How is a Lifestyle Lift Different from a Traditional Face Lift?

LifeStyle Lifts are full facelift incision minilifts, performed through a company which has licensed the name. Doctors sign onto the service and give a percentage of their fee to the company for performing their advertising. The advertisements show pictures of patients who have achieved excellent results. From the patients I have seen who have had LSL procedures, these results are not at all typical. Judging from the posts on this website, the results were unsatisfactory to a number of... more

Buyer beware: a number of ‘limited incision’ and ‘quick recovery’ facelift procedures are currently marketed to patients with names like “The Quicklift”, “The Lifestyle Lift”, “The Weekend Facelift”, “The S Lift”, “The MACS Lift”, etc. As with most things in life, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. In my opinion, the results of surgery are in direct proportion to the time and effort that the... more

A Lifestyle lift is more or less a mini-facelift, and it does not address the 3 classic signs of aging that almost everyone seeking lower facial rejuvenation wants corrected: improvement of the neckline the jawline the jowls A facelift, however, fully corrects these areas of concern, and is a much more durable operation (most facelifts can be expected to last 10-15 years). Many patients are concerned about a "full" or "traditional" facelift because they fear the... more

I agree that all the terminology and marketing names surrounding Facelifts these days is very confusing - for Patients and Physicians alike! Having performed the Lifestyle Lift in the past as well as all hundreds of "traditional" Facelifts I think it is important to clarify all the terms so Patients can fully understand the procedures for what they technically are and not what the marketing wants you to believe they are. Some key terms: Plication means the SMAS is folded onto... more

Lifestyle Lift is a business model franchised to physicians.  Unfortunately, the company does not make its procedure understood to surgeons who are not part of the franchise, so it is difficult to know exactly what the surgery entails.  We do know that very few, if any surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery do this procedure. The Lifestyle procedure is heavily marketed to the public, but you should know that the attorney general of New York State sued the... more

A "Lifestyle Lift" is essentially a heavily marked mini-lift procedure. The company, "Lifestyle Lift", advertises (via infomercials, and other media) and sells a procedure that is touted to deliver a dramatic result with a one hour procedure, without the need for "potentially dangerous anesthetics". The concept that is conveyed in this marketing is that this procedure is equally effective regardless of the surgeon doing it. A patient must uses their sense... more

A lifestyle lift is another name for a mini lift and will give mini results. The traditional (comprehensive) face/neck lift is a full facial rejuvenation involving the cheeks, jowls, neck fat, and anterior platysmal bands. The comprehensive face/neck lift is a three-hour operation that tightens muscles in the face, the front, and back portion of the neck while removing fat both above and below the platysmal muscle in the neck. A comprehensive full face/neck lift is not done in a lunchtime,... more

The lifestyle lift is a marketed procedure not necessarily performed by a plastic surgeon. It is basically a limited scar facelift with either a soft tissue plication or soft tissue removal and reapproxmation with sutures. I think your best bet is to find a qualified plastic surgeon to see for consultation to go over your options.

Trust me when I tell you that the Lifestyle Lift is a smaller gauge facelift that was designed and marketed to those who could not afford the traditional cost or recovery of more extensive facelifting. The company maintains a hush-hush approach to the process but patients are fully informed about the operation, the possible results, and the risks of complications. The company markets and has surgeons around the country, many with their own private practices charging much more for... more