Liposculpture and Liposuction – FACE

This is a very special chapter of liposuction, which we have already partially approached when we spoke about rhytidectomy, since it has valorized immensely the rejuvenescence plastic surgery.

For a better explanation: traditional facial plasty consisted basically of skin traction and excess skin removal. This technique has largely improved in the last years with a deep musculature treatment, etc., but always followed by traction of the skin that will remain more stretched, with less wrinkles, covering the deep tissues.

It happens that the deep tissues, the content (we will call the deep tissues “content” and the skin that covers it “continent”), alter with the passing of years, by fat accumulation in specific areas, conveying to the face contours characteristic to old age. These areas are the sub-mental (3) where the undesirable “turkey's neck” establishes, the lateral borders of the jaw (2), where pouches resembling bull-dog jowls appear (1), the naso-genian wrinkles (4 and 5), known as “Chinese moustache”, the pre-auricular area(6), etc.

Now, if we traction the skin that is the outer coverage of the face, the “continent”, without working on the “ content ‘ , we will have a younger skin with no wrinkles, but an aged facial contour.

This is were facial liposuction comes in, performed with a very delicate canulla, soon as the facial operation begins, which will allows us to work on the fat excess of undesirable areas (the double chin, the bulldog pouches, the “Chinese mustache”), rescuing and redefining a younger contour to the face. After this, we can traction the skin that, with fewer wrinkles, will settle harmoniously over this sculptured content.

Without any doubt, facial liposuction has been a revolutionary asset to the specialty and has provided great progress to traditional facial plasty.