a surgical procedure to rejuvenate the appearance of the face and neck which reducse jowls under the cheeks and improves the jawline by repositioning muscle and removing excess skin; also called rhytidectomy
surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of ageing from the face, in which an incision is made near the hairline and the skin is pulled back and excess tissue excised (Hutchinson Encyclopedia)
Type: Term Pronunciation: fās′lift Synonyms: rhytidectomy
Also called Rhytidectomy is a surgical procedure Dr. Miller and other facial surgeons perform to improve visible signs of aging in the face and neck.
[n] - plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face 2. [n] - a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building)[v] - perform cosmetic surgery on someone`s face
facelift noun plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; `some actresses have more than one face lift`lift verb perform cosmetic surgery on someone`s face