How is facelift performed?

How is facelift performed?

There are a variety of different ways that a facelift is performed, but for the most part all types of facelift do the same procedure. That means elevating or increasing the amount of soft tissue on the face, raising it from where it's down here to up here. And then on the skin, a facelift usually entails removing or resecting extra skin, skin that's been sagging or hanging down. And really what's changed in facelift procedures is the size of the incision and where the scars are. In the old days facelifts used to make a big scar, which would go from in front of the ear to right behind the ear, and now these days we're making shorter scar facelifts. But the facelift procedure itself is pretty much the same. Remove excess skin, tighten the underlying structures.