Facelifts have become more popular each year due to their amazing benefits. But are you wondering how you can make these results even better? Combining facelift surgery with other cosmetic treatments is a common practice that helps address multiple aesthetic concerns at once.

Here are some popular procedures that can be combined with a facelift for a more comprehensive facial rejuvenation. 

Benefits Of Combining Procedures With A Facelift

Combining a facelift with additional procedures will be very beneficial as it will provide more comprehensive and natural looking results.

While the facelift will address deep wrinkles and sagging skin in the lower part of the face, it will not address other issues such as volume loss, issues around the eyes, and the texture of the skin.

By combining other procedures such as blepharoplasty, neck lift, or brow lift, you will achieve a more balanced and rejuvenated facial appearance.

Another important advantage that comes from combining additional procedures with a facelift is that the patient will need to go through with only one recovery period, which will also affect the overall cost of the treatments.

This approach will also help the surgeon provide better outcomes, resulting in a more harmonious and refreshed look. 

Best Procedures To Combine With A Facelift

Necklift

Our faces and necks have the same anatomical structure. Many patients with lower facial sagging or deep wrinkles will show visible signs of aging in the neck, which cannot be addressed with non-surgical treatments.

Combining a facelift with a neck lift surgery will help achieve more thorough and natural-looking results, which will greatly affect the appearance of your face. 

Patients who choose to go through the facelift without including the neck lift will notice that they will still look older, putting more emphasis in the untreated area. This will result in an asymmetrical and unnatural appearance. Imagine a younger face, with loose skin on the neck. 

Here are the benefits of combining a facelift with a neck lift and the issues that will be addressed: 

• This combination of procedures will help address marionette lines and other signs of wrinkles around the mouth area. 
• Sagging around the jowls and cheek area. 
• Loss of definition around the jawline.
• Addressing “turkey neck”, which is common in older adults.

Choosing to go through with a combination of both procedures provides other benefits as well, such as saving money on anesthesia and the operating room cost. Also, you will only need to recover once, which means you will not need to go through the pain and discomfort with two different procedures. 

What Is Recovery Like After A Combination Facelift And Neck Lift?

Following surgery, you can have mild to severe pain, bruising, and swelling. To reduce these symptoms, bandages will be applied to the incisions to apply little pressure. During the early stages of recovery, a little drain will be positioned behind one or both ears to remove extra fluid.

If your job doesn’t involve strenuous activities such as lifting, you can return back in just one week. However, listen to your body and try to rest as much as possible. This will promote a faster and easier healing process. 

How Long Do Results Last?

The combination of both facelift and neck lift will offer amazing results which will last for a period of 8 to 15 years. But keep in mind that since aging cannot be totally stopped, you will still notice signs of it after some years. If the patient desires, they can address this issue with another procedure in the future. 

Aνόρθωση φρυδιών

A brow lift reduces frown lines and forehead wrinkles by raising drooping eyebrows. By targeting the upper part of the face, this procedure enhances total facial rejuvenation and is a good complement to a facelift. 

Patients who go through with this combination usually notice that their forehead and eyes appear more open and rejuvenated.

The Benefits

Combining a facelift with a brow lift will offer many benefits for the patients, including:

• A complete face rejuvenation.
• If signs of aging are visible and the eye area is not addressed, you may not look as refreshed as you’d like.
• You will not need to go through two recovery periods, which will also save you a lot of time and money. 
• Both procedures complement each other well.

Χειρουργική επέμβαση βλεφάρων (βλεφαροπλαστική)

Blepharoplasty also known as eyelift surgery is a common procedure which aims to adress the fat and excess skin around the eye area. This practice will reduce puffiness and dropping.

Combining this procedure with a facelift will help the patient feel younger and more refreshed. Since a facelift itself doesn’t target the eye area, it is a good idea to consider combining it with an eyelid surgery for better results.

Why Combining Blepharoplasty With A Facelift Is A Good Idea

Cost effective and time saving

When it comes to plastic surgery the recovery process plays an important role. While the initial healing after the facelift will not take long, still a couple of weeks will be necessary for them to fully recover. 

Now imagine, doing two surgeries and going through with only one recovery time. Patients who choose this approach will double the results that they can receive from a procedure but also reduce the recovery time. This will be very efficient for many people.

Better Results

While the facelift targets the lower part of the face, addressing the cheeks, jowls and wrinkles, it will not address the eye area.

For patients who want to have a more refreshed look and want to seem younger from the forehead to the chin, combining a facelift with blepharoplasty will be an ideal choice. 

Blepharoplasty will target areas that a facelift will not. It will smooth the skin on the upper or lower eyelids, depending on what areas the patient wants to address.

Eye Lift surgery will treat several issues around the eye area, such as drooping eyelids, bags under the eyes, and deep wrinkles. 

Προετοιμασία

If you are considering going through with any surgery, in this case, a combination of blepharoplasty and facelift, you will need to stop smoking 4 to 6 weeks before the surgery.

