Skin Centre

Postal Address

PO Box 13509
Tauranga
New Zealand

Contact Details

Phone (07) 578 5788
Fax (07) 578 5781
Email info@skincentre.com
Healthlink EDI: skinspec

Or contact us online here

Facelift

A facelift can include several different procedures such as a neck lift and/or a brow lift, all designed to reduce lines and wrinkles and lift sagging skin.

In a typical facelift, cuts (incisions) are made within the hairline in front of and around behind the ears. Tissue lying deep below the skin is repositioned, then the skin replaced and any excess is removed. The surgery varies in duration, but can take up to 4 or 6 hours if it is combined with other procedures. General anaesthesia (you sleep through the operation) is usually required, but in some cases you may be given a local anaesthetic and a sedative so the area being treated is numb and you feel drowsy but not asleep. In most cases, you will stay in hospital overnight following the procedure. It may take 2-3 weeks for the worst of the swelling to disappear and up to 1 year for the scars to fade.

Read more about minimal incision lifts at the Skin Centre here

https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/private/dermatology/skin-centre/