SMAS facelift
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A SMAS facelift works the superficial musculoaponeurotic system — plication, imbrication, or SMAS-ectomy — then redrapes skin. It is the parent of most “real” lifts. Deep plane facelift is the more aggressive ligament-release child. If a clinic says SMAS and shows a thread, they are lying.