What is the difference between a mini and full facelift? Which of the two would deliver better results for me? 47 y/o (photo)

Thanks for the question. Based on your photos, you are a good candidate for Macs Facelift surgery. This surgery will help to reshape your face and eyelid. I recommend you meeting a board certified surgeon to decide the process together. I wish you all the best.

Dear Blondie Vaz,

Thankyou for providing reference pictures for a better recommendation. It seems your skin is experiencing skin laxity where the skins firmness and tighteness is lost. I would recommend to get a full face lift because this will target in defining your neck, midface and temporal area as well as the Upper and lower blepharoplasty . Mini facelift in contrast only targets the midface and lower cheek area. Hence a full facelift vertical lift will be most beneficial as it will give a overall tightened look. In addition i would recommend you to look into nanofat injection for your deep nasolabial folds and wrinkles, they will help to fill in the lack of volume.

Best Regards,
TAS TEAM

A profile view is usually more helpful to assess the neck. To address the signs of periorbital aging, you would benefit most from an endoscopic browlift paired with upper and lower blepharoplasty. While a minifacelift, which we call a wavelift, and perform with an endoscope to minimize the length of our incisions, would rejuvenate your midface, and cause some improvement along your jawline, you do not have much jowling, so it might be the case that performing liposuction of the neck would satisfy you for the time being, allowing you to postpone a facelift until later in life. We would need to see you in person to allow you to better choose among these different options.