Mini Face Lift Surgery

Introduction:

The mini facelift has become vary popular option for patients who want a more youthful look, but have little time to spare from work and other normal activities.

Designed to rejuvenate the upper neck and jaw line and to correct the jowling and sub mental fullness (fullness below the chin), the mini lift takes about two hours for the surgery. It can be performed under local anesthesia, light sedation or general anesthesia.

The mini lift surgery can be performed on any age group. Because down times is less and there is less bruising and swelling it is ideal for males and females.

The mini face lift is done in conjunction with liposuction to sculpt the neck and jaw line. If the eye area is also a concern, the mini lift can be performed easily in combination with upper and /or lower lid blepharoplasty to give a complete facial rejuvenation with approximately four to five hours of surgery.

Mini facelift surgery is not ideal for the patient who has a lot of mid facial prosis unless the mini face lift surgery is combined with a blepharoplasty and a mid face lift. Otherwise known as a full deep plane lift, is indicated for those patients.