Facelift
There currently exist different names for the face lift. You will hear talk of the Mini face lift, the MACS lift, the S-lift, the Soft lift, the SMAS lift, the sub-SMAS lift and the Quick lift.
Your plastic surgeon will determine with you which technique suits you best.
Life begins at 40! You feel more confident but this does not always show through onthe outside. When time passes your skin loses its elasticity andits glow gradually. You will notice the appearance of creases between thecorner of the mouth and the cheek (This is known as marionettes’lines) between the nose and the corner of the mouth (the nasolabialcrease) and the expression lines. Aging of the skin is caused by two principlefactors. On the one hand the force of gravity on the skin and on the other handthe skin loses its elasticity because there is less collagen in the skin.Stress, hereditary and the wrong doing of the sun are equally to cause.
The following exercise is very simple and can show you how your new face willbe. Look at yourself in the mirror. Next, lie down and look in a hand mirrorhow it outlines the creases of your skin between the nose, the mouth and thecheek.
Would you like to radiate eternal youth?
Whichwrinkles can the face lift eliminate?
A face lift allows us to turn back the clock. Thanks to this operation,you will look 10 years younger. The outline of the face is reshaped and yourskin will be firmer and will have a youthful sparkle. You are younger and it shows!
A face lift allows a light correction of deeper wrinkles. The nasolabial crease and the grimace are from then on less obvious.
To correct more superficial wrinkles, a peeling, laser treatment or “fillers” are more tailor made (see the paragraph on wrinkle treatment)