Face Lift
BEFORE & AFTER
Facelift At the Breazeale Clinic in Knoxville
We all know that drooping skin can add years to your appearance and can obscure the clean lines and angles that define your profile. That’s why we encourage anyone dealing with sagging skin to consider a facelift at Knoxville’s Breazeale Clinic, where Dr. Ed Breazeale applies his expertise and skill to reduce the signs of aging on his patients’ most important features.
Dr. Breazeale is widely known and respected for his results with facelifts. Explore a facelift and how it could change your appearance for the better.
What Can a Facelift Do for Me?
Signs of aging are most noticeable on the face, where loose skin and fat accumulations can create visual irregularities that are impossible to hide. The older we get, the more pronounced these changes can become.
People who consider getting a facelift often have:
overall sagging skin
increasingly deep and permanent facial creases
loss of jaw definition due to hanging skin or fat
platysmal bands resembling thick vertical cords on the neck
Not every patient will necessarily bear all of these signs of aging, though some people who come to the Breazeale Clinic may be suffering from all of these issues and more.
A facelift is tailored to each unique individual patient and involves Dr. Breazeale addressing one or more key features to create a harmonious and youthful look. He will talk with you during your consultation to learn what you are less happy about and what visual outcome you’re ultimately hoping to achieve. From there, he will work with you to chart the best course of action.
What Can You Expect from a Facelift?
Your facelift incision placement depends on the specific areas being addressed, surgery techniques, your personal health, and other vital factors. No matter where they go, however, the incisions will allow Dr. Breazeale access to your face’s underlying structure while minimizing noticeable scarring.
Through these incisions, Dr. Breazeale will adjust tissue as necessary, getting rid of fat to slim down an area or bringing in fat from other areas to add volume, depending on the specifics of your individualized procedure. He will then tighten the skin over your new facial contours, trimming away excess skin as needed. The end result should be a proportionate, symmetrical face with a well-defined shape.
A facelift can take two to four hours to complete, though the exact surgery time will vary from person to person depending on the scope of work to be done. In general, you can expect a facelift to eliminate mid-face sagging, reduce the appearance of creases below your eyes and to the side of your nose and mouth, tighten away jowls, and diminish the impression of a double chin.
A facelift can be combined with other face procedures to ensure that you maintain a youthful look from your hairline to your chin. Explore the Breazeale Clinic website or call or text the office to learn more about a brow lift, eyelid surgery, chin augmentation, or a neck lift.
Facelift Recovery and More
The full scope of your unique surgery will determine your overall recovery time, but a facelift generally requires a couple to several weeks for healing and recovery. As stitches are removed and your face continues to heal, you will increasingly notice your fresh, new look.
Many patients choose to use their healing time as downtime, since the first few days after a facelift tend to involve bandages and a lot of mandatory rest. You will most likely be able to begin using makeup about two weeks after your surgery, but be sure to talk with Dr. Breazeale to make sure everything is healing according to plan.
MEET OUR SURGEON
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Dr. Edward Breazeale Jr
Dr. Ed Breazeale Jr, an experienced board-certified plastic surgeon, works to give his patients the looks they want in a safe and professional environment. He is a trusted source for quality plastic surgery using state-of-the-art technology
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Before & after photos
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