One of the most common concerns people have when considering a face lift is whether they will be left with a natural look.
Few people want to make such a major change that it’s clear to friends and family they have had facelift surgery.
Instead of aiming for a complete reinvention of your appearance, our aim is usually to help you present the best version of yourself to the world. We’d describe it as using facelift surgery to hold back time rather than reverse the ageing process.
What this means in practice is that we take a conservative approach to the amount of lifting and tightening we do during your procedure, doing just enough to get the right level of improvement in your appearance without going over the top.
Of course, much depends on your age and the condition of your skin. In you’re in your 30s or early 40s it’s likely that you can have lines and wrinkles almost entirely removed without anyone noticing you’ve had surgery. Often, a mini facelift is sufficient. This is part of the reason why we’d advocate having surgery sooner rather than later as it’s much more difficult to eradicate lines and wrinkles which have become ingrained.
However, if you’re in your 50s or older, then it wouldn’t look natural to have a face that is completely free of lines and wrinkles. For a more mature person, an enormous yet natural-looking difference can be achieved through a full facelift and by lifting the skin near the eyes, cheeks and jawline.
In plastic surgery, there’s a fine line between doing just enough and too much, but this is where the skill of an experienced surgeon pays dividends. Our practice has carried out hundreds of successful facelift procedures over the years, so we know what it takes to get great results you’ll be pleased with for a very long time.
The starting point is an initial consultation in which we carefully assess your face and discuss with you the results you’d like to achieve. A common vision between you and your surgeon is imperative to ensure we are confident we can give you the results you’re after and you can feel assured you’re making the right decision about whether surgery is right for you. It doesn’t have to be any more sophisticated than using your hands to lift your face to show your surgeon the extent of the change you’d like to see.
We then consider the best approach to achieve the right amount of lifting and stretching in the right places to ensure we make a positive difference to your appearance without going too far (or not far enough).
If your motivation to explore facelift surgery is because you’re looking older than you feel, or people comment that you look tired when you are not, then you are in good company with us as this is the case for most of our patients. Book an initial consultation to explore whether a facelift is right for you and view our gallery of before and after photos to see how we’ve helped other people to achieve natural results.
