Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery Reviews
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The plastic surgery treatment of the aging face often involves a facelift surgery. A facelift is one of the top ten cosmetic procedures performed in the United States. Despite its frequent performance and its recognition by the public, it is a procedure that is usually misunderstood.
The main objective of a facelift is to make the face look younger. This can be done by removing excessive facial skin using surgical methods, as aging causes the face to lose skin elasticity as well as muscle tone.
You may be candidate for a facelift (rhytidectomy) if you have experienced a loss of skin elasticity and muscle tone of the face and neck. A facelift may also be desirable if you have the appearance of jowls and deep creases between the base of the nose and the corners of the mouth, and developed facial and neck wrinkles.
A facelift, also called a rhytidectomy, is a surgical procedure designed to remove excess fat and tighten the loose skin on the face, neck, and underlying tissues. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), 138,245 facelifts were performed in the United States last year.
Technically known as Rhytidectomy, a facelift is a surgical procedure to improve visible signs of aging in the face and neck such as sagging in the midface, deep creases below the lower eyelids, deep creases between the nose and mouth, fat that has fallen or is displaced, loss of muscle tone in the lower face that may create jowls, loose skin
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