February 21, 2012: ABC News reported on a new study performed by the University of Toronto regarding how many years a facelift and plastic surgery "take off" a person's looks.
Charlie Bankhead and Carrie Gann wrote an article entitled "FaceLift, Plastic Surgery Success Measured by New Study," reporting on the findings of the University of Toronto study.
According to the researchers patients looked an average of about 9 years younger than their chronological age after surgery. This was determined by raters who compared the before-and-after pictures of the participants. The study used before-and-after photos of 60 patients consisting of 6 women and 54 men. "Twenty two patients had a face and neck lift, 17 had a face/neck lift plus an eyelid lift and 22 had a face/neck lift, eyelid lift and a forehead lift."
The photos were first shown to a group of 40 first-year medical students. The students were asked to estimate the patients' ages before surgery and the perceived change in age after surgery. For patients having one surgery, the estimate was 5.7years younger; for patients having two procedures, the estimated age was 7.5 years younger; for the patients having three procedures, the estimate was 8.4 years younger.
"The more procedures a patient had, the greater the difference between estimates of their age before and after surgery, according to the results of the study published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery."
Also of interest is that the study group consisted of 54 men. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that in 2010 more men had plastic surgery procedures. Liposuction was up 7% in men, facelifts up 14% and Botox was up 9% in men. The overall statistics for plastic surgery procedures for men and women was up considerably in 2011 according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
The majority of people having plastic surgery are Baby Boomers wanting to look as good and young as they feel.
To find a board certified surgeon near you, go to the websites for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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