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

Facelift and necklift surgeries aim to achieve rejuvenation by improving the present signs of aging in the face and neck. Facelift and necklift operations can be expressed as a restoration work for the face and neck.

Tightening of the loose skin along the jaw line, reduction in the deep lines around the mouth and nose, removal of the excess, sagging skin around the cheeks, chin and neck, as well as the excess fat tissue, tightening and repositioning of the deeper tissues in the midface, can all be performed with the facelift and necklift surgeries. In addition, definition in the face can be increased by facelift surgeries, providing an overall firmer face and a more youthful appearance.

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 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 similar interventions on their face before, whether it is combined with other procedures.

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 surgery may be expected to take less time. If the mid-face is also targeted, it is expected to take longer.

Combining facelift surgeries with other surgical procedures is common. These procedures include brow lifts / forehead lifts, eyelid procedures, facial fat grafting. If the facelift surgeries are combined with one or more of these surgical procedures, the surgery duration will be 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 vary from 2 to 6 hours.