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facelift
Sign in to saveA facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (from the Ancient Greek () 'wrinkle', and () 'excision', the surgical removal of wrinkles), is a type of cosmetic surgery procedure intended to give a more youthful facial appearance. There are multiple surgical techniques. Surgery usually involves the removal of excess facial skin, with or without the tightening of underlying tissues, and the redraping of the skin on the patient's face and neck. Surgical facelifts are effectively combined with eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) and other facial procedures and are typically performed under general a
Key facts
- Interventions.Name
- Rhytidectomy
- Interventions.Image
- Mid facelift (rhytidectomy) upper incision.png
- Interventions.Caption
- Temporal incision behind the hairline in endoscopic midface lift (rhytidectomy). Note the shiny surface of the deep temporal fascia. This plane is dissected down to the orbital rim and connected to the midface subperiosteal plane created through the sublabial incision under the upper lip, and often through a lower eyelid incision.
- Interventions.MedlinePlus
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- Anatomy.Name
- Facelift: Generally relevant anatomy
- Anatomy.Image
- Head nerves.gif
- Anatomy.Caption
- Head nerves
- Anatomy.Width
- 120
- Anatomy.Image2
- Head arteries.gif
- Anatomy.Caption2
- Head arteries
- Anatomy.Artery
- Facial artery, Temporal artery, Arteria supratrochlearis, Arteria infraorbitalis
- Anatomy.Vein
- Temporal vein
- Anatomy.Nerve
- Greater auricular nerve, Facial nerve, Mental nerve
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Cutaneous period (1900–1970)
- SMAS period (1970–1980)
- Deep plane period (1980–1991)
- Volumetric period (since 1991)
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Surgical anatomy
- Procedures
- SMAS lift
- Deep-plane facelift
- Composite facelift
- Mid face-lift
- Mini-facelift
- Subperiosteal facelift
- Skin-only facelift
- Thread lift
- MACS facelift
- Complications
- See also
- Footnotes
A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (from the Ancient Greek () 'wrinkle', and () 'excision', the surgical removal of wrinkles), is a type of cosmetic surgery procedure intended to give a more youthful facial appearance. There are multiple surgical techniques. Surgery usually involves the removal of excess facial skin, with or without the tightening of underlying tissues, and the redraping of the skin on the patient's face and neck. Surgical facelifts are effectively combined with eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) and other facial procedures and are typically performed under general anesthesia or deep twilight sleep.
According to the most recent American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery facelifts were the third most popular aesthetic surgery in 2019, surpassed only by rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty.