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What are the benefits of a facelift

Facelift surgery, especially deep plane facelift, is way much more than just tightening the skin

Changes in facial aging

In order to understand the benefits of a facelift, let´s go over the changes that happen with facial ageing and how these changes are corrected or reversed.

Although the changes that happen with facial ageing are mostly seen on the skin, since it is the most superficial layer of the face, the process itself affects all layers of the face from the bone to the skin. There are several scientific studies that have clearly characterized the changes that affect the facial bones with ageing.

Resorption of the bone, the maxilla moves inward, the orbits that carry the eyes increase in size, among other changes.
Facial fat is affected by two processes: Atrophy (loss), and ptosis (vertical fall due to gravity).
Muscles and ligaments become lax and lose the ability to contain the underlying structures.
And lastly the skin loses its elasticity, stretches and becomes damaged from sun exposure and inadequate care.

Benefits of deep facelift (deep plane)

We still live in an era where most facelift surgeries are focused on tightening the skin. As you can tell from the paragraph above, this is not sufficient since it does not address the more important changes. A properly done deep plane facelift, reconstructs the deep foundation of the face to restore a long lasting youthful anatomy that looks natural. Here are some of the benefits of deep plane facelift:

Restoration of a youthful anatomy with attractive facial definition and curves.
Restoration of facial fullness and volumes when needed.
Long lasting results since most of the work is done on deep facial structures and not the skin.
Natural results without having the ´operated look´
Scars are almost invisible since there is no tension on the skin