Boston Clinic (UK) Ltd.

FACE LIFT AND BROW LIFT

A subtle removal and repositioning of the excess skin often combined with tightening and reshaping of underlying muscle and deep tissues to give more youthful appearance.

Face lift will reduce the visible signs of ageing – excess fat and skin is removed. The muscles are tightened and the skin of the face is repositioned. The patients are in their mid-thirties to sixties, but face lift can be done successfully on people in their seventies and eighties. Facelift is very personal. No two are alike. The process can make you feel younger and fitter.

	Before Operation
	After Operation

What is involved?

Face and neck lift usually takes several hours. Incision are made above the hair line at the temples pass down inside the ear cartilage at the front of the ear and continue around behind the earlobe up into crease behind the ear and off into the lower scalp hairline. A small incision may also be made under the chin to reshape the neck by Liposuction to improve the contours. The surgeon will separate the skin from fat and muscle below. Then underlying muscles are tightened. Excess skin is pulled back so it is smoother and removed.

	Incision Lines
	Incision Lines

Mini Facelift may not require overnight hospital stay or general anesthetic.
Brow or forehead lift – endoscopic brow lift and elevation of eyebrows to enhance the face at the same time. Brow lift incision is made just behind hair line. Three to four stab incision instead of the usual ear to ear incision. Brow lift will reduce transverse frown lines and sagging of the inner ends of the eyebrows to higher level. Brow lift procedure on its own can be carried out as a day case under general or local anesthetic.

What are the side effects?

There is usually swelling around the eyes after face and neck lift. Face will look a little puffy and feel rather strange and stiff. After the surgery face will be bandaged and eye pads will be placed on the eyes if eyelid reduction is done at the same time. Bandages will stay for one or two days. Eye pads will be removed after 24 hours. Sutures will be removed within five days to ten days. Drainage tubes will be removed after one or two days after surgery. Some numbness of the skin and cheek, chin and areas usually disappear in few weeks or months in some cases. Avoid strenuous activities, saunas and massage for at least four weeks.

Recovery

There is some swelling and bruising but pain is usually minimal and can be controlled with medication. By fourteen days after surgery most patients can return to work. The results are subtle and natural will last for seven to ten years. No one can stop ageing process.

How much will it cost?

From £5000.