Many people have considered enhancing their appearance to look younger, make themselves feel more comfortable and boost their self-confidence. So if you are thinking about treating yourself with a cosmetic procedure or two, you are certainly not alone. This is where the words “get a little nip-and-tuck” come into play.

A nip and tuck, generally referred to as a facelift, is in reality an effective and well-proven outpatient cosmetic surgical procedure that is formally known as a rhytidectomy, which literally means wrinkle (rhytid-) removal (-ectomy). The procedure usually takes from 2 to 5 hours, and the person can normally go home on the same day after surgery. During the procedure, your cosmetic surgeon tightens the tissues under the skin and removes the sagging and drooping excess facial and neck skin and adipose tissue that makes you look older than you feel. Tightening your muscles and skin, allows your surgeon to reveal the natural and youthful contours of your underlying bone structure. Incisions that are required to complete this procedure are strategically made along the hairline or at natural creases in the skin, where they are not noticeable once the healing process is complete.

Even though making a person look years and sometimes decades younger was unrealistic a few generations ago, in the modern days, facelift has become a popular choices for both men and women. Only in the United States alone, over 120,000 people annually have had a facelift throughout the recent years and the main reason those people chose a facelift was a desire to achieve a more youthful and attractive appearance. What’s more, this is not only true for younger patients. According to the reports of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), older patients were even more satisfied with the results of their surgery than younger people.

New procedures that claim to make you look and feel your best are continually being introduced to the market and offered by plastic surgeons around the world. Although many of those procedures claim to make recovery faster and easier, they are often modifications of a traditional nip-and-tuck, which is still the procedure of choice for many people, who wish to enjoy the benefits of a wrinkle-free, more youthful face and neck that improves your appearance so much.