An Aging Face? Rhytidectomy To The Rescue!

With constant breakthroughs in medical research, the average life span of the average American has increased from forty-nine in 1900 to seventy-seven in 1998. With more and more people making use of alternative medicine therapies like yoga, herbalism, diet-based therapy, etc. a person need not be 50 to be termed as old. The ‘new’ old is 30 in this health conscious time and age. In this frenzied race against time, a younger body has to have a younger face to go with it. Where is the fun in feeling younger by years if you aren’t looking younger?

Beauty creams can only get you this far. A more long term benefit is what is assured by most doctors after a cosmetic surgery. Rhytidectomy, or ‘face lifts’ as they are popularly known, rhinoplasty, chemical peels, injectables like Botox®, etc. are some of the procedures that are available not only to the rich socialite but also to the working mom and to the septuagenarian who wants to remarry.

Rhytidectomy is the most popular procedure patients opt for when it comes to improving looks. The elastic tissue of the skin weakens with age, resulting in deepening lines around the mouth and between the eyebrows. Factors like hormones, skin type and texture, exposure to intense climatic conditions, etc. are just a few of the factors that affect the aging process. Rhytidectomy involves an operation to eliminate wrinkles and tighten the skin from the neck and the face. However, while this procedure remedies the effects of aging, it does not halt the aging process. This is an important point to remember. In ideal cases, the benefits can last from 5-10 years.

At our centers at Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, the best cosmetic surgeons are available to assist you in your efforts to have a younger face with a rhytidectomy procedure. Accompanying procedures like cheek and chin augmentation, rhinoplasty and otoplasty are also provided at the Plastic Surgery Institute of California.