Question:
I am worried about my upcoming facelift making my face look too tight. What do you do during the surgical procedure to prevent this?
Answer:
I think that the days of the overdone facelift are finally behind us. Nobody wants an overdone look from a facelift. The way I avoid this appearance is to make sure that the pull and lift of the facelift does not come from the skin itself. There is a much stronger layer of tissue just beneath the skin called the SMAS. All of the tension that I place on the face during a facelift is placed on the SMAS. The skin is then gently redraped over the newly positioned SMAS. The amount of skin that I can remove in this fashion is significant and the skin is placed under no tension thus, avoiding the overdone facelift appearance.
Posted by Dr. Philip Schoenfeld
Dr. Schoenfeld
Philip S. Schoenfeld, M.D., F.A.C.S.