Facelift, eyelid surgery and fat grafting for a rested, natural look.
Face makeover covers three procedures that are often combined. A facelift repositions sagging tissue of the lower face and neck. Eyelid surgery removes excess skin and puffiness around the eyes. Fat grafting restores volume that has been lost. The aim is to look rested, not different.
Faces do not simply sag. Three separate things happen at once. Skin loses elasticity, deeper tissue descends, and volume is lost from the cheeks and around the eyes. Treating only one of these gives the tight, pulled look everybody wants to avoid.
That is why a modern approach usually combines lifting with volume restoration. Repositioning tissue addresses the descent, and fat grafting replaces what has been lost. Together they read as looking well rather than looking operated on.
Many patients need nothing more than eyelid surgery. Hooding of the upper lids makes people look tired and can genuinely narrow the field of vision. Removing a strip of excess skin, through a cut hidden in the natural crease, is a short procedure with a quick recovery.
Lower lid surgery treats puffiness and shadowing. It needs a conservative hand, because removing too much tissue pulls the lid down and creates a rounded, hollow look that is difficult to correct. Less is reliably better here.
Eyelid surgery alone usually means bruising for ten to fourteen days and a return to work in about a week. A facelift needs longer, with about two weeks before most people are comfortable in public and six weeks before exercise.
Results are not permanent, and saying so is only fair. A facelift resets the clock rather than stopping it, and the face continues to age normally afterwards. Most patients find the result reads well for many years, and good skin care and sun protection extend that.
| Factor | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Which procedures | Eyelids alone, facelift alone, or a combination |
| Extent of lift | Whether the neck is included alongside the lower face |
| Fat grafting | Adds harvesting and processing of your own fat |
| Anaesthesia and stay | Sedation for eyelids, general anaesthesia and a night for a facelift |
| Follow up | Dressing changes, suture removal and scheduled reviews |
These pages answer the questions that most often come up alongside this one.
It varies widely because the term covers several different operations. Upper eyelid surgery under sedation is at one end, and a combined facelift with neck and fat grafting under general anaesthesia at the other. A written estimate is given once the plan is agreed after examination.
Not if the plan addresses volume as well as lifting. The pulled look comes from tightening skin alone without restoring lost volume. Conservative technique and combining procedures are what keep the result natural.
A facelift typically reads well for several years, but the face continues to age afterwards. Eyelid surgery tends to last longer, and many patients never need it repeated. Sun protection and not smoking make a measurable difference to how long any result holds.
Facial surgery is generally less painful than patients expect. Tightness and numbness are more common complaints than pain, and both settle over weeks. Prescribed painkillers are usually needed for only a few days.
Eyelid surgery is day-care. A facelift usually needs one night for observation, mainly to watch for bleeding in the first hours.
Yes, where heavy upper lid skin is genuinely obstructing the upper field of vision. That is assessed at examination and sometimes with a formal visual field test, which also matters for insurance.
Bleeding, infection, poor scarring and reaction to anaesthesia are the general risks. Specific ones include temporary numbness, asymmetry, changes in hairline around facelift scars, dry eyes after eyelid surgery, and rarely injury to a facial nerve branch. Smoking raises the risk of skin healing problems considerably.
Cosmetic facial surgery is not covered. Upper eyelid surgery may be considered where documented visual field obstruction exists, and the hospital team helps with that documentation. Cover is confirmed before admission.
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