What is plasty of face and neck?
Plasty of face and neck (rhytidectomy) is an esthetic (cosmetic) surgery that eliminates some face and neck ageing signs and allows general rejuvenation of appearance. This surgery, which is also known as “facelift”, serves to eliminate cheeks descent, decrease nasolabial fold and restore normal contour of neck and chin area. The surgery includes two main elements: – lifting of subcutaneous muscle and other thick subcutaneous tissues; – lifting of skin and removal of excess skin. If the skin of the neck is very flabby and there is a deep skin fold under the chin, an additional surgery can be performed in the area of chin to connect edges of subcutaneous muscles. What can be achieved by facelift? Rhytidectomy allows to eliminate wrinkles, sagging and flabbiness of skin on cheeks, edge of lower jaw, and fold on the neck (“turkey neck”). Facelift does not eliminate nasolabial folds, baggy lower eyelids, fine wrinkles over the upper lip, in the outer eye corners and on the forehead. Other
