Mini and mid face lift - can moving cheek pads be performed during full facelift?

A well performed deep plane approach should lift your cheek; it's a self volumizing approach. The difference between a mini- and a facelift is whether or not the neck is included. In my opinion, and endoscopic midface lift has almost no utility with the availability of many Surgeons performing a deep plane facelift and the plethora of volumizers available.

A deep plane facelift, would address all of your concerns, including the cheek, fat pad of the mid face and excess skin and muscle laxity. This is most commonly combined with facial fat grafting to restore a natural balanced look, addressing each individual subunit of the face. 

Hello,
Thank you for your excellent question. There are different types of facelifts and each do different things. Most surgeons would do what you suggested and address both areas with "one procedure" but that's not to say the way your surgeon itemized it is "wrong". Of note, facelift can be done wide awake using local anesthesia and oral medications to help you relax. Patients do incredibly well with this and it avoids the side effects of general anesthesia.
Mark G. Albert, M.D., F.A.C.S.New York, NY