The evolution of Facelift

The facelift, one of the most popular of all cosmetic procedures, has progressed. Despite the extensive peels, laser treatments, and dermabrasion techniques available today, the face is the technique that patients turn to when their jowls, neckline, and the areas around the middle of the face begins to sink, or when their wrinkles face and the folds become deeper.
  The face lift a few decades ago, involving the removal of the outer layer of skin and reposition it. While it appears that patients with skin tightened, the results are often unnatural and short-lived. As the medical community has come to find not only the skin becomes lax with age – the muscles and ligaments are also responsible.
  The next step in the evolution of the face was the SMAS technique. With raising the level of underlying facial muscles and the outer layer of the skin, much higher, more lasting result was achieved. Where the withdrawal of the superficial musculoaponeurotic system, or SMAS layer, connecting the system to support the skin fibrosis is more rigorous.
  However, surgeons have recently discovered a new level that contributes to facial laxity and lack of definition in both younger patients and older, and those who are genetically predisposed to undefined necklines and deep wrinkles of the face. The most recent was called to issue third layer of tissue that contains suspensory ligaments that support the muscle. They also tend to become lax, loosening the muscles and folds of the skin and causes premature to cheeks and around the mouth. Tightening of the ligaments, the nasolabial folds, deep wrinkles running from nose to mouth on both sides of the face, is softer. In the past, little could be offered to patients who wanted to get rid of those pesky under the folds of collagen injections.
  The results of the three layers of images are more lasting, because the doctors, while the strengthening of the three plans for repositioning of tissues: skin, muscles and ligaments.
  Patients interested in three layers of image must find a plastic surgeon who has experience in the implementation of these imaging techniques. While the results tend to be better and more durable, new techniques also require a better understanding of the anatomy of the face to avoid complications.