This is important since cigarettes contain harmful compounds that will affect blood circulation, which will prolong the healing process and increase the risk of infections.

Additionally, it is also important that the patients stop taking blood thinners to minimise the risk of excess bleeding and severe bruising after the treatment. 

Αποτελέσματα

A combination of blepharoplasty and facelift will offer amazing results that you will start to notice after only 2 weeks. However, the final results will take a little longer, and you will have to be patient.

After approximately 8 weeks, it is usually advised for the patient to return to their normal everyday activities. 

For the results to last as long as possible, it is recommended to maintain a healthy diet, regular exercise and a good skincare routine, including the use of sunscreen daily. 

Rhinoplasty (Nose Surgery)

Rhinoplasty and facelift are two of the most common requested cosmetic procedures performed by plastic surgeons. But have you ever wondered how these procedures complement each other?

Rhinoplasty also known as a nose job will aim to treat imperfections of the nose to offer better facial harmony. Facelift on the other hand will address wrinkles and sagging of the skin to make the patient seem younger and more refreshed.

A combination of these procedures will definitely improve facial symmetry and boost self-esteem. Furthermore, we will delve more into details about the benefits that this technique will offer.

The Benefits Of Combining A Facelift With Rhinoplasty

Improved facial appearance

The combination of a facelift with rhinoplay will be very beneficial for a lot of patients as it will create a more balanced facial appearance. 

Facelift will address wrinkles and sagging, while rhinoplasty will address imperfections of the nose. A combination of the two will help the patient achieve perfect harmonious facial appearance.

After a facelift alone, the nose may appear different due to changes in facial proportions once the skin has been tightened. Addressing both areas at the same time can provide a more balanced and natural look.

Faster and easier healing

Combining a facelift with rhinoplasty means you only have to go through one recovery period. This will help reduce the overall downtime,

It will be much easier experiencing swelling and bruising only once then going through with the same process two times. This will help patients save time and money, and they will be able to return to their everyday activities much sooner.

Facial Implants

Facial implants come in two different types: chin implants and cheek implants. Both of them will make your face look more defined and contoured. 

If the patients want to combine achieving this look, the implants will be easily placed by a plastic surgeon on the same day as the facelift. This will enhance both facial structure and aesthetics.

For those looking to make their facial features more pronounced this combination will be a great idea.

Facelift And Cheek Implants

When you combine a facelift with cheek implants, you get the look you want: younger, more refreshed, and better-shaped.

First, if the cheeks, chin, and neck are sagging or drooping, a surgeon will recommend a facelift, which involves removing extra skin and tightening the muscles in the face. Following this process, you will need some time to heal from the incisions, which usually takes a few weeks.

Because of the initial swelling and bruises, you can’t put in cheek implants right away. Also, the skin on your body has been pulled tight, and it may take some time to get used to its new position.

After your skin on your face has healed, doctors can put in cheek implants to give your midface the fullness and shape you want. This two-step process works well because it gives the body time to heal between steps.

You can smile, talk, and look better after getting cheek implants. The area around the cheeks usually starts to look rounder, firmer, and more pointed. Once the cheek implants are in place, the patient looks better and has better facial features.

Plus, the lower part of your face looks better when the middle part of your face looks younger and the skin is tighter. This might help your chin stand out more and reduce the number of lines around your mouth.

Facelift And Chin Implants

A lot of people have weak chins or jawlines, so fixing them is often done as a separate operation. A little extra projection on the chin also works wonders for a lot of features. 

Patients often choose to get a chin implant instead of undergoing rhinoplasty or other cosmetic treatments. This is due to the fact that the chin serves as the defining point for how the face looks.

When the chin is receding or short, the neck muscles look more droopy. Therefore, you may look older in a few years, and no one will be able to pinpoint the exact cause.

Even if your nose is proportionate to the rest of your face, a tiny or messy chin might make it seem bigger.

So many people get the self-esteem boost they need from chin implant surgery that they don’t even require rhinoplasty. With the chin implant positioned over the jawbone, the face as a whole will look more balanced and beautiful.

Combining a facelift with chin implants might lead to even better outcomes. A chin implant, unlike a cheek implant, is put directly on the jawbone to provide the appearance of a larger and more prominent chin. Plumping up any drooping skin on the lower face might make you seem years younger.

The appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth might also be diminished with a more prominent jawline because it lifts and tightens the skin on the lower face.

The best outcomes from chin implants and a facelift, according to many cosmetic surgeons, are achieved when done together. So, before deciding whether this is the right treatment approach for you, it is important to consult with a skilled plastic surgeon who can figure out how to get the results you want.

Λιποαναρρόφηση

Last but not least, we have liposuction. Liposuction is a surgical procedure that aims to remove excess fat from the neck and the jawline area, offering a more defined and sculpted jawline.

Since a facelift doesn’t address fat on the face, choosing to combine both the procedure will further define facial contours. This approach will be especially beneficial for those patients who are looking to address their double chin or jowls.