Facelifting


Plastic face surgery - Facelift (Rhytidectomy)

Duration of operation: 3 hours
Anaesthetic: general anaesthetic
Minimum stay in Sopron (from a surgical point of view): 2 nights
Recommended stay: 1 week
Stitch removal: 1 weeks after surgery

The skin of our face loses its tautness; it begins to hang and receives folds by the age. This is the natural ageing process of the skin, to which the atony of the layers deep under the skin of the face (like mimic muscle, rolls of fat) belongs as well.

Information about Face-lifting

The operation does not only consist of the removal of surplus skin but also of the lifting of the mimic muscles of the face and the skin. Surplus fat pads will also be removed. One has to differentiate between the standard lifting with a correction of the cheek and the neck; the extended lifting that includes the forehead and the eyelids, and the so called mini-lifting or smooth lifting that includes only a lifting of the middle face.

During your stay, either several light treatments or lymphatic drainages will be carried out that will speed up the healing process.

Conventional facelift: means making the whole face skin tight and the unnecessary skin is slit out during the intervention. The incision commences from the temple part and continues front and behind the ears, ending at the hair covered nape part. This means a heavier operational burden, with longer recovery time. This occurs generally, between the age of 50 - 70 years.

Mini facelift: The incision is made front of the ear, so that the effect is around the chin and the upper neck part. This is a smaller operational intervention; goes with less complications, shorter remedy time and is also performed around the age of 40.

Forehead tightening: done with short incisions by the help of the endoscope and good results are achievable.

There is no age limit for a facelift, but the prerequisite of the operation is a general good state of health. Certain illnesses like high blood pressure or diabetes are risking the operation success and complications could easily occur. Smoking could be a danger, therefore the operation can only begin when the patient stopped smoking in the preceding weeks. The operation is generally accomplished in general anaesthesia; however a local anaesthesia is also a possibility.

Prior to the operation laboratory tests (blood and urine, probably ECG) are necessary. With a local anaesthetic operation there is a chance for the patient to go home after a few hours resting. However, after a general anaesthesia the patient is obliged to spend a night in our clinic. Following the operation around the wound a thin drain tube is lead out to suck the generated sanies out, which is removed within 24-48 hours. Following the intervention, a press band is put on the head - leaving only the face free. The patient has to wear it for a week.

In the first days swelling can occur on the face or light discolouring, haemorrhages can occur around the eyes. Since the 7-8th day the band is no longer necessary, and the hair can be washed, however, the last stitches removal takes only place on the 10 - 14th day. Rest at home is advised for two weeks. For control and bandaging, twice or three times the patient has to return. After the operation it is suggested to sleep on higher pillows and consume light, chewable meals. In the first week bending, lifting of heavy objects, any sport or exhausting physical work is prohibited. Sun bathing, solarium, hot/spicy meals and consuming alcohol are also forbidden. Hair colouring, make up are available after three weeks, while sunbathing, solarium after 6-8 weeks.

Serious complications because of a face-lifting are rarely occurring.
Smaller problems can be handled by proper post treatments.

Such as:

  • secondary bleeding (4-5%),
  • temporary skin disorder sensibilities are rare and disappear after a few months,
  • skin necroses behind the ears (less than 1%)
  • inflammation, longer standing swelling, oedema very rarely occur
  • thick scarring or hair loss, hair thinning at the incision line can be solved by post corrections
  • injury of facial muscles is very rare (0,1 %), by which the unpleasant result could be in the asymmetric facial muscle movement.

Approximate surgery costs:

Face-lifting:2900 €
general anaesthesia:350 €
 100 € for overnight stay under supervision of a stuff nurse - obligatory
Forehead-lifting:1300 €

The ultimate decision about the possibility of a partial or complete face-lifting or forehead lifting surgery is made by one of our cosmetic surgeons after a consultation.

A first consultation costs 20€. If you decide to have the surgical intervention, the 20€ will be refunded or deducted from the total sum of the operation. Our prices given are standard prices.

Payments with credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American express) are possible only in the dental clinic and at the plastic surgery! Accommodation and/or cosmetic treatments must be paid in cash! All our prices contain the legally prescribed value added tax.

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