The face-lift Techinque

Age comes on the skin. And it directly reflects on the face. Due to the age, effects of gravity, exposure to the sun and stress of daily life skin becomes loose and saggy. Usually people develop creases between the nose and the mouth. Jaw line of the people becomes slack and neck gets fat deposit around the neck.

A face lift is a technique which improves the most visible signs of aging by removing the excess fat from the face and neck, tightening and toning the underlying muscles and rejuvenates the skin of the face and neck. A face-lift procedure can be done alone with the toning of facial skin or in conjunction with other technical procedures for forehead lift, eyelid surgery and nose shape.

Person who gets saggy loose skin on their face and neck can get the face-lift done. But the skin of that person should have some elasticity and well defined bone structure to bear the surgery of the face-lift. Men and women both can get the face-lift done. Most of the patients for face lift are in their mid forties or fifties but even older people can get it done depending on their wish and health conditions.


Technique for the face-lift

The procedure of the face-lift restructures the muscles of the face, which last for approximately 10 years. The surgery can be done in just one hour. During the period of ten years the person doesn't get noticeable changes in the skin. Or it can be said that the aging process appears slow on the skin after the face-lift.

But after the period of ten years a person may require or desire another procedure to tone the skin again. The results of even one face-lift are long lasting and have no harm on the skin. It leaves no sign on the skin for any surgery or something and looks very natural. You need to seek a good doctor's advice when planning to go for a face-lift, as doctor has to keep many things in the mind before admitting to give you a face-lift.

When one does not want to go under the knife, one can keep the skin young and healthy and much better looking than its actual age by keeping certain things in mind and by following a routine health program for the skin.


Natural ways for a face-lift

One needs to do some facial exercises to tone up the skin muscles and prevent the skin from looking saggy. Eating right food and living healthy lifestyle are equally important.

Exercise for face-lift-certain facial exercises help in keeping the fine lines at bay.

* Massage your face in upwards strokes with your fingertips with a vitamin e rich cream.

* Put pressure on both the ends of the forehead, which will tone up the forehead muscles and will reduce the lines from it. Massage the fingertips in circular motions on the forehead.

* Massage the cheeks in upward motions with the fingertips.

* Use your thumbs to apply pressure on your nose, starting from the upper bone of the nose come towards the cheeks with the thumbs.

* Massage well on your neck as the skin here becomes saggy earlier than the facial skin. Use your fingers in upward strokes on the neck and tuck the skin below the chin. Olive oil is a good agent to massage on the neck

* Take regular facials when you cross the age 30.


Eating right food

Eating healthy nutritional food is very healthy for a healthy skin. Eat food that is rich in vitamins as vitamin C, E and D are extremely good for the skin. Drink lots of water that is the best thing to keep your skin young. Add dairy products in your diet and make it a point to have at least one time balanced diet in your day for the good of your health and skin. Take vitamin supplements with the advice of your skin specialist. Fruits, coconut water and nuts are very beneficial for the skin. Applying fruits packs on the skin as mashed banana or papaya helps in toning up the skin and they have no side effects.

Other factors to get a natural face-lift-

* Regular workouts detoxify the skin and keep it young.

* Avoid going out in the sun without applying a sun protection cream or lotion.

* Apply face packs on the skin bases on orange peel, sandal wood powder and calamine powder, which are known to tone up the skin.

* Use anti wrinkle creams in the night on your face and neck in upward motions.

* Take proper sleep. Lack of sleep makes skin loose and old before time.

* Cut of tea and coffee, which are not good for skin.

* Avoid drinking and smoking as these two habits are the enemy of the skin.

* Do mediation and yoga to reduce the stress from your life. As stress is one of the major causes in making one older than the age.