The face loosens and sags down after 40 years of age. First the eyebrows come down, then the midface drops around the nose creating tear trough lines under the eyes and folds between the cheeks and lips. If left untouched drooping folds occur on both sides of the mouth on the chin.

Facelift procedure is not a single operation, but the name of a group of surgical techniques that redrapes the faces in an upward vector. The technique is chosen according to the patient's needs. For patients in their 40s, a midface lift can be performed endoscopically together with a brow lift, or from the lower eyelids during a lower lid blepharoplasty. For over 50s a full face lift is required with incisions (cuts) passing in front of the ears, as the jaw and neck have to be addressed.

Operation Highlights:

5-hour surgery
General anesthesia
The patient should not be smoking from 2 weeks prior to surgery
2 day hospital stay
Stitches are removed on the 5th day
7-9 day stay in the country is necessary
There will be some edema and some bruises for 2 weeks
The results will settle in 6 weeks