Face
Breast
Body
Butt
Fat Stem Cells
Testimonials
General
Chinese Plastic Surgery
Celebrity Plastic Surgery
What are the goals of a great face lift? Plastic Surgeons approach the face lift procedure in a variety of ways. A full facelift has several components: the browlift, the upper eyes, the mid facelift, and the lower facelift. If a patient wants to rejuvenate the face, which of these procedures are generally the most important?
In summary these are the guidelines and primary goals for achieving a great face lift:
- the face lift goal is to make you look refreshed and younger, not ‘done’
- plastic surgeons aim for a restructuring of the face, not stretching of the skin
- studies show that other people notice your eyes and upper face first–thus, if you want to improve what other people will notice most, concentrate on the upper face.
- rejuvenation of the face with a combination browlift and mid-facelift usually gives a very natural and refreshed facial rejuvenation without looking stretched or tight.
- caution must be taken with the lower facelift as some techniques used by surgeons stretch the tissues horizontally giving the face a stretched appearance
Watch my video to understand better the goals of the face lift procedure. No matter what your age, I always aim for a natural, refreshed appearance!
Ricardo L Rodriguez, MD
Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon
© Cosmeticsurg.net
![[Facebook]](http://www.cosmeticsurg.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/facebook.png)
![[StumbleUpon]](http://www.cosmeticsurg.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/stumbleupon.png)
![[Twitter]](http://www.cosmeticsurg.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/twitter.png)
2 Comments
July 22, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Sri:
The recovery is very short, because there is little pain and the face heals really fast. There is very little pain. Within 1 week the major swelling is gone.
Depending on what you have done, noticeable, but minor swelling can last up to 3 weeks.
Glad to hear the video was helpful!
July 15, 2011 at 8:11 pm
Iam 59 years old, I really enjoy your video very very good explanation. One day I want to have consultation with you. Right now always on my dream to get face lift (still need fund) to do it. I put tumb up for your lecture and make sense to me. Tell me how long is recovery time from face lift ?
Dr. Rodriguez you are really good.
One Trackback
[...] Face Lift – What is the goal of a great face lift? The primary goal of a face lift is to achieve a natural, refreshed appearance, not a ‘done’ look. Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez, a Yale trained board certified plastic surgeon explains more about achieving a great face lift in his CosmeticSurg blog. [...]