Popular Types of Cosmetic Surgery

Facelift

Rhytidectomy, commonly known as a facelift, is one of the surgical procedures that are very effective in reversing the visible signs of aging. A good facelift can allow you to look 10 years younger than your age. For this reason, it is one of the most popular types of plastic surgery nowadays.

The face lift, as its name connotes, aims to lift the skin, and therefore tighten it to reduce sagging or laxity.

This procedure can bring back a more refreshed and youthful look to the face by targeting problem areas, like sagging cheeks and jaws, as well as a less prominent jawline.

In contrast to what majority of people think, a facelift is not that effective in removing wrinkles that already exist. However, it can slow down the rate by which new fine lines and wrinkles develop.

You can choose from among the several types of facelifts available. For instance, you can get a mini-facelift, which lifts only some parts of the face to tighten areas that are beginning to sag. This involves a shorter recovery period, as well as lower costs as compared to other forms of facelifts. There is a wide range of face lifts and each offers its own treatment options.

Eyelid Surgery

Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) aims to restore a more youthful look to the face by removing the excess sagging skin surrounding the eyes. This is surgically excised from either the upper or lower eyelid to get rid of sagging.

As an example, surgery on the upper eyelid can take away the skin that hangs just above the eyes underneath the eyebrows. This tends to make a person look aged, and even worse, may start to disrupt normal vision.

Lower eyelid surgery can solve bags under the eyes called “eye bags”, another cause of tired looking eyes.

Whatever type of procedure you choose, the excess skin will be removed together with the underlying fat and muscle. This will result to a scar which is hardly seen, and could be naturally concealed within the skin folds.

In general, those who go through eyelid surgery get positive results, since their eyes look brighter and wider, giving them a more refreshed, wide awake look than they used to have.

Forehead Lift

Some people complain about wrinkles on their forehead. Instead of getting a full face lift, they just opt for a forehead lift, sometimes known a “browplasty” or a “brow lift”.

A brow lift could counter the aging signs that are visible on the uppermost part of the face.

Such procedure can help reduce or get rid of deep frown lines, creases between eyebrows, a low brow line and sagging eyebrows.

This brings about an improvement in your appearance by letting you look younger than your age and more alert.

Though you can get the same outcome with Botox injections, the results are just temporary, so in the long run, many people decide on a forehead lift since it gives them a more lasting solution.

Brow Lift

For a more natural looking effect than Botox, opt for surgical forehead lifts – though they go together with the drawback of leaving some kind of scarring behind.

Fortunately, the good news is that the scars brought about by the surgery can be concealed well within the hairline – though this can be a problem for men who have a receding hairline.