Deep plane facelift

A deep pla­ne face­lift is a face­lift tech­ni­que in which the sur­ge­on works beneath the SMAS and lifts the skin and deeper tis­sue lay­ers as a sin­gle unit. The facial retai­ning liga­ments are released in a tar­ge­ted way.

Appli­ca­ti­on

This allows the mid­face to be lifted effec­tively as well, which often responds only par­ti­al­ly to more super­fi­ci­al tech­ni­ques. The method suits mark­ed laxi­ty of the cheeks, jaw­li­ne and neck and can be com­bi­ned with a neck lift. Becau­se the skin is not tigh­ten­ed sepa­ra­te­ly, the result usual­ly looks natural.

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The pro­ce­du­re is tech­ni­cal­ly deman­ding and requi­res con­sidera­ble expe­ri­ence, as the dis­sec­tion takes place clo­se to facial ner­ves. Down­ti­me is around two to three weeks, and swel­ling may last lon­ger. Com­pared with the SMAS lift, the dis­sec­tion is deeper; which tech­ni­que is appro­pria­te depends on the ana­to­my and the findings.

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