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What is the difference in a "lite" lift and a quick lift?

I live in the south.  I'm unable to find a doctor anywhere that does a "lite" lift; I believe it is similar to the Lifestyle lift.  There are no strings involved either.   The doctors in the south appear to behind the times.

4 Doctor Answers | Asked by gloriajeanrubino
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Quicklift vs Litelift

Unlike popular misconception, the Quicklift scar is not short! Infact it is much longer than many traditional SMAS facelifting techniques. The length of the Quicklift scar enables two positive outcomes. 1. the vector of lift is North south unlike the pulled back appearance of many other SMAS tightening techniques and 2. in my experience a longer incision heals far better than a shorter one. Another Misnomer in my opinion is that a Quicklift is "quick" or surgery "lite"! In my hands a... more
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What is a Quicklift

A Quicklift is a facial and neck rejuvenation procedure that tightens the SMAS muscle layer in the face and the platysma muscle in the neck through a suture piication technique. The results are an elevated mid face, correction of jowls, and a tight, youthful neck. I often perform this with fat transfers to the cheek to produce a volumized, youthful appearance. Beware of skin only techniques as they often produce the same amount of external scars in front of and behind the... more
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Differneces between the Quiklift, lifestyle lift, lite-lift and other modified facelifts

Quiklift, lifestyle lift, lite-lift and other modified facelifts: these are all modified facelifts, they use real incisions which are shorter than traditional. they all tighten the muscle they are not skin only mini lifts they all modify the SMAS or muscle layer they all use more limited incisions in the skin lifestyle lifts are a nationwide chain of surbgery centers each doctor does his own variation of a procedure the... more

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Lite Lift vs Quick Lift

The mini-lifts may be tough to choose from because of all the brand names such as LifeStyle Lift, S-Lift, Quick Lift, LiteLift, MACS and others. In many cases there are more similarities than differences between these procedures as they share the use of smaller incisions, quicker recoveries, and are often done under local anesthesia with oral sedation so that a general anesthetic is not needed. Differences are often more related to the surgeons experience and preference of surgical... more
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