Where are the incisions placed for a facelift?
Dr. Portuese places the incisions for a facelift at the area of the junction for the temporal tuft at the hairline and then behind the ear at the tragus. In the postauricular area, the incision is located in the crease behind the ear and then down along the hairline. The incision proceeds upward so that patients are able to place the hair up off their shoulders within a month or two after their surgery. The skin that is removed is the non hair-bearing skin and therefore does not give a pulled, tightened, or wind-tunneled look. Hairlines are not shifted and remain the same.
