Comparison with Traditional Techniques

Our facelift technique is a game-changer. See how it compares to older methods.

LUNCHTIME or MINI FACELIFT

This technique appeals to patients because it seems to have an easy recovery. The issue is that too much tension is placed on the skin and minimal skin is actually undermined (lifted to allow it to be moved). The predictable outcome: the skin stretches back to essentially where it started fairly quickly when tension is applied. A lunchtime facelift result does not last long, typically only on the order of months. 

SUBCUTANEOUS FACELIFT

In a subcutaneous facelift, the surgeons lift and extensively redrape the skin, but they don’t do anything with the deeper structures. This kind of facelift is not going to last much longer than a Lunchtime face lift. It’s not much better, though it is considered the next level. 

SMAS FACELIFT

After Subcutaneous facelifts, SMAS facelifts are the next level. The SMAS is the layer that holds the muscles of the face, the supporting structures of the face, and the jowls.

Traditionally, SMAS facelift actually involved some deep plane dissection; However, the trend with the use of the term “SMAS facelift” has evolved to where the surgeon is tightening the SMAS with stitches (without undermining or lifting it), or taking a small window out and then closing that gap.

The issue here is that as the surgery ages, it settles and these structures droop, and that leads to jowls and the loss of high cheekbones.

Ultimately, tightening the SMAS can only move those structures back to where you want them so much because the SMAS itself is attached to the bone with a series of ligaments and isn’t mobile or movable enough.

A SMAS facelift can be pretty good in some patients BUT, it’s not the GOLD STANDARD … 

TRADITIONAL DEEP PLANE FACELIFT

The traditional highest level (most advanced) facelift was the deep plane facelift (sometimes also referred to or described as composite). In this procedure, the SMAS (the layer that holding the muscles and supporting structures of the face, including the malar fat pads and the jowls) is released completely to allow maximal elevation.

The surgeon would make an incision in the SMAS (after lifting some skin) about 1/2 inch in front of the ear and elevate the SMAS off of the deeper structure. The remaining skin is left attached to the underlying SMAS that is going to be repositioned. But for beginning part of this elevation the SMAS is actually tightly and completely attached to the lining of the parotid gland – this is called the fixed SMAS – it never moves here with facial expression. You can feel this on yourself if you hold your fingers over your face just in front of your ear and smile. As opposed to feeling how your face moves when you hold your fingers over your cheeks. So there’s absolutely no upside to lifting it here.

BUT, there are downsides to lifting the fixed SMAS: more swelling, somewhat limited ability to reposition the skin the is more lateral on your face accurately, and potential nerve injury.

The criticisms of traditional deep plane facelifts have always been: the recovery will be the longer with more swelling, and there is a risk of nerve injury (because the nerve to the brow travels through some of the SMAS). 

THE NEW GOLD STANDARD FACELIFT

OUR MobileDeepPlane Facelift™ IS DIFFERENT
IT’S ACTUALLY REVOLUTIONARY

With  The MobileDeepPlane Facelift, we are getting under the SMAS, but only the part of the SMAS that needs to be released.

We are completely releasing the attachments of the SMAS (similar to the best deep plane facelifts) that go all the way down to bone (we are not releasing them at the bone, just right under the SMAS layer). Therefore, the mobile SMAS can be maximally elevated and repositioned vertically.

BUT, we are NOT releasing the fixed SMAS (the surgical move that doesn’t confer benefits, only risks).

AND, we are doing something even more REVOLUTIONARY: we are precisely repositioning and reattaching the skin that was overlying the fixed SMAS to both minimize swelling and naturally reshape the face with hemostatic netting.

This actually translates to THREE revolutionary improvements:

1) There is a smaller “deep plane” space created, which leads to less swelling and faster recovery that the traditional deep plane facelift.

2) The course of the nerve to the brow is avoided, to significantly decrease the risk of nerve injury that surgeons talk about to discourage deep plane techniques

3) The skin of your face is optimally redraped and precisely repositioned, because the “composite” portion of the dissection is limited to essentially the skin overlying the retaining ligaments – the majority of the facial skin can now be redraped more perfectly than with the traditional deep plane facelift.

We are able to restore the malar fat pad and the jowl to a COMPLETELY elevated youthful position. We are giving you the sharpest jawline and the deepest neck possible.

This revolutionary technique is the most powerful face lift available today – it allows you to have the most restoration of the SMAS and the facial structures, with the most precise, strongest repositioning – and that is new and incredibly effective!

Our Mobile Deep-Plane Facelift™ changes everything by:

•    Fully releasing the mobile SMAS — the layer responsible for true support and lift.
•    Avoiding the fixed SMAS (which carries risk without benefit).
•    Precisely redraping and reattaching skin with hemostatic netting for a smooth, natural finish.

What Makes This Facelift Different?

•    Natural Look: No windswept or overdone appearance. You’ll look refreshed — not “operated on.”
•    Quick Recovery: Back to work or social life in just 5–7 days.
•    Long-Lasting Results: A lifted, youthful look that endures — resetting the clock for years to come.