SMAS Facelift: Q&A
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What is an SMAS Facelift, and How is It Different Than a Normal Facelift?
I was curious because I have been hearing about them recently and wanted to know if it would work better.
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What is an SMAS Facelift, and How is It Different Than a Normal Facelift?
SMAS facelift just refers to techniques used to resuspend the deeper tissues of the face, called SMAS. Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of facial procedures each year. Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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Full or Traditional Facelift, Mini Face lifts, and SMAS Facelift: What are the differences?
A full or "traditional" facelift addresses the sagging upper and lower neck skin and (platysmal) vertical neck bands, jowls, lower and mid nasolabial folds and marionette lines. It involves incisions from the temple scalp, along the front of the ear (inside the mid part for women), behind the ear in the crease then along or into the scalp hair behind the ear towards the back of your neck with undermining of the skin and tightening of underlying support tissues. SMAS mini-facelifts can...
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Normal Facelift versus SMAS Facelift
When you say a normal facelift I am assuming you are talking about a skin-only facelift. Skin-only facelifts are limited for many reasons. In order to achieve a lift using skin-only an extreme amount of tension must be placed onto the skin. This results in a distorted "facelifted" appearance. Skin is not meant to hold tension and it stretches resulting in early relapse of the facelift. Finally, the tension on the skin leads to scar widening and more problems...
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SMAS Facelift
A SMAS is the normal lift. By manipulating the SMAS, you can have a better, more lasting, and more natural result. The term is being used to differentiate the traditional facelift from a lifestyle lift that typically does not involve the SMAS.
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SMAS facelift versus normal facelift
If we assume by a normal facelift you mean a skin only facelift, then the differences are that the skin only facelift will reposition and excise excess skin but will not treat any of the underlying structures. It is common in aging that the tissues below the skin also sag and repositioning them with a treatment of the SMAS will often give a more youthful natural look rather than just tight skin.
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SMAS facelift
A SMAS facelift is a "normal" facelift. The original facelift involved pulling the skin back giving a patient the "facelift look." By manipulating the SMAS as well as limited skin manipulation, patients can have a more natural and refreshed appearance.
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Normal facelift vs SMAS facelift.
Think of your face as 2 layers, (there are more), with the skin being the outer layer and the SMAS being the layer just beneath the skin. In certain patients: younger, with excellent skin elasticity, minimal jowling and minimal need for neck correction, a skin only facelift can be done. This is because the skin will support the lift due to its strength. However, most patients considering a facelift are older and have more requirements to fully rejuvenate...
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SMAS facelift vs. regular facelift
A SMAS facelift involves the deeper tissue layer and therefore provides longer lasting and more natural results. A regular facelift surgery only lifts the skin.
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SMAS Facelift
A facelift can be done by pulling back skin alone or by manipulating the thick under tissue called the SMAS. The latter gives a better, more natural result. Simply tightening the SMAS with a few sutures isn't as good as entirely mobilizing the SMAS.
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What is a SMAS lift?
A SMAS facelift refers to incorporating a thin fibrous/muscular layer (superficial musculoaponeurotic system) that sits beneath the skin into the lift. This is in contrast to a facelift that only pulls on the skin itself.
This SMAS layer is quite strong so a facelift that focuses on pulling on this layer is much more durable and gives a much more natural result. A traditional facelift and/or necklift typically involves using this SMAS layer, but you can discuss with your potential...
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