Aesthetic Surgery AfterForty

Forty is an important turning point in people's lives. At this stage of their lives, people have advanced in their careers, have been able to find at least some solution to their financial problems, and have been able to raise the children in the family they founded to a certain age. On the other hand, from the age of forty the aging process begins to become noticeable. Many people encounter changes in their skin, facial features and body shape. Aesthetic operations offer people who notice these changes and want to feel younger, livelier and more energetic an opportunity to slow the aging process and improve their outward appearance.

• Facelift: Facelift surgery is frequently preferred to eliminate sagging, loosening of the skin and wrinkles that appear due to aging. By tightening the face and repositioning the subcutaneous tissues that have sagged downwards, this operation makes it possible to obtain a younger and fresher appearance. A facelift is an effective option for lessening signs of aging in regions such as the forehead, cheeks, jaw and neck.
• Eyelid Aesthetics (Blepharoplasty): The area around the eyes is perhaps the region where aging appears earliest. In patients over forty, signs of aging around the eyes frequently become marked. Eyelid aesthetics gives the eyes a more rested and youthful expression by correcting sagging and bags around the eyes. While upper eyelid sagging can restrict the visual field, lower eyelid sagging can lead to under-eye bags and cause a tired appearance. Blepharoplasty corrects these problems and gives the eyes youth and vitality.
• Neck Liposuction: With the aging process, fat may accumulate in the neck region. This can lead to loss of definition and sagging in the neck and jaw region. Neck liposuction removes this excess fat, defines the neck contours and provides a younger appearance. Liposuction is generally combined with a neck lift operation to obtain more effective results. In addition, with additional procedures that help tighten the skin after liposuction, sagging of the neck skin after fat removal can be prevented and a better healing process can be achieved.
• Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty): In patients over forty there may be sagging and loosening in the abdominal region. Especially after pregnancy or weight changes, separation of the abdominal muscles may occur. At young ages, because the tension of the abdominal muscles is high, sagging of the abdomen after pregnancies may not be very marked, but at later ages, as muscle tone decreases, the sagging in the abdomen makes itself increasingly evident. Tummy tuck surgery not only makes it possible to obtain a flat abdomen by tightening the abdominal muscles, but also offers a more aesthetic appearance by removing the stretch marks below the navel on the abdominal skin.
• Breast Aesthetics: In women over forty there may be complaints such as sagging of the breasts or volume loss, and there may also be back and neck pain and dermatological problems due to excessively large breasts. Breast aesthetic operations offer various options such as breast lift (mastopexy) and increasing breast volume with breast implants. Mastopexy reshapes the breast tissue and skin, making it possible to obtain upright, youthful-looking breasts. Breast implants, on the other hand, increase breast volume while offering a full and aesthetic appearance. Breast reduction operations make it possible to remove breast tissue that creates weight and strains spinal health, and to move nipples that have descended below the inframammary fold back to the highest point of the breast.
• Filler Applications: With the aging process there may be volume loss in the face and elasticity under the skin may decrease. Fillers offer an effective solution against sagging, wrinkles and lines on the face. Various fillers such as hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxylapatite and poly-L-lactic acid are injected under the skin to plump and smooth the facial contours. Lip filler is also a popular filler application used to make thinned or aged lips full and defined. With developments in recent years, a new era has begun in medicine with filling using people's own fat as an alternative to all these synthetic fillers, and even with the use of stem cells obtained from people's own fat.
• Botulinum Toxin Application: Botulinum toxin application, or by its more widely known name Botox, is a method without alternative for eliminating or reducing lines formed by facial expressions (dynamic facial lines) in people of almost any age. In the right hands, it can prevent dynamic facial lines from turning into permanent deep lines and can give the person a brighter and more rested facial expression.

Although their popularity has been greatly increased by social media and the press, aesthetic operations may not be suitable for everyone. In addition, each individual's needs may differ. For this reason, it is important that patients over forty have a comprehensive evaluation with a plastic surgeon and state their expectations clearly.

In conclusion, patients over forty can feel younger and more beautiful with aesthetic operations. However, like every operation, aesthetic operations are a serious decision, and to obtain a good result it is important to work with an experienced, specialist plastic surgeon. Patients staying in communication with their doctors before and after the operation will enable them to be as satisfied as possible with the result of the operation.