Facelift surgery or rhytidectomy as it’s known in medical terms has risen popularity as a surgical procedure that’s designed to reverse the effects of ageing by removing wrinkles.

As you age, your facial muscles tend to loosen and your skin begins to lose its elasticity, creating wrinkles and folds. Facelift surgery Yorkshire can give you a more youthful and fresh appearance by minimising wrinkles and folds. The surgery can give you a full facelift or it can simply lift your brow area, lower face or neck.

The procedure involves removing of excess or sagging skin from the neck, chin and cheek areas and then smoothing the skin whilst tightening the tissue underneath. In recent years, facelift surgery Yorkshire has become popular among men and women alike for aesthetic as well as medical (reconstructive) purposes.

What does facelift surgery involve?

A typical facelift surgery is carried out by making an incision along the hairline, starting at the temple and proceeding downwards while curving behind the ears underneath and back up to the next ear. If your jaw line is also sagging, the incision goes up to the chin. Upon completion of the incision, the skin is lifted and the overlapping excess skin is trimmed away.

What kind of results can you expect?

The results you see is dependent on the reason you underwent surgery in the first place (aesthetic or reconstructive purposes). You’ll notice that the wrinkles on your face will have gone along with the lose skin around your neck and other areas. Your face will appear young, fresh and firm.

If your expectations are realistic, you will be very happy with the facelift surgery Yorkshire. The best part is that facelift surgery results have been reported to last for 7-10 years. You must keep in mind, however, that the surgery does not halt the ageing process. Instead it will allow you to age gracefully as you look much, much younger than your actual age. Consulting with a good cosmetic surgeon will allow you to fully understand the results that you hope to get. You can even ask your surgeon to show you before and after photographs along with 2D or 3D images to get a complete understanding of what results you can expect. It is imperative that you realise, facelift surgery Yorkshire is a route to an improved look and not the perfect face.

Closing thoughts

Always ensure that you check your cosmetic surgeon’s credentials and track record before going in for surgery. You can do this by checking referrals, affiliations and of course getting details of procedures he/she has done before. The initial consultation will give you a good opportunity to clear all doubts that you may have. A good surgeon will be very patient when handling your questions and will make sure he/she takes time and explains all there is to know about the surgery in great details to ensure that your mind is at complete ease.