Rhytidectomy, also known as a facelift, removes all the excess fat between the nose and mouth and tightens underlying muscles. This treatment does not stop the aging process.
The right candidates for the Rhytidectomy are those people whose face and neck start to sag, but also have an elastic skin and a strong bone structure.
All surgeries have risks and consequences and the facelift is no exception. If this treatment is performed by a highly qualified specialist, the risks will be reduced. But all the individuals are not completely predictable because all of them have different anatomy, physical reactions, and healing abilities.
Some of the risks are: hematoma, injury to nerves that control all the muscles of the face, infections and reaction to the anesthesia. All of these consequences could be reduced by following all the surgeon?s indications.
The first step in the facelift is to evaluate the face of the patient and then the doctors will determine the conditions that may cause any problem during the surgery. The doctor will explain the entire process and techniques that will be used in the surgery.
Before surgery, you will have to follow guidelines of eating, drinking, smoking, and consuming or evading some vitamins and several medications.
For this type of surgeries are used local anesthesia and a sedative. This will make the patient to feel sleepy.
The rhytidectomy always takes several hours depending on the procedure. Most of the time, doctors divide the surgery in two separate sessions.
A few weeks or months will be needed to get normal and to heal. All the results will be seen after a few weeks and the patients will be satisfied with their new looks.