The most visible part of your body is your face. It is also the first and most visible part of the body that shows the signs of aging. Facial aging results in a loss of skin elasticity and firmness, sagging tissue and wrinkles. These signs of aging can impact how we feel about ourselves. If you wish to look as good as you feel a facelift may be the answer for you. A facelift (or rhytidecotmy) is a surgical procedure to improve the visible signs of aging in the face and neck. A facelift smoothes the loose skin on your face and neck, tightens underlying tissues, and removes excess fat. The end result is a smoother, firmer and fresher look.

Mid-face sagging can create a deep crease below the lower eyelid (called a tear trough) and between the nose and mouth (nasolabial fold) that can make you appear tired and sad. Loss of muscle tone in the lower face or fat that has fallen may create jowls (a jaw line that sags into the neck). Loose skin and excess fatty deposits under the chin and jaw can make a person of normal weight appear as though they have a "double chin". A neck lift in combination with a face lift can address this particular problem.

A facelift, often combined with a neck lift, is designed to correct all of these aging features, giving you a more youthful rested appearance with improvement in tone in facial skin and underlying muscle and uplifted contours.

You may want to consider a facelift if you have the following concerns:

• Wrinkles, excess fatty tissues or loose skin in the neck
• A deep line runs between the corners of your nose and mouth
• Loss of well defined jaw line
• Wrinkles in the cheeks and sagging skin near the cheekbones

Good candidates for a face lift are:

• Healthy individuals who do not have a medical condition that could impair healing
• Non-smokers (achieve the best results)
• Individuals with a positive outlook and specific, but realistic goals in mind for improvement of their appearance