FACE LIFT
         TEMPORAL LIFT (Lateral Brow Lift) / NECK LIFT
 

Your whole outlook can be influenced by your reflection in the mirror "Forever Young" Your face is the one part of your body you can't hide with clothes, and it's the main part of your body people focus on in your personal and professional life.
              What does your face say about you?

Why the intervention?
A Face Lift can reverse some of the natural changes in facial appearance that occur with time. The natural aging process, genetic influence, sun exposure and other factors cause the skin of the face to wrinkle and sag. As a person ages, frequently facial bones begin to recede and the facial tissues then lose their support. This, combined with loss of elasticity, causes the skin to begin to sag and fit more loosely. Skin folds become more prominent around the chin, neck and jaw line.

While a face lift procedure can effectively restore a youthful facial appearance, you might require a combination of facial cosmetic surgery procedures to achieve the improvements you desire. Our patients enjoy a more complete facial rejuvenation by combining it with:

• Neck lift
• Eyelid surgery
• Brow lift or temporal lift
• Rhinoplasty (nose surgery)
 

The first consultation
In Sensual Body Dream during the first consultation the surgeon analyzes the conditions of the patient which is the best way to correct the defect.

Your surgeon will discuss, based on the laxity of your skin and your underlying bone structure, whether you would benefit most from the traditional face lift or the short-scar mini version (as well as explain the differences between the two).


Procedure
Cutting along the natural creases of your face, incisions are made to separate skin from the fat and muscle underneath, preserving your existing hairline.
Extra fat from the neck and chin is trimmed off (in some cases using liposuction to suction it away).
The muscles of the neck and cheek are tightened, excess skin is trimmed away; remaining skin is returned to its normal position with stitches, and your head is bandaged.  That's basically it, although Sensual Body Dream Medical Team is also very experienced with a mini-facelift procedure to combat the earliest signs of facial aging.


Anesthesia
Most facelifts are performed under local anesthesia, combined with a sedative to make you sleep. In some special cases general anesthesia is preferred. In that case, you'll sleep through the operation.


Duration of the operation
Between 1 hour and a half and 3 hours.
If you are having a neck lift in conjunction with liposuction, facelift, brow lift, or other surgeries, the time will vary accordingly.


How long is the patient hospitalized?
For the Face lift one day of hospitalization is usually needed.


Recovery
There isn't usually significant discomfort after surgery; if there is, it can be lessened with the pain medication prescribed by your surgeon. (Severe or persistent pain or a sudden swelling of your face should be reported to your surgeon immediately.) Some numbness of the skin is quite normal; it will disappear in a few weeks or months.

Your doctor may tell you to keep your head elevated and as still as possible for a couple of days after surgery, to keep the swelling down.

If you've had a drainage tube inserted, it will be removed one or two days after surgery. Bandages, when used, are usually removed after one to five days. Don't be surprised at the pale, bruised, and puffy face you see. Just keep in mind that in a few weeks you'll be looking normal.

Most of your stitches will be removed after about five days. Your scalp may take longer to heal, and the stitches or metal clips in your hairline could be left in a few days longer.


Results
The chances are excellent that you'll be happy with your facelift-especially if you realize that the results may not be immediately apparent. Even after the swelling and bruises are gone, the hair around your temples may be thin and your skin may feel dry and rough for several months. Men may find they have to shave in new places-behind the neck and ears-where areas of beard- growing skin have been repositioned.

You'll have some scars from your facelift, but they're usually hidden by your hair or in the natural creases of your face and ears. In any case, they'll fade within time and should be scarcely visible.

Having a facelift doesn't stop the clock. Your face will continue to age with time, and you may want to repeat the procedure one or more times-perhaps five or ten years down the line. But in another sense, the effects of even one facelift are lasting; years later, you'll continue to look better than if you'd never had a facelift at all.
 

Post Op Follow up
In Sensual Body Dream the strictest norms of quality are followed, that go beyond the intervention. For that reason detailed postoperative controls are made, so the patient feels safe and accompanied. During your stay you will have a number of consultations, to check that the process follows the natural course.


