Mini Lift: Q&A
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How Effective is a Mini Facelift?
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jacob1216
in saint rose
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Minilift vs facelift- - good medicine or predatory advertising?
It is my opinion that the recent trend in advertising minilifts is predatory. Of course nobody wants to have a surgery that causes a long recovery time, or is expensive. And who need lab tests preoperatively when your minilift "surgeon" doesn't require any tests at all ( except the credit card clearance).
Enter the minilift. Quick recovery, perhaps even over lunchtime, no dangerous general anesthesia, low cost.
Right?
The real truth is in the results. Most patients...
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How Effective is a Mini Facelift?
Mini Facelifts are very effective for the right patient. They are a facelift which tightens up the lower face, jawline and neck and is easy to undergo for $6-8500 under local anesthesia with dramatic natural results. Most patients benefit from the Mini Facelift but beware of the TV advertised mills which give substandard results and obvious scars. Sincerely,
David Hansen,MD
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How effective is a mini facelift?
Mini facelifts minimize the skin incisions by avoiding extending the incision behind the ear and into the posterior scalp. Doing so will minimize the surgeon's ability in rejuvenating the upper neck. In such cases, only the jowl area can be rejuvenated and not the upper neck.
Having explained that, I believe that a mini facelift is effective in reducing jowls only, and as such would be appropriate for younger patients without aging signs in the neck.
Unfortunately, I have noticed...
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Mini facelift options
Not every patient will need an extensive facelift. A mini-lift can address isolated areas of facial expression but cannot substitute for a full face lift in most cases. All plastic surgeons perform modifications of a facelift that are characterized as a mini-lift.
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Mini lift effectiveness vary based on techniques
I do not think that it is very fair to call all mini facelift bad and all regular facelifts good, or even better. It has to do with the technique, with experience, extensiveness of surgery and so on.
I don't know about you, but I am completely confused about the variety of branded facelifts out there. We can complain about it, however, it is the reality of life. The problem is that with plastic surgery going more mainstream, the consumer expects more mainstream names for the...
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Mini Lift is Accurate Description
Mini Lift usually refers to a skin-only excision around the ear, with minimal or no undermining (surgical release of tissues to aid in repositioning).
The technique tightens the cheeks and jowls by creating a pull (tension) on the skin of the area without lifting or tightening the underlying support structures.
The advantages are a quick procedure with minimal or no recovery that will refresh one's appearance. The disadvantage is lack of longevity (a few months to a couple of...
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Minor lifts treat minor problems
A mini-lift can be a good choice if the areas you're looking to treat are relatively small and localized. But of course you can't expect the same results from a mini-lift as you would from a complete facelift.
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Minilift Results
A minilift is a nonspecific term which is typically used to describe a limited incision lift. While there is a role in minilifts (see attached article I wrote on minilifts), there is extensive variability in what a minilift is. In my version of a minilift, an appropriate candiate will still have deeper tissues lifted, with just an incision which has been limited. Minlifts where there is skin only tightening or limited deeper tissues lifted will result in poor scars and...
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What is a Mini Facelift?
This is an interesting question because a getting a "mini lift" is not like buying a "bmw 530i": that bmw is going to be exactly the same no matter what dealership you go to. The "mini lift" however, is 100% dependent on the surgeon who is performing it. If that surgeon is inexperienced, poorly trained, and does not have a busy private practice in facial plastic surgery the results will show it. In my practice our "mini" is...
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Mini-lifts equal mini results
The mini-lift procedure is not very effective. Treating an aging face is difficult enough with a facelift. I am a firm believer that minilifts cannot treat the aging face well.
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Mini facelifts
Mini facelifts will give you mini results for a mini length of time with the maxi of scars. Unless you barely need anything, a mini is a maxi waste of time and money.
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Mini Facelifts only work well on Mini Changes
It would be wonderful if we could get a MAXIMUM gain for a MINI investment.
- Lose a LOT of weight with only a MINI effort of changing what we eat
- Have a maximally ripped muscular body with only a Mini workout for a few minutes once a week
- Make a killing on Wall Street with a Mini investment and no risk
You get the idea.
A Mini- Facelift is a marketing term for a group of very limited procedures which would possibly marginally benefit only those with the smallest facial...
