Should You Improve Your Skin before Getting a Facelift
                     SHOULD YOU IMPROVE YOUR SKIN 
BEFORE GETTING A FACELIFT?
PACIFICA PLASTIC SURGERY
• YOU HAVE A FACELIFT SURGERY SCHEDULED IN A FEW MONTHS TO HELP RESTORE A MORE 
YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE. A FACELIFT, OR RHYTIDECTOMY, REDUCES THE SIGNS OF AGING 
BY ADDRESSING SAGGING SKIN AND JOWLS AS WELL AS DEEP FACIAL FOLDS AND 
WRINKLES.
• BUT, WHAT ABOUT OTHER SKIN ISSUES, SUCH AS BROWN SPOTS, SUN DAMAGE, FINE 
LINES, OR LOST FACIAL VOLUME? WILL SKIN TREATMENTS BEFORE A FACELIFT BE 
BENEFICIAL TO YOUR OVERALL APPEARANCE AND RECOVERY, OR ARE YOU BETTER OFF 
WAITING UNTIL AFTER YOUR FACELIFT PROCEDURE?
• WHILE NOT EVERY SURGEON WILL GIVE YOU THE SAME ANSWER, THERE ARE BENEFITS TO 
BOTH OPTIONS.
HEALTHY SKIN CONTRIBUTES TO POSITIVE 
FACELIFT OUTCOMES
• GOOD GENERAL HEALTH AND HEALTHY SKIN CONTRIBUTE TO A GOOD OUTCOME WHEN 
IT COMES TO FACELIFT SURGERY. WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SKIN, THINGS LIKE SMOKING, 
MANY YEARS OF OVEREXPOSURE TO THE SUN, OR POOR DIETARY HABITS CAN OFTEN 
RESULT IN LOOSE SKIN AND CAN AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF A FACELIFT PROCEDURE.
• AS YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR FACELIFT SURGERY, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO 
EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GET YOUR BODY AND SKIN IN OPTIMAL SHAPE. THIS INCLUDES 
QUITTING SMOKING, EATING A HEALTHY AND WELL-BALANCED DIET AND DRINKING 
PLENTY OF WATER. THIS CAN ALSO INCLUDE VARIOUS TREATMENTS TO TREAT SKIN 
CONCERNS LIKE SUN DAMAGE.
WILL SKIN TREATMENTS MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE BEFORE A FACELIFT?
• WHEN CONSIDERING PRE-FACELIFT SKIN TREATMENTS, YOU SHOULD EVALUATE 
YOUR FACIAL CONCERNS. A FACELIFT ADDRESSES ISSUES SUCH AS SAGGING 
SKIN, BUT NOT OTHER CONCERNS SUCH AS SUN DAMAGE OR FINE LINES. 
ADDRESSING THESE CONDITIONS WITH TREATMENTS SUCH AS MICRO NEEDLING 
OR CHEMICAL PEELS CAN ENHANCE YOUR OVERALL FACIAL APPEARANCE.
• IN ADDITION, SOME PLASTIC SURGEONS SUGGEST THESE TREATMENTS TO PREP 
YOUR SKIN FOR SURGERY. TREATMENTS SUCH AS THESE HELP STIMULATE THE 
SKIN’S BLOOD SUPPLY AND COLLAGEN PRODUCTION, WHICH CAN AID IN 
HEALING AFTER YOUR FACELIFT PROCEDURE.
WHAT ABOUT SKIN TREATMENTS AFTER A 
FACELIFT?
• WHILE SKIN TREATMENTS BEFORE A FACELIFT HAVE THEIR BENEFITS, THERE IS 
ALSO AN ARGUMENT FOR THEM AFTER YOU HAVE HEALED FROM YOUR FACELIFT. 
• WHILE ADDRESSING MANY CONCERNS SUCH AS SUN DAMAGE AND FINE LINES, 
MANY SKIN TREATMENTS ALSO ADDRESS SCARRING. 
• IF YOU HAVE A SCAR FROM YOUR FACELIFT THAT DOESN’T HEAL AS YOU HAD 
HOPED, THERE ARE SKIN TREATMENT OPTIONS TO HELP MINIMIZE SCARRING.
• FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT HTTPS://WWW.PACIFICAPLASTICSURGERY.COM/
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