How Long Does It Take For A Facelift Surgery To Be Completed?

A facelift surgery is basically the reshaping of the lower half of the face with the removal of the excess skin. In facelift operations, it is aimed to correct and improve the signs of aging on the face and neck. As people get older, the skin and tissues on their faces begin to lose density. Facelift operations can tighten the deep tissue structures on the face, tighten the skin on the face and neck, remove fat tissues from the selected areas. Tightening of the sagging skin on the jawline, chin and neck, improvement in lines around the nose and mouth, tightening of the sagging, loose skin in the cheek area, removal of excess skin and fat tissue can be achieved with facelift surgeries.

The duration of a facelift surgery may vary depending on many factors. Every facelift surgery to be performed should be planned individually and specifically for the patient who is going to have the surgery. It is possible to talk about many factors such as whether the neck will be operated on along with the face, the extensiveness of the facelift surgery, skin and tissue structure of the patient, whether the patient has had similiar surgery before, whether it is combined with another operation.

The facelift surgery to be performed will take shorter if only the skin is to be draped. If deep tissues are also going to be tightened, it is expected to take longer. If the facelift surgery is focused only on the lower face and neck area, the operation may be expected to take less. If the mid-face is also targeted, it is expected to take longer.

Combining facelift surgeries with other cosmetic facial operations is common. These operations include brow lift / forehead lift operations, eyelid operations, facial fat grafting operations. If the facelift surgeries are combined with one or more of these other operations, the operation duration is prolonged.

Since there can be many variations, it is not possible to talk about a single, specific surgery duration. Taking into account the aforementioned variables, the duration of a facelift surgery generally can be said to vary from 2 to 6 hours.