Facelift
| Field | Medicine |
|---|---|
| Also known as | rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
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A facelift (rhytidectomy) repositions descended facial soft tissue and usually removes extra skin. Modern versions work on the SMAS (superficial musculoaponeurotic system), not just a skin pull. Looksmaxxing men under 30 asking for a facelift usually needed fat loss, a haircut, or bone. Men with real jowling after weight or implants sometimes actually need one.
Ladder (not a shopping list)
- Mini facelift / MACS — shorter scar, less release; modest descent.
- SMAS facelift — plicate or SMAS-ectomy; the 20th-century workhorse.
- Deep plane facelift — ligament release under SMAS; current prestige pole for natural motion.
- Ponytail lift — endoscopic / short-scar temporal and midface; fashion name, real dissection.
- Midface lift — cheeks/fold, not a full lower face.
- Neck lift — platysma / submental; often the tell if you skip it.
- Brow lift — forehead/temple; different vector.
- Thread lift — not this page.
Branded integers (9D facelift) are either thread barb-counts or one surgeon’s protocol. Ask which.