Facelift and neck lift

A facelift or neck lift aims to achieve an authentic and long-lasting result.

Appointment

Indication

Your face reflects your identity and mood. With advancing age, the decreasing elasticity of the skin and the sagging of facial muscles and fat compartments lead to wrinkles and changes in the shape of the face. These signs of ageing can affect your appearance and be experienced as a contradiction to your inner vitality.

Treatment

A facelift, usually performed as a lower face and neck lift, tightens and repositions sagging tissue to restore the original facial contours and make the face and neck appear younger and fresher

A facelift often also includes a forehead lift, eyelid correction, brow lift. Sometimes the facelift is combined with autologous fat grafting (lipofilling). For an extended neck correction (platysmaplasty), an additional incision is required under the chin.

Our technique focusses on natural results without exaggerated changes.

Aftercare and result

The head bandage is removed one day after the operation and you can then carefully wash your hair. Some of the sutures are removed after 2 to 3 days, the rest after a week. Feelings of tension and bruising usually subside within 7 to 14 days. Cooling the operated area in the first few days is important to minimise swelling and bruising. However, cooling of any autologous fat grafts should be avoided.

The results of a facelift are clearly visible after the swelling has subsided in the first 2 to 3 weeks and usually last around 10 years before a new facelift can be considered.

We look forward to explaining our comprehensive approach to facelift and neck lifting in a consultation.

Summary

Type of intervention

inpatient under general anesthesia

Pain level

moderate

Suture removal

resorbable sutures

Scars

in front of and behind the ear and in / behind the hairline, under the chin

Final result

12 months

Return to regular activity

1-2 weeks

Avoid sport

4 weeks

Cost

from 14 000 CHF