Why do facelifts look so unnatural? What prevents plastic surgeons from making seniors look like they did when they were 30?

Question

When a 70 year old gets a facelift and plastic surgery, it looks like a 70 year old who had a facelift. Why is it impossible to convincingly reverse the effects of aging by tightening skin and re-sculpting?

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Answer 1

There are changes to our facial bones as we age. A face lift is lifting and resetting, but over a vastly different structure.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404279/figure/Fig2/?report=objectonly

From here.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404279/#!po=0.694444