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What is the Difference Between a Lifestyle Lift and a Mini Lift?
What is the difference between the "Lifestyle Lift" and a regular "mini face lift" of the bottom half of your face?
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clp1988
in Chattanooga, TN
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The More Advanced the Aging Changes, the More Extensive the Procedure Needs to Be
There are three assumptions you can safely make in Facial Plastic Surgery:
1) The more advanced the aging changes are, the more extensive your procedure needs to be.
2) Not all surgeons are equal. As I was told in my training, " There is no such thing as a minor procedure; there are however, minor surgeons".
3) Always see a Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon or Board Certified Plastic Surgeon when considering a facelift, and get a second opinion.
Lifestyle Lift is a very...
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Stay away from both of them.
Hi! I like Dr. Freund's answer about the Lifestyle Lift. It is an embarrassing gimmick.
A "mini lift" can mean several different things, but, at best, it will give you partial, short term improvement. I don't do it.
Today, we have several good ways of making people look younger and fresher without surgery (Botox, fillers, Thermage, lasers, etc.).
When you get to the point when only surgery will help, then I recommend a REAL facelift (which can be done with a short scar). What...
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You get what you pay for with limited incision procedures
Unfortunately there are a number of terms to describe surgical procedures to rejuvenate the face. Some of these terms refer to actual surgical procedures and some of these terms are used solely for marking purposes. This is especially true of the procedures such as The Lifestyle Lift. This is a heavily marketed procedure which is performed in different areas of the country most often by physicians who are specifically not board certified plastic surgeons.
Some minimally invasive or limited...
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Lifestyle Lift vs Mini Facelift
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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...
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Lifestyle lift is a flawed technique
Lifestyle lift is the latest incarnation of the original skin-only facelift, first performed in 1904. This technique was abandoned shortly thereafter because it caused unsatisfactory scarring, ear displacement and short-lived results.
The latest technique is no different except that those performing the technique should know better.
The mini-lift suggests some fraction of a full facelift. This is great because not everyone needs a full facelift with the resultant swelling. However,...
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A Lifestyle lift is a Mini Face Lift under local anesthesia
Lifestyle lift is simply a trademark name for a face lift done under local anesthesia, usually a mini type but also it can be a little more extensive. Lifestyle lift is not a new type of face lift surgery it is just a company that hires doctors to perform face lifts under local anesthesia, and they do a lot of PR, advertising and marketing to promote their brand. This is branding not a revolutionary new procedure.
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Mini face lift vs. Lifestyle Lift
The term mini-lift is nebulous, but is often used either to mean a facelift for the upper face alone, for the neck and lower face alone, or for a minimal skin-only facelift.
The Lifestyle lift, according to its practitioners, and the post-LSL patients I have seen, involves the incisions of a full facelift, minimal undermining with no SMAS work. No SMAS work means all the volume that has descended down and rests on the jowls stays there.
The loose neck muscles stay the way they are. Most...
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The lifestyle lift is a version of a mini-lift
This is a difficult question to answer because there are so many variables.
For one, each plastic surgeon has his own opinion of what a mini-lift entails. For some, it is a limited scar. For others it implies limited skin undermining. For others, a mini-facelift is a skin only operation and for others the deep tissues (SMAS) are lifted.
It is my understanding that the Lifestyle lift doctors all do their own variation of the procedure as well. I only know one of these physicians...
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Factual Comparison of Lifestyle Lift and mini lift
Hello in Chattanooga,
Having performed hundreds of Lifestyle Lifts and mini-lifts in the past I hope I can answer your question in a clear and factual manner.
"Mini-lift" on the whole implies a surgical procedure meant to address mild aging changes seen in the lower third of the face. The tag "mini" refers to the use of smaller incisions (ie. in front of the ear only, along the sideburn only or in back of the ear only ) as well as its application to address...
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Big difference between a Lifestyle lift and mini face lift (especially in longevity of results)
The "lifestyle lift" uses the same incisions as a mini-lift, but uses sutures only to achieve the "lift". The lifestyle lift may only last by some reports as little as 18 months to 3 years, but it costs a lot!
The mini-lift uses the same incision, and usually achieves the lifting by elevating and supporting the deeper structures (SMAS).
Recovery time, swelling, bruising, etc., are not significantly different, from my opinion.
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