Facelift Benefits

    CHICAGO, IL, January 28, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The first facelift was performed in 1901, and since then it has become one of the most popular and most frequently performed aesthetic procedures today by plastic surgeons all over the world for hundreds of thousands of patients.

The facelift is a surgical procedure that helps to restore and rejuvenate the youthful look of your face. This is done by making a small incision, usually along the hairline, in order to get underneath the skin of the face. Once the incision is made, the surgeon removes excess fat, supports stretched muscles, and gets rid of loose, excess skin. Facelifts can successfully help a patient to restore a youthful appearance. Facelifts are not designed to change your look to be like someone else, rather to make you look younger, healthier, and more like the person you feel on the inside.

The benefits of facelifts are many. If you are looking for a procedure that improves your look and have realistic expectations of what a facelift can do, it may be the right procedure for you.

Improved Skin
A facelift surgery is perhaps most known for getting rid of loose, sagging skin that may hang off your face in the form of wrinkles or jowls. The procedure will tighten the skin, and trim away any excess, smoothing out the sags and wrinkles. This can be done to appear very natural by an experienced facelift plastic surgeon.

Tighter Muscles
Modern facelifts not only get rid of excess, loose skin, but they also address the muscular structure of the face. By removing excess fat that causes the skin to sag, and by rearranging the configuration of muscles, fat, and tissue under the skin, the surgeon can relieve tension on the skin that causes the unsightly sagging that you may be used to.

Better Shape
Your plastic surgeon will also work on the contour of your face to help restore a beautiful, younger look. Various techniques can be used around the eyes and eyelids to create smooth skin, around the jawbone and cheeks to eliminate sagging skin and around the chin to get rid of the appearance of a double chin.

No Visible Scarring
Because the procedure involves a small incision on the hairline, the fact that you had a facelift is virtually undetectable, especially if you have longer hair. A second incision may be made under the chin or under your nose that is also difficult to detect. While a facelift doesn't slow down aging, it may last for several years, keeping your face looking young and healthy.

Facelifts can address a variety of conditions and effects of the environment such as heredity, sun exposure, pollution and smoking. Recovery usually takes a few weeks for the complete benefits to be seen. Usually, the healing process involves the removal of stitches and several visits to your surgeon to see how you are healing. Swelling and bruising will be apparent, but should dissipate after a few weeks, revealing your younger looking, and beautiful face.

If you live in Chicago, Illinois and are interested in learning more about the benefits of a facelift, please visit the website of Chicago cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Otto Placik, MD, FACS.

Website: http://www.bodysculptor.com

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