TEMPORAL LIFT / LATERAL BROW LIFT SURGERY

Frequently, one of the earliest signs of aging is the drooping or lowering of the eyebrows. This change is often overlooked, but temporal lift surgery can make a big difference.

Temporal temporal lift, also known as lateral brow lift surgery is one of the new generation of plastic surgery procedures as it works on the outer eye area - usually the first place ageing appears. This 'outer eye area' extends down the side of the face to the upper cheek. Ageing in this area has a dramatic effect on the overall appearance of the face.

Ideal for people in their 30s and 40s who are noticing the first signs of facial ageing, a temporal lift works under the skin on the outer eye area to restore the support layers of the face. The procedure has also become a routine part of a full facelift for older patients. Importantly, a deep temporal lift does not result in an obvious or overdone look.


Procedure
The temporal lift is performed through a small incision in the hairline above the temple (hence the name ‘temporal lift’). This flexible procedure lightens the hooding of the outer eyelid, reduces crows feet lines and firms the outer-eye area.

After a temporal lift the eyes again look bright and alert, which gives the whole face a fresh and well rested appearance. The procedure lightens hooding of the outer eyelid, reduces deep lines and the look of heaviness around the eyes and restores a firm outer-eye area. The result is entirely natural and patients have found that if people do comment afterwards, they are most likely to say how well and relaxed they look, or ask if they have been away on a holiday.


An additional advantage of the temporal lift is that, by correcting such an important part of the face, the overall appearance of ageing is delayed well into the future.

Indeed, this surgery has a preventive effect if performed while the patient is still young. Introducing special threads beneath the skin that will produce fibrosis in the sub dermal tissues. The threads and the fibrosis make up a structure that sustains the tissues of the area and delays the appearance of flaccidity.
Performed together with eye lift surgery (blepharoplasty) and neck lift surgery, it completely rejuvenates the face and neck.


Anesthesia
Local anaesthesia and complementary sedation.


Duration of the operation
Around 1 hour.


How long is the patient hospitalized?
The temporal lift can be done as an outpatient procedure requiring no hospitalization.
 

Recovery
There isn't usually significant discomfort after surgery; if there is, it can be lessened with the pain medication prescribed by your surgeon. (Severe or persistent pain or a sudden swelling of your face should be reported to your surgeon immediately.) Some numbness of the skin is quite normal; it will disappear in a few weeks or months.

Your doctor may tell you to keep your head elevated and as still as possible for a couple of days after surgery, to keep the swelling down.

Most of your stitches will be removed after about five days. Your scalp may take longer to heal, and the stitches or metal clips in your hairline could be left in a few days longer.


Results
The chances are excellent that you'll be happy with your temporal lift-especially if you realize that the results may not be immediately apparent. Even after the swelling and bruises are gone.


Post Op Follow up
In Sensual Body Dream the strictest norms of quality are followed, that go beyond the intervention. For that reason detailed postoperative controls are made, so the patient feels safe and accompanied. During you stay there are a number of consultations, to check that the process follows the natural course.

NECK LIFT

For some individuals, the neck starts to show signs of age sooner than the rest of the face. The skin hangs and wobbles a bit under your face and the dreaded phrase "turkey wattle" may cross your mind. Sometimes, it isn't age that determines the need for a neck lift (also called a platysmaplasty), but rather having lost considerable weight. It may even be an inherited feature you'd like to get rid of.
You may need a neck lift if you have jowls (fatty deposits at the jaw line), loose hanging skin, or if the sheet of muscles under the skin of your throat (the platysma muscle that gives platysmaplasty its name) has grown lax. This neck muscle may have begun to separate and hang, creating bands. The skin of the neck may hang like crepe paper and look like a turkey's wattle. If this is you, a neck lift can help.
Most neck lift procedures are performed on an out-patient basis. This means that you go home a few hours after your surgery.

