1 hour vertical facelift versus a regular facelift?

Thank you for your question.  Your suspicion that these claims are "too good to be true" are certainly correct.  A great facelift takes skill, care and time.  One hour is not enough time for even the most stilled surgeon to perform a quality facelift and close the incisions with precision.  My advice would be to see a few well respected facial plastic or general plastic surgeons who specialize in the face in your area.  Let them evaluate you and give you advice about what procedures are likely to give you the result you are hoping for.  Only move forward when you feel comfortable with the surgeon and plan.  Keep in mind that every face is different and a one-size fits all procedure will not universally yield excellent results.  A facelift should be tailored to the individual's anatomy and aging process.  All the best!

With something as important as your face I suggest not cutting corners. A one-hour procedure will likely leave you with temporary results and you will ultimately need a "real" lift in short time. I recommend finding an experienced facelift surgeon who will perform a quality lift using documented techniques that provide long-term improvement. Best of luck.

Good morning!Surgical face rejuvenation is a challenging and technically demanding procedure- it takes considerable planning, time, and expertise to get a great result.  There area wide variety of companies and surgeons advertising variants of what you describe above- a "one hour facelift"- guaranteeing the same results as a formal facial rejuvenation surgery but can be done on your lunch hour.  If reputable surgeons could perform a good facelift in an hour instead of three to five hours- they would.  The fact is that they cannot- you cannot do the intricate dissection, elevation, and skin closure in one hour and have a great result.  Trying to find a "easy way out" and a shortcut in this type of procedure is going to give you minimum results with maximum disappointment.Bottom line- a quick little mini lift is only going to give you mini results with mini longevity of your result.I hope this helps

The best way to approach this problem is by conceptualizing what kind of result you would like to have.  If you have aging indications that a facelift would address, the correct procedure to have is a facelift performed by a Surgeon who has a busy facelift practice.  One hour isn't enough time to accomplish all of the goals for a facelift and instead places emphasis on time over quality.  You won't care if your procedure took one hour or four hours next year, but you will care about your result.  Fancy marketing terms are usually a recipe for patient dissatisfaction.

Marketing can make anything sound great but reality dictates that if there was a facelift technique that corrected volume loss in the midface, jowling, platsyma laxity, neck and facial skin laxity, all in 1 hour and the results were reliable, predictable and long lasting, then every plastic surgeon would do it.  There is a reason only certain people advertise doing this and it is NOT that they are the only people who have been able to figure out how to do it. A small amount of skin tightening may be done in 1 hour but not the muscle tightening and SMAS elevation required for full facial rejuvenation.  See a board certified plastic surgeon for a in depth consultation of what would give you the best long term result.

A traditional full facelift/ neck lift procedure takes on average 4- 5 hours to do and involves a lot of undermining of skin, tightening of deeper tissue layers of the face and neck in addition to ressecting all the excess skin and closing all the multiple layers along the long incisions around the ear and hairline.  It's a lot of work so it can produce very dramatic results.  You just cannot accomplish all that in a one hour procedure.  I am not sure what they are advertising with a one hour "vertical lift" but it sounds more like a mini- type of facelift where the dissection and undermining is very limited and only a small amount of skin is removed with not enough exposure to tighten the deeper layers (SMAS and platysma) of the face and neck.  If this is the case then there is no comparison between the two.  The more involved facelift/ neck lift will always give you a much more dramatic look, and if you have a lot of loose neck skin and prominent jowls, then this is usually what's recommended.  If you have minimal jowling and not too much neck skin issues, then a mini- facelift type of a procedure may be adequate, but don't be fooled, the mini- facelift type of procedure cannot give you the same result as a traditional facelift.  The physics and mechanics just don't add up.  If it sounds too good to be true, most of the time it is, and beware of the bait and switch advertising.  Also beware of the cheapest doctor in town advertising bargain basement prices.  You have to pay for quality.  There is nothing more important than your face as that is what every one sees first so don't trust it to just anyone.  I would recommend you seek consultations from a few board certified plastic surgeons in your area that have a lot of experience with facial cosmetic surgery (you may find them through the websites of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)).  Best wishes.

These types or procedures have always existed, and in general provide a lesser result than more traditional surgical facelift techniques.  If they really were as good, then all credible surgeons would use the shorter duration technique for obvious reasons. 

If 1 hour surgery will constantly produce as good result as 3-5 hours surgery, why should the most experienced plastic surgeons waste that much time? It is interesting that these new techniques are always advertised by surgeons (or non-surgeons) who are new in the field of face lift surgery and facial rejuvenation? One hour face lift is good solution for someone who doesn't need a face lift.You should seek a consultation with at least 2 reputable board certified plastic surgeons in your area for detailed evaluation and discuss your options. Ask to talk to patients who had face lift surgery. It is a surgeon not a technique that counts. Good luck.

There is no way you will get anything natural and lasting with a "one hour" quickie lift.  Even iff done well, it may look good for a few months at most.  The only appeal to that kind of procedure is the "lunch hour" aspect. And no "real" plastic surgeon would perform that type of procedure unless you were fully aware of its limitations and you just wanted a quick tune up for a special occasion. Visit a plastic surgeon, or two or three, that are fully experienced in various levels of facial rejuvenation.  Look at photos of the differences, and make an informed decision.  It is well worth the time to research this project. It is your FACE.

Terminologies for facelifting can be varied.  Generally. I recommend seeking a personal consultation with a Specialist to learn more about your options and his specific techniques.Advertisements cannot fully explain the extent of surgery that is being offered.  In my opinion, the speed of the procedure should not be the top priority.  The fastest may not be the best for you.Also, the direction of pull should not be the only determinate.I consider a vertical lift to be from the eyelid and/or temple regions.  The neck improvements would be less than traditional.Traditional lifts can incorporate both vertical and lateral movements and improve your neck.It's difficult for me to understand how both types of lifts can offer the same results.Take the time to visit with many Specialist in your area.