Face lift

A face lift (Anglicism) or smoothing or replanning indicates a operation Cosmetic surgery intended to correct the depression of the Peau, generally due to the Vieillesse. The technique consists in taking off the skin then to retighten it. The Visage is generally the object of smoothing.

Sources of the depression of the skin

The causes of the depression of the skin are due at the same time to the Gravité but also to intrinsic factors (resistance of elastic fibers of the face) and extrinsic (exposure to the factors of pollution, tobacco, sun). The recent analysis of the mechanisms of the ageing of the face shows that all the structures are concerned: osseous cast iron, lubricating cast iron, displacement of the fibrous and muscular structures, unequal storage of fatty fabrics in the Neck and bajoues.

Technique

The surgical correction complex, is sophisticated, and must lead to a result as natural as possible; the exploitation of SMAS (system musculo aponevrotic of the face) and the correction of the tissue involutions of the lips and furrows nasogéniens allow an at the same time spectacular and satisfactory result in the majority of the cases.

The smoothing, of which there exist many technical alternatives, is a complex operation, often moreover combined with an operation of the eyelids and treatments of cutaneous Resurfaçage. Many progress was accomplished in order to increase comfort périopératoire and the safety of those which have recourse there.

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