A facelift is a surgical procedure that improves your facial and neck appearance due to aging in the face and neck. This is done by tightening muscles and deep tissues to smooth the lines on your face and reshape your jawline and neck. Also known as rhytidectomy, a facelift in La Jolla can solve signs of aging caused by sagging of the skin, jowls that have developed in the cheeks and jaw, loose skin in the neck often referred to as a double chin or turkey wattle and deepening of the fold lines between the nose and the corner of the mouth.