What is Middle Face Lift Surgery?

The area we call the middle face is the cheeks and cheekbones area. At a young age, the cheek fat tissue is located higher, the cheeks are tighter and the cheekbone area looks fuller. The fullness of your face is excessive in the upper part and has an oval appearance. With age, the cheek fat tissue shifts downwards and your face becomes square. The fullness shifts from the top to the corners of the mouth. Grooves descending from the corners of the nose to the corners of the mouth appear.At this point Mid-Face Lift Surgery is the best option fort he patient.

What is Mid-Face Lift Surgery?

It is a face lift surgery performed using minimal incisions, mainly applied to eliminate sagging and deformations due to aging in the midface, chin and neck regions. In this surgery, the incisions are hidden within the natural folds and the hairline, so that no visible, obvious scars remain. After this face lift surgery, which is performed with sedation without the need for general anesthesia, the person will return to the state of her face 10 years ago in its most natural form and continue the aging process from there.

Who is this for?

If your cheeks look flatter than before, the borders of your cheekbones are clear and you see a tired expression in the mirror, you may be suitable. Of course, you will be evaluated by your doctor before the surgery. This surgery is not necessarily an operation performed at an advanced age. It is mostly done after the age of 30.

How is it performed?

Mid-face lift surgery is performed by making an incision on the lid under the eye or inside the mouth. The sagging parts in the defected area are hung up and the face is returned to its shaped form.

In mid-face lift surgery, the method of application is different. In this operation, an incision is made from the hairy skin and an entrance is made with the help of a camera. In surgeries where endoscopy technology is applied, 3 or 4 millimeter cameras are used. Thanks to these cameras, all operations are performed under the skin. In mid-face lift surgery, which is a closed procedure, the image taken from the camera is transferred to the screen and the surgery is performed in a more subtle way. This operation takes an average of 4 to 6 hours in my hands. In mid-face lift surgery, sagging on the eyelids of the person is removed and thus the unhappy and tired expression is eliminated.

Thanks to this surgery, even very small tissues on the face are protected. After mid-face lift surgery, the face gets a more natural and youthful appearance. The forehead, cheeks, mouth and eye contours and temples are stretched and a youthful appearance is obtained. This type of operation, especially applied to women between the ages of 30-50, is frequently preferred because it is more painless and simple.

After mid-face lift surgery, the forehead and cheekbones of the person get a more protruding and natural appearance. Thanks to this operation, the tired expression on the skin is removed and the person gets a healthier appearance.

Recovery After Operation

A plaster is applied to prevent edema in the midface area after mid-face lift surgery. These applied plasters are removed approximately 1 week after the operation. A small amount of edema and squinting in the eyes will disappear after 2-3 weeks after the surgery. During this period, the patient should stay away from tiring and stressful work. After the midface surgery, it takes about 3 months for the skin to fit on the face. After 3 months, the person will feel young and natural again.