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The New Endoscopic Facelift Technique

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Written by Aazdak Alissimmo

Monday, 05 May 2008

by AazdakAlissimmo

The newest types of plastic surgery are nothing like the older images that we have all seen on television. No longer is the operating room filled with blood and open cuts - today surgeons can use advanced techniques and instruments that eliminate some of the more unpleasant parts of surgery.

A traditional facelift requires that the surgeon makes one long cut along the hairline of the patient - so that the doctor can literally pull the skin down off of the face and reach the connective tissue, fat and muscle underneath the skin. This is the way that a facelift must be performed in most cases.

There are other ways to perform a facelift - and other facelift surgeries that are performed. Some surgeons work on a patient in steps, with small cuts that allow the surgeon access in little parts. Other facelifts are "mini" facelifts, working on just one part of the face, such as the lower area of the face.

All of these facelifts, however, do require extensive cutting and removal of tissues, as well as large scale manipulation of tissue and possibly loss of blood. While this in itself is not necessarily dangerous or bad, there are other ways to perform facelifts that are being developed.

One way to avoid the blood loss and large incisions is to perform an endoscopic facelift, which is being developed right now by several prominent surgeons. This technique will allow doctors to do mini facelifts and full facelifts through small cuts, without the larger incisions used now.

These instruments do the work that would normally be done once the skin had been peeled back from the face in a regular facelift. Tissues are cut and pulled taut under the skin, and sutures are placed. Less blood is lost, and there is less scarring due to smaller incisions made for the procedure.

Unfortunately, this is less than a perfect technique right now. Not everyone can get an endoscopic facelift, and not every surgeon is a trained endoscopic surgeon - meaning that he may or may not be able to perform your facelift endoscopically. You may have to search for a doctor who can do so.

Not all endoscopic facelifts turn out perfectly either - there is a chance, as there is in any endoscopic procedure, that your doctor may have to convert to the traditional form of the facelift in the middle of the surgery. This is because doctors can't always predict what will happen before the surgery.

In all, endoscopic facelifts are still being perfected. They are a good alternative if you have other health issues that might make having a regular facelift a problem - such as a bleeding issue, or if you have problems with scarring. In any case, be sure to talk to your plastic surgeon about this option.

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Aazdak Alisimo writes about plastic surgery issues for PlasticSurgeonPractices.com, where you can locate a plastic surgeon in your city. Don't reprint this exact article. Instead, reprint a free unique content version of this same article.

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