Face Lift

Request a consultation at our practice to meet with one of our talented cosmetic surgeons and learn more about your facelift options.

To be happiest with the results of their facelift, men should have realistic expectations prior to having surgery. Prospective patients should also be in good mental and physical health. Although signs of aging on the face will be greatly diminished after your procedure, the goal is for subtle results that look realistic and not overdone.

Following their facelift, patients should look energized and more refreshed, not completely wrinkle-free. A facelift is not designed to make patients look like teenagers, and anyone who expects that result will be disappointed.

A facelift for men is planned around features that differ from a woman’s face. Incisions are usually hidden in the hairline and behind the ear, and your surgeon places them with your hairline, sideburns and beard in mind, since men often wear their hair shorter and cannot rely on longer hair to cover healing incisions. Because the skin is re-draped during surgery, beard-bearing skin may shift toward the ear, which can change where you shave.

The goal is a natural, masculine result that looks refreshed rather than overdone. Good candidates are in good mental and physical health and have realistic expectations about what a facelift can achieve. During your consultation, your surgeon will examine your face and neck, discuss your goals and recommend the type of facelift that fits your needs.

During a facelift, several incisions will be made around the facial area, usually hidden back in the hairline and behind the ear. Working through the incisions, the surgeon tightens the underlying musculature of the face and neck, and excess skin and fat will be removed before re-draping the skin across the improved framework. Sutures will be placed to close the incisions.

Depending on the amount of correction needed, the surgery may take several hours to perform. Your surgeon can perform an S lift, which focuses on aesthetic improvement of the neck, and traditional facelift to enhance the neck and mid-face, or an extended facelift which covers the neck, face, and lateral brow.

Following their facelift, men often feel both bruised and swollen before the results are visible. It can be upsetting to see a bruised face in the mirror every day as you recover. After a few weeks, the worst of the swelling should have dissipated, although the final results of your surgery won’t be visible for a bit longer.

The results of a facelift are typically long-lasting. However, no surgical procedure is able to stop the aging process completely, so you should be prepared to see signs of aging in your new face over the next several years.

The effects of aging can be minimized by wearing a hat or sunscreen to protect your skin from the sun as much as possible.