Fort Lauderdale Mini Lift doctors

	Nathan Mayl, MD Fort Lauderdale Plastic Surgeon 6405 N Federal Hwy Ste 200, Fort Lauderdale		2 answers
	Andres Bustillo, MD Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon 6705 Red Road Suite 706, Coral Gables		1 answer
	Pamela B. Rosen, MD Coral Springs Plastic Surgeon 3100 Coral Hills Drive Suite 307, Coral Springs		1 answer
	John Michael Thomassen Fort Lauderdale Plastic Surgeon 1754 East Commercial Blvd, Fort Lauderdale		1 answer
	David Bogue, MD Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon 660 Glades Road Suite 380, Boca Raton

Recent Answers

How Effective is a Mini Facelift?

Andres Bustillo, MD

Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon

Do Mini Facelifts Cost Less? I realize that many of the doctors here hold the heavily advertised mini facelifts in low regard, and I'm not referring to them specifically. I am thinking about a patient that is just starting to age who nevertheless wants more lifting and tucking than injectables can provide.
Are facelifts something that is so involved that even if there is less to do on a patient that is just starting to show age than a more advanced case, the price remains the same?

A: Mini lift may be too much and Maxi may not be enough

In order to get an effective, pretty, and long lasting result requires different types of lift depending on the patients anatomy and has very little to do with age.

Almost all plastic surgeons who do "Maxi-lifts" also do Mini-lifts if that is the right thing to do.

However, many surgeons who do Mini-lifts are not trained or experienced in Maxi-lifts.

Therefore, see a Board Qualified Plastic Surgeon who is able to offer you various alternatives and by all means avoid "generic" lifts.

Dr. Mayl

Nathan Mayl, MD

Fort Lauderdale Plastic Surgeon

A: Mini-Facelift vs Full Facelift

Not all "mini-facelifts" are created equally. In general, a mini-facelift is designed to lift the cheeks and correct jowl deformities at the jawline. A well done mini-facelift will also include a SMAS lift to tighten the cheek muscles. A mini-facelift will not include surgical alteration of the neck tissues beneath the chin, and will not require incisions in this area. In addition, the mini-facelift incisions behind the ear are much shorter, and less surgical work is involved than with a full facelift (which includes a neck-lift). Therefore, surgeon's fees for mini-facelifts are lower than for full facelifts.

Also, less time is spent in the operating room and therefore less anesthesia time is required, so those fees are reduced as well. Be VERY careful, however, to avoid the gimmicky facelift short-cut procedures which are marketed as "lifestyle lift", "thread lift", etc, etc. These rely on suspension of the tissues with artificial materials rather than true repositioning done in a facelift or mini-facelift. Not only are the results of these procedures short lived (think one, maybe two years), but the artificial materials placed in the facial tissues can lead to serious problems down the road.

Pamela B. Rosen, MD

Coral Springs Plastic Surgeon