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’s a lot more to our perception of a person than just their face. One can get that stretched, filled, puffed up, covered in toner, etc. but the rest gives it away. Arms, hands, and the rest of the structure are tough to change.

That’s why you see and recognize what’s obviously 30’s something faces on [60’s something people](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/newscms/2019_09/2764361/190225-mar-a-lago-trumpettes-cs-916a.jpg).