Face Lift Surgery Abroad
The effect of ageing on the face leads to loss of skin elasticity and support for the deeper facial structures. In the upper face, this can cause the brow to droop, the upper eyelid skin to become hooded and the lower eyelids to form bags. In the mid and lower face, the facial skin, cheek fat, and superficial muscles of the face and neck tend to slacken and droop. This causes wrinkling in the neck, deepening of facial folds, smile lines, jowls (sagging skin hanging below the jawline), and deep nasolabial folds (furrow between the upper lips and cheeks).
A facelift surgery procedure which is also referred to as a rhytidectomy, is one of the most well-known and talked about cosmetic surgery procedures. It is an operation to try and reverse the effects of ageing on the mid and lower face and so rejuvenate the face to make it look younger. It is often combined with eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty surgery) to address the upper part of the ageing face.
The procedure at the glance
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Procedure : Improving sagging facial skin, jowls, and loose neck skin by removing excess fat, tightening muscles.
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Hospital stay : 3 nights (1night before + 2 nights after the surgery).
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Length : 3- 4 hours.
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Anesthesia : general.
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Side Effects : bruising, swelling, discomfort, temporary numbness, tight feeling, dry skin.
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Risks : infection, bad scarring, asymmetry, bleeding, permanent numbness, permanent nerve damage, delayed wound healing.
Stay in Tunisia : 9 nights = 3 nights at the clinic + 6 nights at the hotel. -
Recovery : Back to work: 2 weeks.
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Result : 12 weeks until final result, scars continue to improve over 18 months.