Clear that all of this starts from the youth, avoiding those factors that accelerate cellular aging, as are the exaggerated sun exposure, stress, lack of sleep, alcohol and drug abuse, as well as diets rich in fats, sausages, fried, and preservatives. On the other hand, there are protective factors that slow down the process of aging such as sports, physical activity in general, a positive attitude, a sleep relaxed and quiet, a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables, water, a dose of good humor; factors that decrease the release of oxidizing agents (envejecedoras) and increase the levels of antioxidants that act at the cellular level by preventing its aging.
There are other factors that are set in stone, as are the time and the force of gravity. Genetically, the human being is programmed to live a certain number of years, there are families and populations that are more long-lived than others, but the external factors, as listed, are going to determine to prolong or shorten the useful life as a program in our génes.
We have mentioned that there is a great variety of cosmetic treatments that help to revitalize the tissues of the face, increasing your circulation, flexing their muscles and maintaining healthy skin to slow down the aging process. We have also exposed various minor surgical procedures that are solving some alterations in the extent that they appear and in this way you avoid getting to have those marks accented of old age in his face. Inexorably the sagging tissues of the face appears due to the muscle atrophy, and reduced production of elastin and collagen, which added to the force of gravity, drag the skin and the tissue placed under the skin and muscles down, accentuating each time more folds and wrinkles, marking the grooves and hanging skin on the edge of the jaw, the neck, the cheeks, the eyelids and eyebrows, giving that aged appearance, tired, fatigued and heavy that no one would like to have.
Preoperative Facelift
Facial rejuvenation surgery (rhytidectomy) involves the most visible part of the individual, his cover letter social and as such, it represents a great emotional burden that affects not only the person but also their family environment. For this reason the preoperative consultation should be long, to have an accurate diagnosis, clarify expectations, analyzing the quality of the skin, the background, such as hypertension, diabetes, alcoholism, smoking, stress, depression, drug abuse, and the use of medications that can affect blood clotting. You should explain to the patient the findings of the physical examination, the laboratory, the indications, limitations, type of anesthesia, type of surgery, the location of the cut lines, the behavior of the scars, swelling and ecchymosis is present in the post-operative care must be taken, all in the presence of a close family member, to avoid anxieties, unnecessary, especially in the course of the first 10 days, when the outcome is not “nice” yet.
SURGERY
Rhytidectomy, Face Lift, Face Lift
Facial rejuvenation surgery, is an act of sublime and unique in every person's life, full of a great emotional load and many expectations, as such you must take all the precautions. The ideal thing is that the surgery of the face to be the first in the morning, with the patient relaxed and sedated, the dial of the lines of cutting around the ears, with extension into the scalp to the occipital region and up to the temporal region and front. Once in the surgery room deepens, intravenous sedation and ensures oxygenation with an endotracheal tube. While the patient sleeps infiltrates the face with the local anesthesia, and adrenaline to prevent excessive bleeding.
Then they made the incisions and frees the skin of the neck, cheeks, and forehead. After cauterization of some of the bleeding vessels, tighten and lift the muscles of the neck and cheeks, and finally to tighten the skin, carefully measure the excesses to remove them and close with anchor points and continuous suture of nylon. Lastly, we performed a blepharoplasty such as has been described above and placed a bandage collar, compressive to avoid possible bleeding and to control the swelling.
The duration of the surgery is approximately 5 hours. Finished the surgery suppresses the sedative and the tube is removed with the patient awake. Being transferred to the recovery room, always under the supervision of expert nurses, monitoring vital signs and signs of bleeding out of the ordinary.