In the clinic
Facelift surgery (rhytidectomy) aims to lift up and pull back the skin in the lower half of the face and neck to make the face more taught. Careful placement of the incisions is important to ensure there is no skin or facial distortion and to avoid hair loss. The commonest incisions are placed in the temporal region on each side, extending to the helices of the ears, then tracking behind the tragus, around the earlobes, and then to the occiput.