience some mild relaxation. Small areas of looseness may appear, particularly under the chin and some neck wrinkles will reappear. This may be...
See a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon for a facelift consultation. I would put the implants down the list as options to consider. They can be effective in the short term, but in the long term, they can cause some bone erosion as I have witnessed on many occasions.
