facelift
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- noun
- /ˈfeɪsˌlɪft/
:
lifting
- After considering her options, she decided to undergo a facelift to restore her youthful appearance.
- get a facelift
- facelift surgery
- surgical facelift
The woman's had a facelift and didn't tell me so.
- The woman's had a facelift and didn't tell me so.
- It looks youthful, it looks pretty and it's a mini facelift.
- in my head to be bigger than they are because in my mind, like I now need a facelift, OK? Like I'm like, what
- And my friend was like, I took you to your facelift.
- I think definitely facelift, you know, and like Botox, plepharoplasty.
Examples
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A middle-aged guy with a recent facelift waved cheerfully to me from another crowd. I waved back; he looked very familiar, but I couldn't recall his name.
Fiction book (2001) -
Have you seen Sue Ellen's facelift?
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As part of this process, how much does a facelift cost?
Blog text (25) -
He clearly has had a facelift and all that.
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I knew Jessie had a facelift.
Fiction book (1993) -
Ever since her facelift, my mother has been wearing progressively more outrageous clothes.
Fiction book (1996) -
She thinks somehow that by having a facelift, even though she's only 43...
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For patients 70 and over, a facelift can be a dramatic cosmetic enhancement and a real morale boost.
Blog text (14) -
Dorothy was a petite, vibrant woman in her mid-sixties who looked younger than her years, thanks to a second facelift.
Fiction book (1992) -
A facelift is a relatively superficial procedure to lift and tighten facial muscles and skin.
Blog text (14)
Synonyms
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Surgery that tightens the face to reduce wrinkles and signs of aging
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Surgery that tightens the skin on the face and removes extra tissue to make someone look younger
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An operation that makes the face look younger by removing wrinkles
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8.3
A small surgery on the face that removes wrinkles and tightens skin
An operation to make the face look younger by removing wrinkles and tightening the skin
Surgery that removes loose skin and tightens the face to look younger
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Etymology
Facelift comes from the simple parts face and lift, where lift means 'to raise' or 'to lift up'. So a facelift is literally 'lifting' the face, which explains the surgical operation that tightens skin and reduces wrinkles.