There is no big difference in the way patients are being treated at Central European plastic surgery clinics and their UK counterparts. One would probably find more differences between the UK and USA, but the top Central European surgeons are usually trained in more than one western EU country (often including the United Kingdom) and private clinics are most often (unlike the state-run hospitals) equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment.

Facelift (also called Rhytidectomy) is a very common type of plastic surgery, but in the same time one of the most sophisticated and hard-to-perform ones. As a rule, facelift is performed for esthetic reasons.
With ageing, the face tissue is losing its elasticity and wrinkles, sagging and loose skin start to occur. This process can be pronounced in some individuals as a result of inherited genetic traits, damage by UV radiation (usually excessive exposure to sun), or exposure to certain chemicals (typical for certain professions).

Although facelift is usually performed on individuals over 45 years of age, being younger does not disqualify one from undergoing this procedure.
In classical facelift, the facial skin is separated from the underlying tissue, stretched and reconnected, while the excess skin is removed. This must be done gradually and slowly – as a result, rhytidectomy is also one of the longest-lasting surgical procedures in plastic surgery. Facelift may also include the manipulation with tissue layer called SMAS, although some surgeons hold the opinion that SMAS should not be repositioned or partly removed if not absolutely necessary (this is one point you should discuss with your surgeon).