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What is a Facelift?
A facelift, also known as a rhytidectomy, is a cosmetic procedure designed to reduce loose skin and produce a smoother, younger appearance. It helps smooth folds and wrinkles, address jowls, remove excess fat, and tighten loose skin. A facelift is often combined with a neck lift, brow lift, eyelid surgery, upper lip lift, and fat grafting for full facial rejuvenation.
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What Are the Benefits of a Facelift?
When you have a facelift done with Dr. Hassanzadeh, you can expect a vast array of benefits, including the following:
- Achieve a more youthful appearance: A facelift can take over a decade off your appearance.
- Improve facial and neck contours: A facelift can also add definition to the face by reducing jowls, removing excess skin and fat, and smoothing skin.
- Long-lasting results: While the results aren’t permanent, you can expect to turn back the clock indefinitely, meaning your face will always look younger than without the surgery.
- Minimal scarring: Because incisions are typically placed behind the ears, scars will be almost invisible.
Traditional Facelift Procedure
As with most procedures, a facelift typically will begin with the administration of general anesthesia. This ensures your comfort throughout the surgery. From there, Dr. Hassanzadeh will make the appropriate incisions along the hairline and around the ears. From there, fat may be removed or resculpted, the deep investing layer around the muscles will be lifted, and skin and deeper tissues will be smoothed and redraped over your new facial contours in a natural way, with excess skin removed. The incisions will be closed, and you’ll be ready to start the recovery process.
A facelift generally takes 3 to 6 hours, depending on the extent of the surgery.
Deep Plane Facelift Procedure
Dr. Hassanzadeh also offers a deep plane facelift for patients looking for more significant changes. During the procedure, the four ligaments that anchor the connective tissue, skin, and muscle are released, allowing the face to be reshaped and remodeled and create a more natural and dramatic improvement.
The procedure typically takes 3-5 hours to complete.
Facelift Recovery
After your facelift, you will likely have swelling, bruising, and numbness. This is completely normal and will subside within a few weeks. Dr. Hassanzadeh will prescribe pain medication to ensure you’re comfortable. You may also be given a compression garment to wear. You may have a small surgical drain placed that will be removed 1-2 days after surgery. You’ll also want to keep your head elevated when sitting and lying down, avoid smoking and drinking, and stay away from strenuous activities.
You’ll want to rest as much as possible, especially in the first few days. Most patients can return to work after 1 – 2 weeks, but it can depend on the type of job you have.
As for the final results, you will start to feel and look more like yourself after two to three months, with optimal results seen in 6 months – 1 year.
Who is a Candidate?
Ideal candidates for a facelift are typically patients who are in generally good health, nonsmokers, those with realistic expectations, and those with good skin elasticity but also sagging skin, jowls, and lines and wrinkles.
Schedule a Consultation
Put your best face forward with a facelift with Dr. Tania Hassanzadeh! With her warm, compassionate care and expertise, you could not be in better hands. To learn more about this procedure or to schedule a consultation today, call our Beverly Hills office or message us via our online contact form.
FACIAL PLASTIC SURGEON
Dr. Tania Hassanzadeh
Tania Hassanzadeh, MD, is a fellowship-trained Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon in Beverly Hills, CA. She graduated with honors in Neuroscience from Duke University in Durham, NC and completed her medical degree at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, where she was one of few graduates inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society for top academic performance.
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