Everyone wants to look just ten years younger.  Look at your picture albums and notice the changes.  Usually around very 4 to 5 years we seem to age noticeably.  With new technologies we are always looking for new ways to look younger with a smoother appearance. Can we take ten years away from our looks?  Drooping sagging eyelids, wrinkles in the forehead and sagging necks all attribute to the way we look and how we feel about ourselves.  An endoscopic lift may be the answer.

The Small Effective Endoscope

Endoscopic procedures have increased since its explosion in the late 1990s. A small  camera called the endoscope is used to visualize internal body parts.  Historically the scopes have been used for knee surgeries, spinal surgeries, bladder, kidneys, bronchi, larynx ear and abdomen. They can be rigid or flexible.  With evolving technologies, now plastic surgeons we are using this tool to reshape and implement reconstructive surgery and in doing so improving the look of the face.   The endoscope is equipped with a small camera with a light that the doctor can see through a television screen or monitor.  Tools such as cutters and Endoscopic Facelift Elevators are held externally and they can be manipulated internally at the doctors’ discretion. The elevator simply lifts the skin up and away from the skull giving the surgeon room to maneuver his scope and cutter easily.

Small Cuts May be the Answer

Unlike the Coronal lift that makes a long cut across the forehead ear to ear, small incisions are made, typically 3 to 5- usually one to two centimeter in size.  These incisions are made for gaining access to underneath the skin. The incisions are minimally invasive, typically put at the hairline or some indiscreet area so they fade quickly making a more natural appearance to the skin and for better healing.   The tools that are used are brought underneath the skin; they cut the muscles, tissues and, caughterize veins.   Muscles that are causing frown lines are minimally cut and at the same time nerves are bypassed and saved.
Of course finding a surgeon that does quality work is important.  If the procedure is performed correctly it should last a long time.  Facial lifts with an endoscope are relatively new so there really hasn’t been a long term study on the lasting effects of the surgery.  Long coronal incisions across the scalp are not used with the endoscopic lift, therefore; on the positive note discomfort and numbness for the patient is decreased or somewhat eliminated.
There are different types of lifts. They are the brow lift or eyelift, the midface lift and the neck lift.  The endoscope is very useful tool and coupled with other tools you can easily see results that bring a more youthful appearance.