The American Society of Plastic Surgeons recently conducted a study and found that patients will still look younger more than five years after surgery.
The study was published in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal in December.
The researchers analyzed standardized photographs of 50 patients who had undergone facelift surgery an average of 5½ years previously. Three different sets of assessments were performed to determine how well the facelift results held up over time:
• Objective measurements-such as jowl height and the angle of the chin to the neck
• Subjective assessments of key areas-such as lines from the nose to mouth and mouth to chin
• Overall subjective assessment-global score of the patient’s appearance
All three sets of assessments showed significant improvement.
