Facelift Surgery

There’s no denying it: everyone wants a face that looks younger than their years, right? But to get skin that looks younger, brighter and smoother, many people turn to skincare, clinic treatments and even various vitamins, all of which take a long time to show results.

Today we’d like to introduce a faster shortcut. The procedure we’re about to discuss is one we’re sure everyone has heard of: facelift surgery, which is hugely popular both in Thailand and abroad.

Facelift surgery is a procedure that has long been established in Thailand and around the world, helping to address wrinkles. Total Facelift and Total 3D Facelift™ were developed to fix the weak point of older methods by lifting the face at the SMAS muscle layer.

Facelifts in the past only pulled the shallow skin layer and did not reach as deep as the SMAS layer, so they did not last long and the skin soon sagged again because it had not been pulled smooth and firm. They also left wrinkled, creased skin in front of the ears that looked unnatural. As innovation and technology are constantly updated, facelifts today have advanced enormously. SLC Hospital continually updates to modern equipment, and our surgeons never stop developing new techniques, with as many as 2 techniques that improve on the old ones:

Total Facelift surgery 

The new-style Total FaceLift, or Signature Facelift, is a technique developed by the surgeons of SLC Hospital. It lifts 2 or more areas of the face, reaching as deep as the SMAS muscle layer, and smooths out creased, sagging skin, effectively tightening it along the contours and structure of the face. This technique does not involve fat injection in the face, and helps the face look younger. In addition, the surgeon hides the incision neatly behind the ear so the scar is hard to see, and the face stays tight longer than with old-style lifts. It is suitable for people with relatively high facial volume, wrinkled, sagging skin, and clearly visible nasolabial folds and wrinkles.

Total 3D Facelift™ surgery

Another lifting and tightening technique for a younger look at SLC Hospital, developed from Total Facelift surgery to solve the problem that arises when facelift patients have low facial volume, leaving the face hollow and lacking dimension. So a technique was developed to add fat from your own body, filling the T-Zone and the nasolabial fold area. This method makes the face look softer and the skin look plump and bouncy, revealing a naturally youthful face.

Facelift surgery has been well received among public figures, actors, celebrities and well-known influencers. Besides making the face look younger, it also changes their image and gives them more self-confidence.

But you can’t just decide you want a lift and go ahead, because the surgeon has to assess many things. If you have a lift and your face doesn’t change, not only have you wasted money, you’ll be left upset with a face that looks the same as before.

Of course, a problem SLC Hospital sees very often is clients who think a facelift is the only way to solve their problem, when in fact some people may only need a brow lift to open up the eyes, and they can look younger. That’s why facial analysis before a facelift is important. In facial analysis, the surgeon follows a detailed process and must consider several factors, as follows:

1. How much or how little volume the face has
2. How much the facial skin has started to sag
3. How much the bone structure has receded

The doctor then considers different parts of the face to apply the appropriate techniques, looking at 3 sections of the face: 1) from the hairline to the eyebrows, 2) from the base of the eyebrows down to the base of the nose, and 3) from the base of the nose down to the chin, before planning the surgery and explaining the problems found to the patient.

Another step the doctor gives great importance to is the care of patients who have previously had liquid substances injected, such as liquid silicone, Radiance and fillers, because these substances may affect facelift surgery and require considerable care during the operation. Therefore, before the facelift begins, these liquid substances must be completely scraped out.

As mentioned, looking old, aged and tired may be because our eyebrows sit too close to our eyes, which can make the face look stern. These problems can be corrected with a 4K endoscopic brow lift, the Black Swan Brow Lift™, or a brow lift using the Edotine technique. Besides making the eyes look brighter, because there is more space between the brows and the eyes, it also softens your image so you look more approachable and charming.

This procedure is suitable for people with a limited budget who are thinking of a lift and hope it will make them look younger. We’d say you should try a brow lift first. Or, if you have more budget, you could have both a facelift and a brow lift at the same time; doing it this way means one round of discomfort and you’re done.

Drooping outer eye corners are another major factor that makes the face look sleepy all the time, as if under a spell. To correct this, the surgeon uses a surgical technique to lift the outer corners of the eyes Foxy Eyes Original™ a recipe for lifted, alluring eyes with a captivating gaze, turning tired eyes into powerful, charming, intriguing eyes and shaking off a worn-out look. This procedure can also be done together with a facelift in one go.

Next, an important area in a facelift is the mid-face, which makes up the largest proportion of the face. So how the overall result looks depends on the mid-face. If it has many wrinkles, creases and sagging skin, it can make us look older and worn. Naturally, facelift surgery places great importance on this area. Once the surgeon has finished the assessment, the next step is to carefully and thoroughly design the repair and fixation of the SMAS muscle layer, so the face stays tight and smooth for as long as possible.

Finally, besides the surgeon lifting the face, the brows and the outer eye corners, a tight face with a creased neck and wrinkled skin looks mismatched and unnatural. Surely nobody wants that, right? This is suitable for people with a relatively large budget who want to see a clear change.

1. The surgeon starts by marking to define the positions
2. The anaesthesiologist begins general anaesthesia for the patient
3. The doctor makes an incision along the hairline near the back of the ear, then the surgeon carefully and meticulously separates the skin from the temple down to the nasolabial fold, depending on the difficulty of the case and each surgeon’s technique
4. For patients with a history of liquid substance injections, the surgeon completely scrapes out those substances before starting the facelift. As a result, these patients swell more easily and more than normal cases. In addition, how much swelling occurs depends on how difficult it is to scrape out the foreign substance. The hardest liquid substance to scrape out is liquid silicone, followed by Radiance, and the easiest to remove are fillers
5. The surgeon uses special instruments to help lift the SMAS muscle layer and stitches it in place, while trying not to make it too tight, and lifts the outer skin layer in the final step. With this method, the face can stay tight for at least 1 year
6. The incision is closed with fine stitches, hidden behind the ear

• People with drooping, sagging cheeks
• People with wrinkles and deep, visible nasolabial folds
• People with drooping brows and drooping outer eye corners
• People whose collagen has declined, causing wrinkled skin on the face, neck, forehead, outer eye corners, under the eyes, etc.
• People aged 40 and over

These days, beauty clinics are springing up like mushrooms, so you need to research carefully before deciding where to have surgery, especially for a procedure that relies on the doctor’s expertise like facelift surgery. If you choose wrongly, you may face problems that are hard to fix, from unattractive surgical scars to, worse still, wounds that open or split, and so on.

SLC Hospital is a centre of specialist plastic surgeons, providing cosmetic surgery tailored to each client’s needs, with confidence in both results and safety. We also pay great attention to service, which is why we have received positive feedback from real clients, including actors, celebrities and well-known figures from Thailand and abroad. Getting here is easy too, as we are located in the heart of Bangkok, in the Thonglor area.