What types of facelifts are there?

A facelift is a treatment performed when the skin of your face is sagging due to age. During the procedure, the skin and underlying muscle and connective tissue are tightened and lifted. This gives your face, neck and jawline a youthful contour. Watch our videos below where Dr Thanya Tha-In explains exactly what a facelift entails.

Take plenty of rest in the week after your treatment. Make sure someone can help you.
Sleep in the supine position on 2 pillows. This reduces the risk of post-bleeding and swelling. It promotes healing.
In the first two weeks after treatment, do not press, push, lift or bend.
We advise you not to smoke until the sutures are removed. Smoking increases the risk of complications.
Avoid intensive chewing of solid food. This will put pressure on the sutures in the face.
Do not drink hot drinks, such as tea or coffee, to avoid facial congestion.
Swelling and bruising gets worse in the first three days and then slowly subsides.
It is wise to keep moving normally. This is good for circulation and wound healing.
Do not undertake heavy and strenuous work or sporting activities for the first six weeks.
Plan you socialising. Stay home for a week. The treated area will look blue, swollen and bruised for the first week. Scars may also be red and swollen immediately after treatment. This is sometimes a bit of a shock.
One to two weeks after a facelift, you are usually presentable again and can resume your social activities.
We advise you not to expose the scars to UV sunlight and/or the sunbed for 3 months after surgery.
Avoid emotional excitement. After a few weeks, everything will be fine.

With any surgical treatment, there is a chance of a complication. Therefore, it is important to be aware of the procedure and its possible complications. There is the risk of an allergic reaction, bleeding or infection. The chance of this is very small. Our instruments are single-use and of the best quality. We work with very fine needles and fine diathermy, so as to minimise trauma to the tissue as much as possible.Specific complications of a facelift are nerve damage, asymmetry, hair loss, formation of hypertrophic scars and numbness of part of your face. The latter is usually not permanent.

A facelift is suitable for people who want a natural change in their face, and to remedy sagging that has developed over the years. The degree of sagging skin and underlying tissues determine whether a facelift is necessary. The surgeon will always assess which type of lift can give you the best results. The age for a facelift can range from 40 to 70 years. Although we recommend not doing a surgical lift after the age of 70. The reason is that with age, the lower layer is often seriously sagging and therefore cannot be lifted properly.

Face slimming: this unique treatment consists of a combination treatment of liposuction neck and buccal fat removal. Faceslimming is suitable for people with a full face who want more definition in their face. This procedure is recommended when the skin quality is firm. By performing extensive liposuction of the neck, combined with buccal fat removal, the right accents are added to the face to make your face look slimmer and more youthful.

The S-Lift: this involves lifting only the skin of the cheek, which is why the procedure is also known as a 'mini lift' or 'mini facelift'. This technique is suitable up to a certain age and if sagging has been limited to the upper layer of the skin. If there is also sagging of the underlying tissue layers, the MACS-Lift or a facelift will be a better choice.

The MACS lift: here, not only the skin of the cheek is lifted, as in the S-Lift or minilift, but also the underlying supporting tissue is included ( the SMAS layer). This technique is suitable when the face is sagging on several layers. This is often from age 45 to 50. The jawline and neck are not included in a MACS lift.

Facelift: In a facelift, an incision is made in front of the ear and behind the ear. In the process, the skin and underlying connective tissue layer (the SMAS layer) are lifted. A Facelift is a more extensive lift than a MACS lift. In fact, in a Facelift, the jawline is lifted. This lift can be done according to different techniques such as a plication of the SMAS layer or a deep plane Facelift. Under surgeon will personally advise you which type is most suitable for you.

Face and neck lift: In a face/neck lift, an incision is made in front of the ear, behind the ear and under the chin. In the process, the cheeks, jawline and neck are lifted. Also, the underlying layers namely the SMAS layer and the neck muscles (the platysma muscles) are lifted using a special technique. In this way, the cheeks, jawline and neck are lifted in a natural and sustainable way so that you can enjoy the results for longer.

Neck lift with platysmaplasty: In the neck lift with platysmaplasty, the focus is entirely on the neck. An incision is made behind the ears and under the chin. After extensive liposuction of the neck, the neck muscles are lifted by suturing them together (platysmaplasty). This gives you a youthful, beautiful jawline without scarring in front of the ears. The face is not lifted in this procedure.

Signature Lift: A Signature lift is a unique facial lift performed by Dr Tha-in. It consists of a combination treatment of buccal fat removal, liposuction of the neck and then lifting of the face and neck. This lift not only tightens your face but also accentuates it at the right points to make you naturally more beautiful in a defined way. Dr Tha-in will be happy to discuss this with you personally.

A facelift is a treatment performed when the skin of your face is sagging due to age. During the procedure, the skin and underlying muscle and connective tissue is tightened and lifted. This gives your face, neck and jawline a youthful contour.Watch our videos below where Dr Thanya Tha-In explains exactly what a facelift entails.