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Facial aesthetics are a matter of personal perspective and ethnic preferences. Facial Cosmetic Surgery in this area is aimed either at restoring some of the features that passage of time has eroded or at reshaping areas which are out of balance. Facial proportions have a significant impact on the general appearance, and we aim to give you an oversight of facial analysis as well as of your specific concern.
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Typically, procedures that address the ageing face are facelift, for the lower and sometimes mid-portion of the face, brow lift or foreheadplasty for the forehead, brow position and some impact on the upper eyelid, and the eyelid surgery.
Procedures like rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), malar augmentation or chin re-modelling ( augmentation or reduction) fall more under the perspective of re-balancing of the facial features. This has been increasingly brought together under the term facial sculpting, as more often than not the aim is to increase definition in the features of the face and improve proportions. A more recent addition to the armamentarium of facial sculpting has been buccal fat reduction, which aims to address the chubby cheeks appearance and underline the cheekbone structure.
Autologous (one's own) fat transfer and liposuction to the lower face and chin areas are surgical procedures that complement either the rejuvenation of facial sculpting efforts, by correcting either excess or deficit of facial fat. Pinnaplasty or otoplasty, for correction of prominent ears has been a part of facial cosmetic surgery for many years.
An increasing amount of facial cosmetic surgery can now be performed as a day-case and in some cases under a local anaesthetic.
As the pressure increases on most people to have less time off work or social timetable, surgery accelerate the healing phase, and one of the tools available is manual lymphatic drainage, which addresses the problems of swelling and bruising after surgery.
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Face Lift (Rhytidectomy)
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