View source for Mini facelift

{{Short description|Short-scar lift for mild descent; MACS and cousins}}
{{Infobox term
| image          = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption        = Facial musculature (Commons). Mini / MACS lifts use a shorter scar and less release.
| alt            = Facial muscles
| name = Mini facelift
| also = S-lift, MACS lift, short-scar lift
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''mini facelift''' (S-lift, MACS — minimal access cranial suspension) uses a shorter scar and less ligament release.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is used for mild [[jowl]] in still-elastic skin. It does not treat a heavy neck as a full [[neck lift]] would, and it does not move a [[maxilla]].

== This wiki's view ==
A named short-scar lift for mild descent — not a substitute for LeFort, and not a substitute for platysma work.

== See also ==
* [[Facelift]]
* [[SMAS facelift]]
* [[Neck lift]]


== References ==
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