Mini Face Lifts

Mini Face Lifts also known as "Weekend Face Lifts"

Sometimes patients will need mini face lifts instead of a full face lift. Mini face lifts help reduce the sagging around the cheeks, the jaw line and the neck removing the excess skin and the wrinkles. Mini Face Lifts are less invasive then a full face lift and require less downtime. Mini face lift also costs less than a full face lift and are a good option for people who don't have excessive sagging skin and only require minimal correction.

What is a Mini Face Lift?

The mini face lift is much like the full face lift however it focuses more on specific areas of the face examples such as the folds around the nose, or the wrinkles around the lips. By using the smaller incisions the doctors lifts and removes the facial tissues and pulls the muscles tighter, the doctor then carefully repositions the skin by using small sutures. The mini face lift is also called the weekend face lift because the procedure itself is quicker and the healing time is much faster than a full face lift.

Who is right for a Mini Face Lift?

Mini face lifts are more for the patients who have just seen the first signs of aging, and small sun spots. Most mini face lift candidates are ready to change some physical wrinkle lines on their face or mild signs of sagginess and wrinkles; however is not ready or even needs the full face lift. Many candidates that are their 30's or 40's get the mini face lift. Also, after these patients get mini face lifts they are less likely to need a full face lift later down the road.

Difference between a Mini Face Lift and a Full Face Lift

A full face lift will help sagging skin, wrinkles and age spots on the entire face. The Face Lift literally pulls up the entire face and removes wrinkles on the entire area of the face. A full face lift can also lift the brows and forehead. However, Mini face lifts go to the specific location on the face and to helps remove the saggy skin, wrinkles and age spots. Mini face lifts do not lift the eye brows or the forehead.

Mini Face Lifts Technique

After the patient and the doctor discuss that the mini Face Lift is right for that patient, the doctor then tells the patient whether they will need endoscopic or non-endoscopic technique for their mini face lift. It is simply just two different techniques the doctors can use to perform mini face lifts.

Endoscopic technique is when the doctor inserts surgical instruments through the small cuts made around the specific locations; the instruments are to help remove excess fat and help reshape muscles in the locations. With the endoscopic technique the doctor can watch the procedure via a small camera that is inserted in the skin. Non-endoscopic is more incisions then the endoscopic.

The non- endoscopic is when the doctor pulls the skin over and exposes the area to be treated.

Both techniques help with the process of a Mini Face Lift.

Cost of the Mini Face Lift

Many people choose the mini face lift because it costs a lot less than a full face lift. One reason is because a Mini face lift requires less anesthesia then a full face lift that will eliminate the cost of the surgery. Also, with a Mini face lift the patients do not need to stay long in the hospital and they are able to return home shortly after the procedure.

A mini face lift can help remove any wrinkle, spot, and saggy skin. It is less invasive then the full face lift and will help keep your skin looking youthful!

During your mini face lift consultation your surgeon will let you know the cost of your mini face lift.