Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Serdar Bora BAYRAKTAROĞLU

FACTS ABOUT MID-FACE LIFT

FALSE: Face lifts are exclusive to women.

TRUE: Nowadays, men who want to look both younger and healthier also have facial rejuvenation surgery.

FALSE: The stretched face does not age, it is permanent.

TRUE: Science has yet to find a solution that stops aging. For this reason, although Face Lift surgeries are procedures that can maintain their effect for the longest time, people continue to age. After these surgical or non-surgical skin rejuvenation applications, new treatments are also needed.

FALSE: After surgery, face becomes very stretched and has a unnatural expression.

TRUE: In the right hands, a natural stretched face is achieved in operations performed correctly. After face lift operations, there should be a significant natural tension compared to before.

MEDICAL AESTHETICS

FACIAL AESTHETICS

MID-FACE LIFT

IS IT NECESSARY TO WAIT A CERTAIN AGE FOR SURGERY?

Age is not the only criterion for deciding on a face lift. The skin wears out, sags and loosens over time for different reasons. Environmental and genetic effects, smoking, alcohol, diseases, sun and even not eating well also cause premature aging of the skin. In such cases, surgery may be the solution at an early age. There is no need to wait for advanced age for operations to stretch the facial skin. For sagging skin for various reasons, this type of solutions can be produced from the age of 35-40.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR?

Generally, men and women over the age of 35 are candidates for this operation. Facial Rejuvenation procedures are performed in accordance with the natural structure of the person, in order to slow down and reverse the aging process that he has undergone without differentiating it.

IN WHICH AREA DOES FACIAL REJUVENATION PRODUCE A SOLUTION?

Facial Rejuvenation operation is performed to remove the deformation of the Middle face due to sagging in the middle part of the face, deep lines under the lower eyelid, grooves descending from the edge of the nose to the edge of the mouth, sagging at the edge of the jaw.

IS THE RESULT OF FACE LIFT OPERATIONS PERMANENT?

After surgery, the aging process continues, and there is some relaxation and sagging in the stretched areas over the years, but this condition does not return to before surgery. Depending on the technique used and the characteristics of the patient, the duration of the operation varies.

WHAT IS A FACE LIFT?

Our face is like our ID card. It expresses us everywhere, reflects our energy. But sometimes we can neglect our face from the intensity. In this case, the slightest loss of volume or sagging on the face can make you tired and older than you are, even if you are rested.

In such cases, Face Lift surgery is a surgical attempt to improve the elderly appearance caused by sagging and loss of volume in the lower eyelids and cheeks of a person.

In this region, aging, unhealthy diet, insomnia and sagging due to your genetic history are solved by Face Lift surgery. Aesthetic surgery procedures performed correctly and without exaggeration can provide a softer and more beautiful aging of a person. Face lift surgery, like all face lift operations, allows you to age beautifully and naturally.

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

As a result of the examinations and decision of your surgeon Serdar Bora Bayraktaroglu, in addition to endoscopic and classical lift operations, lower eyelid surgery (lower blepharoplasty) can also be performed according to the patient’s needs. In addition, fat injections, Botox and filler can be applied as a complement during face lift surgery.

HOW IS THE OPERATION PROCESS?

Face Lift surgery is performed in the hospital. It is performed under sedation or general anesthesia. The duration of the operation takes about 3 hours according to the procedures to be performed.

IS THERE ANY SCAR LEFT AFTER SURGERY?

After each operation, there is a small scar left. Depending on the preferred surgical technique, skin incisions are made in different areas. Since these incisions are made through the natural layers, lines and scalp of the skin, the scars that will occur after healing are also hidden in these areas.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER SURGERY?

  • After face lifts, patients are kept in the hospital overnight. The next day the patient is discharged.
  • Swelling and bruising are greatly reduced within a week. * Stitches are removed after 6-7 days. * The patient can take a bath 48 hours after surgery.
  • Swelling and bruising may take 2-3 weeks to pass.
  • It can take several months for the face to fully fit and take its final shape, depending on the thickness of the skin and the procedures performed.
  • As after all facial operations, the patient must protect himself from the sun for 1 year.