FACE AND NECK LIFT

What effect does age have on your face ?

Aging is not just a matter of redundant skin.

As we grow older, multiple changes combine and conspire to give us an "old" as well as a "tired" and "sad" expression.

As we age, our skin begins to wrinkle and lose elasticity. One of the first signs is "cheek creases" that appear without smiling.

This explains why different small procedures performed on the tip of the nose, lips, chin, brows, fat of the face, etc., are often combined with a face lift in order to achieve a younger, more natural look.

If only the skin of the face is stretched, the patient may look artificial, with a "pulled" look.

If you are relatively young, say 35 years old or so, it is ideal for you to undergo a minor surgical procedure every few years as soon as the first signs of aging begin to appear

(e.g., the eyelids are corrected first, followed by tightening of the double chin, etc.). The idea is to maintain youth rather than to treat aging !

Face lift

A "face lift" (meloplasty) improves the appearance of the cheeks and neck. It does not include the eyelids or the forehead.

Dr Fanous uses a new technique of face lifting: the Mini-Dissection. Thanks to this special approach, a maximum result is obtained using minimum surgical dissection, therefore causing less swelling. The hair is not shaved. The incision starts above the ear, where it is hidden in the hairline. It then runs inside the ear and into a natural crease where the scar is least noticeable.

Finally, the incision continues behind the ear and along the hairline of the neck, resulting in a scar, but one that can be camouflaged by hair.

The skin is tightened and the excess is eliminated.

For a more durable result, a new and sophisticated procedure is performed to also tighten the muscles underneath the skin.

This elaborate face lift improves the appearance of the neck and cheeks, but exerts limited effect where there are collections of fat, such as under the chin, that need to be suctioned.

Fat suction is a technique performed by means of a fine tube connected to a suction machine, somewhat like a vacuum cleaner. This fine tube is inserted through a small incision and the excess fat is suctioned away.

A face lift requires about three to four hours to perform.

Some of the stitches are absorbable and disappear by themselves, but others require removal within a week or two following surgery.