How to Know if You Are Ready for a Facelift Consultation

·       Are you aware of knowing when you are ready for a facelift requires more thought than deciding the right timing?

·       Are you developing wrinkles around the mouth and nose?

·       Are you feeling self-conscious due to lost facial volume, hollowness around the eyes, and the upper part of the cheeks?

·       Are you in good health, physically and emotionally, and have realistic expectations with facelift surgery?

Knowing your physical and emotional status is indispensable before starting anything concerned with facelift surgery, candidacy, or benefits.

One should know that having plastic cosmetic surgery is a personal choice and never be dealt with by someone else's thoughts or advice. Only expert recommendations are valid and approved for the surgical decision if you successfully meet the required criteria to undergo the specific cosmetic surgery. And a facelift is also one of those choices.

Dr Karishma Kagodu, MS, M CH., a board-certified celebrity plastic surgeon and head of Dr Karishma Aesthetics, Bangalore, covers the physical and emotional parts of deciding whether you are ready for facelift surgery. And such clarification helps meet the realistic, unmatched results you always dreamt of.

How to Know If You Are Physically Ready for a Facelift?

A thorough assessment of your problem status is required to know your candidacy before recommending the surgical option. However, scheduling one-on-one consultation is advisable where your plastic surgeon carefully analyses your problem areas, skin type, the extent of ageing, and suitable techniques to meet the desired rejuvenation goal. Usually, most people sought-after facelift surgery in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, but what exact timing would be the best in your case requires a thorough evaluation since every patient is unique and requires a highly individualized facelift procedure. Besides timing, several other factors, such as facial ageing, having enough time to recover, and realistic expectations, can influence your decision.

Following are the prominent facial ageing signs that raise the request for a facelift are:

1.    You have deep creases around your mouth and nose: Though injectable fillers can help with less pronounced wrinkles, once the nasolabial folds between your chin and the lower corners of your mouth start getting deeper, a facelift is recommended.

2.    You have lost volume in your mid-face: If you start noticing sunken or hollow cheeks, facelift surgery can be a rescue because it not only addresses the wrinkles and deep creases but also helps restore lost volume. Dr Karishma can accomplish this by repositioning the fad pads and lifting the facial muscles that tend to slip over time. However, your cheeks look plumper and rejuvenated, and you can reverse the signs of ageing.

3.    You are unhappy with the appearance of your jawline and neck: Unfortunately, drooping skin under the chin and along the neckline can make you look years older than you are. As we age, the double chin or turkey neck and loss of skin elasticity become prominent and make us conscious as we unconsciously associate a well-defined jawline with a youthful appearance. However, facelift surgery is a rescue that can help improve the jowls and double chin and addresses sagging skin to meet the desired youthful goals.

4.    Hollowness around the eyes and upper part of the cheeks: If you are unsatisfied with the non-surgical, injectable options like fillers or Botox and want a permanent solution to eye hollowness, and sunken lower eyelid and cheeks, facelift surgery is a relatively long-term solution. Facelift surgery aims to restore lost volume and help your face again relay how you feel. 

How to Know If You're Emotionally Ready for a Facelift?

How you feel about your look and overall appearance is incredibly important for your self-confidence and self-esteem. Once you start feeling low due to wrinkles, sagging skin, and sad facial expressions due to static wrinkle signs, it is time to schedule your appointment with a board-certified plastic surgeon. Feel good factor is the first and foremost important aspect while planning for cosmetic surgery, especially when it comes to facelift surgery.

One must note that body and face are equally important when discussing overall well-being. With facelift surgery, you achieve what has been lost to time and can turn the clock back by regaining smoother and tighter skin. Thus, you will regain your confidence and refresh other areas of your life and appearance as well.

Dr Karishma Kagodu is one of the most celebrated and experienced plastic surgeons in Bangalore, India, and focuses her entire practice exclusively on plastic cosmetic surgeries/procedures such as facelifts.

Call us at +91 8042036382, +91 9108969006, +91 7624809006, and schedule your in-person consultation today.