How many facelifts can one person have?

There are no limits on the number of ‘good’ facelifts a patient can have. And by good, I mean they were performed with a technique that maintained respect for the tissue and its blood supply.

It is common for patients who undergo a facelift in their 40s-50s to undergo a revision facelift 15-20 years later. Remember, a facelift will turn back the clock a few years but it does not halt aging. Time, gravity, and Mother Nature are still there. You will continue to age, you will continue to lose collagen, and things will continue to sag with the pull of gravity. Moreover, the quality of the skin decreases as we age, giving less of a cushion to the structures underneath.

As a community of face experts however, we have generally found that patients undergoing facelifts at a younger age tend to look better overall, heal more favorably, and their results last longer.