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If you are considering ritidoplasty facial...
You
will benefit from this surgery if you have one of the following conditions
or any combination of them:
- a man or a woman of any age that feels their face is older than their
mind
- deep line or furrow running from the corner of the nose to the corner
of the mouth
- fallen cheeks or deep wrinkles in the cheeks
- fallen cheekbones
- loss of the jaw profile - a sign of youth
- fallen tip of the nose
- fine wrinkles on the lips and chin
- excess skin and bags on the eyes (see eyelid
surgery);
- fallen or a lowered position of the eyebrows
- horizontal deep wrinkles on forehead
- depression or "lines of expression" between the eyebrows
- wrinkles at the base of the nose (seeforehead
rejuvenation).
How is the surgery performed?
- local anesthesia and sedation;
- incisions are hidden in the contour of the ear
- treatment of the muscle layer
- reduction of the fat where there is excess
- removal the excess skin
- the patient will be in the hospital for a few hours, and go home
on the same day
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Direction
of the muscle tension.
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Postoperative:
- the dressings are removed after 24 hours
- the stitches are removed after 7 days
- return to normal activities after 12 days
- your hair and make up can disguise the scars
- the scars are almost not noticeable, but there are unanticipated
individual variations
- for the first month, must avoid activities in the sun
What are the possible complications?
- complications are not very frequent
- smokers are subjects to a slow healing process
- bruising and small necroses of the skin are possible
- if treated carefully, they will not affect the final result
How long does the result take?
- the removed tissues do not come back, but the aging process continues.
For example: a person that is 50 years old and that appears his age,
after surgery will appear 40 years old; and when he is 60 years old,
he will appear 50 years old
- some people feel the need to have another surgery; other people do
not
- this depends on varying hereditary and lifestyle factors, even though
the aging process continues
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