A neck lift can be performed alone, or in conjunction with other procedures including brow lift, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery chin or cheek augmentation.
Combined, these procedures can provide a complete facial makeover.

With Sensual Body Dream your neck lift includes a combination of two procedures.
1) Cervicoplasty, where excess skin is removed.
2) Platysmaplasty, where neck muscles are removed or altered.

Cervicoplasty
The cervicoplasty procedure is performed to remove excess skin on the neck. An incision is made under your chin and/or behind the ears (or possibly in just one of these locations). The surgeon will then cut back and lift the skin, which will be secured with permanent sutures.

Platysmaplasty
The platysmaplasty procedure is performed to reduce the banded appearance of the neck. During the procedure, incisions will be made under the chin or behind the ears, (or both). The surgeon will then insert a tiny instrument to either remove a portion of specific neck muscles or realign them, which will tighten the middle area of the neck. The doctor will permanently suture areas of the muscles in order to clasp them in the best position.

After the Neck lift (Cervicoplasty + Platysmaplasty) a bandage and tape will be applied across the chin or behind the ears (or both) to reduce swelling and discomfort. An elastic bandage will be wrapped around the neck and head.

If your neck-lift requires liposuction to remove excess fat, the liposuction procedure is typically performed first. An incision will be made below the chin to remove the excess fat deposits.
The fat deposits will be removed by inserting a small cannula (a hollow tube with an opening near its blunt end) beneath the skin and into the fatty tissue. The cannula is used to break up the fat, and then remove it
from the neck area. A bandage will be applied to reduce swelling and discomfort.
The doctor may also apply a bandage around your neck and head.
Your surgeon can use different techniques to achieve a more aesthetically
pleasing neck. During your first face to face consultation your cosmetic surgeon will explain you in detail the procedure he will use.


Anesthesia
Local with sedation or general anesthesia.


Duration of the operation
Between 1 hour and a half and 3 hours.
If you are having a neck lift in conjunction with liposuction, facelift, brow lift, or other surgeries, the time will vary accordingly.


How long is the patient hospitalized?
For the Face lift one day of hospitalization is usually needed.


Recovery
If you hurt take your pain relievers. Don't tough it out and avoid taking them. It is a fact that patients with increased pain heal slower than patients who are not in pain

You may be groggy from the anesthetic and or oral medications for the first day or two. You will have to take it easy. You will also have to sleep with your head elevated for 10 days. Use two or three pillows on your bed or get a foam wedge pillow at a surgical supply store. Some people sleep on a recliner, if they have one.

You have to keep your head and neck still after a neck lift. Avoid turning your head from side to side. If you have to turn to look at something, turn your whole body, and not just your head.

Your lower face and neck will get more swollen, and possibly a bit bruised, over the first 3 days after surgery. As the days go by, the swelling and bruises will dissipate. This is part of healing.

Your sutures won't be removed until 7 to 10 days postoperative.


Post Op Follow up
In Sensual Body Dream the strictest norms of quality are followed, that go beyond the intervention. For that reason detailed postoperative controls are made, so the patient feels safe and accompanied. During you stay there are a number of consultations, to check that the process follows the natural course.
 

Note: The information offered in this Web site is directed to support and not to replace the relation between you and your doctor.

 

  CASE 1
        Complete Face Lift + Rhinoplasty + Blepharoplasty

CASE 2
        Complete Face Lift + Rhinoplasty + Blepharoplasty

CASE 3
     Complete Face Lift + Rhinoplasty

CASE 4
     Complete Face Lift + Rhinoplasty

  CASE 5
      Complete Face Lift + Rhinoplasty + Blepharoplasty

CASE 6
     Complete Face Lift + Rhinoplasty + Blepharoplasty

CASE 7
      Complete Face Lift + Rhinoplasty + Blepharoplasty

CASE 8
     Complete Face Lift + Blepharoplasty

CASE 9
      Complete Face Lift + Blepharoplasty

CASE 10 Complete Face Lift