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Facelift (Rhytidectomy)

Has as medical advances allow a better care of the health and life, the human being has been increasing its average life expectancy, which for developed countries is above the age of 74. For this reason the people they strive to preserve their physical appearance and especially his face, always giving you a more youthful appearance, more vital, more youthful and active, that allows you to interact without complexes in all social environments of the life moderna. 

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.

Post-operative of the Facelift

The first three days using the compression bandage and bags cold to reduce inflammation, diet is soft and fluids to prevent chewing. The physical activity should be moderate during the first week and for sleep or rest to use the head high to avoid the swelling of the face. On the fourth day they removed the bandages and stitches slanting palpebral. On the 8th day the stitches are removed periauriculares and on the 15th the points of the scalp. The washing of the hair to practice on the same days that the stitches are removed, before the healing. The lines of scarring be found in hidden places, are almost invisible after the first month. The pain is minimal and is controlled with painkillers, you should also take an anti-inflammatory and an antibiotic for 5 days. The disability is 10 days to be able to return to work at the office. Activities that require efforts only after the first month. It is advisable to avoid exposure to the sun for three months, and always use a sunscreen to prevent skin from staining, you can make up after 10 days.

After the second month, when the inflammation disappeared, can one fully appreciate the result of facial rejuvenation surgery. Usually there is a rejuvenation between 7 and 15 years, depending on the age and the state it was in your face before the surgery.

What are the risks in this facial rejuvenation surgery?

There are risks common to all surgeries such as allergic reactions to any medication, bleeding from a blood vessel, bruising, and infection somewhere. They are usually easily controlled. There may also be paralysis, temporary or final level of the eyebrows or the mouth, but in the hands of qualified and experienced staff that is very rare. Generally the risks are minimal when you choose the right professional, who should be a plastic surgeon endorsed by the Society of Plastic Surgery of their own country, avoiding falling into the hands of seudoespecialistas not accredited and that naturally does not have the proper training or the preparation necessary to handle complicated cases.

How long does the result obtained?

With the facial rejuvenation surgery not only change the face, having a youthful appearance and a skin more vital, but also improves self-esteem, sociability, desire to live and enjoy life, the joy that is reflected in his new smile. There is a change to comprehensive physical and mental. In the physical entire world will see about 10 years, on average, younger to calculate their age. This difference is preserved throughout the life and the mind will be prepared to better enjoy their golden years.

I'm going to see stretched after facial rejuvenation surgery?

No, in Dcorpus International in the expert hands of Dr. Belman Galvis Maldonado, the result is completely natural, with no signs of stretched, rejuvenated yes, but not artificially. So the result is beautiful it needs to be natural. Plus you don't have visible scars, so they go unnoticed even for your own family, you will be surprised to see you younger without finding any signs of surgery. You only need to be absent two weeks to return radiating youth.

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Dr. Belman Galvis Maldonado, a plastic surgeon with more than 20 years of experience, director of D Corpus International, is a member of the Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Belman Galvis, in Cali – Colombia, she has developed her own personal technique of abdominoplasty plus that includes the manoeuvre D Belman that consists of the rapprochement of the false ribs, and floating, which allows you to retrieve the waist and the waist of youth, impossible with the traditional technique and that today look hundreds of beautiful women in various parts of the world. 

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