I just wrote an opinion regarding the difference between a Lifestyle Lift and a traditional facelift, which you should be able to find under my profile. I think this is a procedure that "over-promises but under-delivers", while a good facelift should do the opposite. My patients have minimal bruising and are generally able to resume most normal social activities within a week to ten days after surgery, although I recommend waiting about three weeks before resuming strenuous exercise or scheduling appearances at important social events.
Yes, the cost of a "traditional" facelift is greater than that of a "Lifestyle Lift", but you get the full-service care and attention of your plastic surgeon with the former, less so with the latter. You get what you pay for.
