Houston Plastic Surgery Blog

Before you decide to have facelift surgery, you will want to schedule a consultation with Houston facial plastic surgeon Dr. Lapuerta. He will assess your face and what areas need to be targeted during your facelift surgery. Though every face is different and every patient has different and unique goals, all facelift surgeries have similarities.

A facelift will remove excess skin and tighten facial muscles to greatly reduce the signs of aging. The face will look older due to several factors that include:

• Excess skin around the face, neck, and chin
• Fine lines and facial folds due to less elasticity in the skin
• Sagging skin on the face due to stretched facial muscles

The excess skin on the face, neck, and chin will be removed and the skin will be repositioned on the face. The removal of the excess skin corrects the appearance of the jowls and sagging neck that adds to the aged look.

The muscles on the face will also be tightened. Loose muscles stretch the skin and cause wrinkles. The appearance of wrinkles are reduced by tightening the facial muscles. The skin will appear smoother and younger.

Most patients require some removal of fatty tissue. This is accomplished with facial liposuction. Some of the more common places for fatty tissue removal are:

• The cheeks
• The neck
• The chin

Removing fatty tissue will smooth out the skin, eliminate wrinkles, and reduce the risk of the skin stretching. You will look younger, slimmer, and rejuvenated.

Please contact our facial plastic surgery office if you are in the Houston area and wish to schedule a facelift consultation.