Short scar facelift procedures have become popular these days among those people on their 40’s and early 50’s who are wishing to maintain their youthful appearance. A MACS mini facelift is one of those short scar facelift methods favored by many since it’s a fast procedure taking just 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours to be completed. Patients of MACS lift are only put under local anesthesia and mild sedation; although there are also special cases (if combined with other face surgeries) where general anesthesia is required. This kind of face lift surgery will result to a naturally revitalized and younger looking skin, unlike the ‘windswept’ normally obtained from a full facelift.
If you are planning on having a MACS mini facelift, it’s vital that you know and understand the procedures involved in it. During the operation, your surgeon will first make an incision in front of your ear that will extend up to your hairline, above the eyebrows. You don’t have to worry about having scars beneath your ears because there will be none. A small portion of your skin is then elevated off the cheek and your skin’s primary SMAS (the tough skin layer that lose its elasticity once you age resulting for your eyelids to look stressed, your jowl’s prominence and cause the tissue on your neck to droop) will be joint upwards via three sutures that are securely connected to a strong tissue underneath your temples. The same procedures are executed on the other part of your face.
With the kind of suturing technique used in a MACS mini facelift, the skin on your neck will also be tightened, your jowl reshaped and your cheeks held up in a more youthful area with regards to your lower eyelids. The unnecessary skin that have been moved upwards for being linked to the SMAS is cut at the incision and then sealed in a restrained tightness with delicate sutures.
Right after the operation, a slight soft pressuring "gauze helmet" dressing will be put on your stitches but your entire face will be spared and there will be no drains. The next day after your operation, the dressing will be taken out. You’ll surely recuperate well and fast from a MACS mini facelift surgery since the pain is just tolerable and can be eased out using pain medications your doctor will prescribe for you once needed.
Adrian Richards of Aurora Clinics describes the different types of Mini Facelift procedure available and which technique is most suitable for you
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