Should cheek and lip injections be dissolved before a SMAS face lift?

I do not think that hyaluronic acid fillers like Restylane and Juvederm need to be dissolved prior to surgery. Most experienced facelift surgeons should be able to "guesstimate" the amount of volume that is being added by the filler. This is assuming that the fillers have not been over done. Different facelift techniques can change the volume in different parts of the face and this can be taken into consideration by the surgeon. It is important to tell your surgeon if you have fillers to discuss your options.

Voluma is a hyaluronic acid filler that is long lasting and typically injected in the deeper facial plane. Voluma is typically injected in the deeper plane of cheek and midface and there would be no need to dissolve it prior to a facelift as it will dissolve over time and its effect will have no bearing on facelift planning.The term SMAS facelift really tells me nothing. The main question would be how far the SMAS is mobilized and in what plane. There are so many SMAS facelift techniques with the majority not having any effect on the cheek. A high SMAS will mobilize the cheek but should be more superficial that the Voluma and the SMAS will move over the filler. Voluma is hard to dissolve anyways. Good luck with your facelift