20% of women who underwent facelift require a repeat operation after 5 years
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Any plastic surgery has a certain shelf life. And if you want to keep what you already have, the surgeon will have to come back again and again.
The duration of Botox injections, on average, is six months. Six months later it ends, and if you have not lost the desire to paralyze any facial muscles again, you will need to visit the beauty clinic again. The effect of cavitary surgery is more prolonged, but it is foolish to think that after face lifting on the face there will no longer be wrinkles. Alas, plastic does not stop the time, but only gives us a breather.
"Today I'm 50, and I lifted the mid-face lift at age 44," the English native of Birmingham wrote in one of the forums. "Since the doctor moved his cheeks to an unnatural position, now I'm very ugly old." I had deep wrinkles where they, most likely, would not have been without plasticity. "
"I set myself wonderful breast implants four years ago," another woman writes. "For a while, everything was great, but then Mother Nature took it and the bust began to sink in. Last year I had to go through a double operation - a reduction in volume breast and mastopexy (breast lifting). "
Experienced doctors often say to patients who "want a lot": "Look, this is a breast implant of your size." "Hold it in your hands." Heavy? You'll have to carry it for a very long time. Imagine how he will pull the skin on his chest during this time. Be, choose something more modest? " According to experts, approximately 30% of women who have undergone bust enlargement require a repeat operation 10 years later.
As for facelift, the laws of gravity come into force here. They will continue to pull the skin on the face down, and the soft tissues will begin to succumb to pressure. Approximately 20% of patients apply for repeated suspensions after 5-7 years. The effect of returning fat after liposuction is also well known and known.