plastic and cosmetic surgery clinic - Mumbai

Though there are other non-surgical procedures for facial rejuvenation such as radiofrequency, lasers, thread lifts, HIFU, etc these temporary procedures act on the superficial layers of the skin benefitting only 10 to 30 % of moderately aged skin.

Face Lift and Neck Lift

• Types of Facelift : Face and neck can be divided into upper, mid and lower face and the neck as Upper facelift or forehead- brow lift, mid facelift, lower facelift and neck lift.

• Upper Facelift : This involves taking care of the forehead and the eyebrows. In the upper facelift, the wrinkles of the forehead are corrected and eyebrows which tend to flatten with age are lifted. Depending on the amount of sagging and wrinkling, various methods have been devised including endoscopic methods with very small cuts. The cuts of upper facelifts are hidden in the hair.
• Mid Facelift : Midface lift tightens the cheek and the malar area. Of all the types of the facelift, this is the most commonly done. It can be done alone or as a part of a full facelift surgery. Different types of procedures and cuts have been described for mid facelift surgery. The approach is through the hair in the temporal area which is not seen. Endoscopes are used to reach down up to the cheek and pull the descending cheek from a hidden cut in the hairs, thus making the procedure “SCARLESS”. Mid facelift can correct the sagging of the lower part of the face also if the sagging is not too much.
• Lower Facelift : Lower facelift surgery tightens the skin in the lower part of the face, including the jowls. The cut for this type of facelift surgery is in the ear lobule crease and goes around the ear lobule to the back of the ear.