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A Minilift is Only Effective if the Indications Are Minimal
The appeal of recent national marketing promoting mini-lift procedures is undeniable. However, a mini-lift (although effective when applied to the correct patient) is often inadequate to produce a substantial change in patients I see in SW Florida. From a facial rejuvenation standpoint, a mini-lift is appropriate in a patient with minimal jowling and early or no signs of aging in the neck. This patient is typically in their mid-40's with relatively good skin tone. ...
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Mini Lifts
Mini Lifts may be appropriate for some patients who are seeking only subtle improvement. However, the procedure generally does not work on the SMAS. Therefore, the results are short lived. The need to repeat the procedure (even as soon as 2 years) generally does not make the procedure cost effective for most patients.
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For the right patient, a minilift can be the right operation
Many patients are coming in for consultations after seeing the commercials from a national chain that is advertising essentially a minilift. Its hard for us to ignore this new wave of low cost, standardized plastic surgery that is emerging and the patients really cannot tell the difference prior to surgery. After surgery is a different story. So goes the minilift. If you have a minimal jowl and very little neck laxity, then maybe the minilift is the right thing for...
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Mini-facelift, is it worth it?
Mini-facelifts have grown popular due to a lot of advertising by some of the franchise facelift businesses. There are lots of different types of these operations, but they're all variations of the same basic principle. The goal is to improve the area between below your eyes to the jaw line. The most improvement is usually seen along the nasolabial folds which are the lines from the corner of your nose to the corner of your mouth. If you have the right set of concerns/problems a...
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Mini Lifts Work in Appropriate Patients
Mini lifts are wonderful operations for the right person. They can produce dramatic results if used in the appropriate patient. Minimal to moderate jowling and neck laxity can be significantly improved. Mini lifts often have a significantly shorter recovery. This is due to the fact that it is a much less invasive procedure with shorter scars. The problem with "Mini-Lifts" is that many surgeons use them on patients who have changes far to...
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Mini-facelift
A mini-facelift may be very effective in the right individual. It is when the envelope is pushed to the extreme that it becomes less effective. If you have a lot of loose skin and neck laxity, you are probably better off with a different procedure.
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The mini-facelift
Different surgeons have different definition of what they refer to as a mini-facelift. Basically, a facelift addresses the lower half of the face and upper neck. This is accomplished by an incision around the ear, but is usually barely visible since part of the incision in front of the ear goes behind the rectangular cartilage called the tragus. The incision is then extended into the hairline in a standard facelift. The muscle underneath, called the SMAS is then tightened with deep stitches...
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Mini-lift is great for some, not so good for others
It is important to understand that different surgeons use different terms to describe the various types of facelifts. For the most part, all facelifts involve:
1. An incision placed in a relatively hidden area (between the ear and cheek, hidden by the hair at the temple, or behind the ear).
2. Dissection of the skin to release from its connections to the deeper tissues that hold it in an unfavorable, sagging position.
3. Elevation and fixation of the tissue upward to reverse the...
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Effectiveness of a Mini-Lift Depends on Patient's Expectations
The Mini-Lift is a very effective procedure for the early signs of aging inlcuding laxity of skin along the jaw line and in the area immediately below the chin. However for the patient with significant skin laxity in the front of the neck it is not the procedure of choice.
Most of our mini-lifts are done on patients age 35-50. Most of those who are older than 50 require a more traditional face and neck lift. Really the major difference between the two procedures is the extent of the...
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Mini face lift for youthful appearance
Jacob1216,
Mini face lift comes by various names (short scar, minimal access, s lift, etc). Generally, this facelift treats the lower face & neck with a small incision in front of the ear & up the temple area. A posterior ear incision is usually avoided in this face lift. The mini lift is very effective in the appropriate patient, who are generally younger with minimal or moderate facial & neck aging.
However, each patients is unique and there isn't one face lift type that is...
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It is an excellent procedure, if you have realistic expectations
A mini-lift isn't for everyone, but in select cases, it is a wonderful procedure. Contrary to what many people believe, a "facelift" only rejuvenates the lower face (jowls) and neck....not the entire face. A mini-lift really just improves the jowls and jawline, not the neck. In younger patients who are developing jowls, it is an ideal procedure. I often perform mini-lifts under local anesthesia. The recovery time is only about 1 week, and it is not painful postoperatively. The...
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