Face Lift

During your surgery

The operation usually lasts around three to four hours and requires you spend one or two nights in hospital.

Once the anaesthetic has taken effect, your surgeon will perform a surgical cut around your hairline, and round the ear lobes. He may also perform cuts under your chin, if there is a need to lift a sagging jaw line.

As part of the procedure, your skin will then be carefully separated from the underlying muscles of your face, excess fat will be removed and the muscles will be tightened. The skin will then be lifted up, pulled back and any excess will be trimmed off. Stitches will be applied where the cut was initially made.

At the end of a facelift operation, your face is tightly wrapped in bandages that usually come off after about two days. Stitches are removed after 5 to 10 days.