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

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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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You can’t put everything back where it used to be. For example the skin beneath your eyes, you can’t pull it up and create new eyelids, you have to pull the excess to the side. Same with the skin beneath your nose and mouth and chin. It has sagged straight down, but you can’t pull it back up, you can only pull it to the side.

My dermatologist recommended microneedling to a specific depth that helps your skin create new collagen. I’m nowhere near 70 but seems like a decent preventive plan.

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