These are fundamentally the same thing. One is a heavily marketed "name" and the other is a generic term for some sort of minimalistic facelift.
There is no standard facelift procedure and each doctor does it differently but these are basically the same thing. Remember that a mini lift will give a mini result that lasts a mini length of time and sometimes with very poor scars because of tension put on the skin.
Please evaluate your goals and expectations for the changes you would like to see and meet with surgeons who can perform all of the various procedures to help you decide which will meet your expectations.
Please look at the satisfaction column on the right and see that a true facelift ranks the highest at 88% of any cosmetic treatment and the mini lifts are far down the list at 40%.
