Difference between facelift procedures?

There are many different types of facelifts. There are also many different names of similar types of facelifts, which makes the whole topic even more confusing. Here's what you need to know. In the years past, aging was felt to be mainly do the the changes in the skin, and a "facelift"  involved... more

The difference between facelift techniques lies in where and how the SMAS (the deep muscle layer) is addressed. The deep plane facelift differs from traditional facelifts in that the mid face is also lifted as well as the jowl and neck. 

 Facelift was historically designed to remove the loose skin and pull the lower face.  This procedure produced the typical "wind-tunnel" unnatural look.  Subsequent modifications made the matters worse.  Thinking that more pull or more lift is needed, the surgeons added a deeper... more

Facelift refers to cosmetic surgery of the lower face (jowls) & neck. Although there are many different face lift procedure terms, there are really only a few different types. These basic face lift types are the SMAS, deep, or composite. Face lift may be combined with other cosmetic surgery such... more