Facelift patient discusses her experience after her Mini Facelift procedure with New York facial plastic surgeon Dr Andrew Jacono
Info About Mini Facelift Procedure
Doctor Jacono has pioneered a type of Mini Face Lift surgery that minimizes downtime. The procedure involves local anesthesia or twilight sedation with no general anesthesia. He performs Mini facelifts to address drooping of the soft tissues and loosening of the skin in the face and the neck. This gravitational descent results in jowling and loss of the definition of the jawline. Marionette lines at the corner of the mouth are visible. Under the chin, a turkey neck and vertical bands in the neck develop. This is why many patients complain that they “hate their neck, it reminds me of my mother’s.”
A mini facelift is an ideal surgery for many patients who are experiencing “filler fatigue” and “laser fatigue”. Often in the forty’s injectable fillers, Botox, lasers, and facial tightening devices can keep you looking youthful and rejuvenated. As aging continues the benefit of these treatments lessens. You need more and more filler and lasers escalating the cost. In these cases, a mini-facelift becomes the best option for a more cost-effective and longer-lasting rejuvenation.
A Mini Facelift will address:
- Jowling
- Marionette Lines
- Dropped Cheeks
- Loose Neck/Vertical Bands
In addition to mini facelifts, Doctor Jacono performs many different types of face lifts. He customizes each procedure to meet his patient’s needs. With this approach, his results look natural and beautiful. Patients do not look pulled, stretched or artificial. The main types of face lifts are Mini Face Lift, Deep Plane Facelift, Vertical facelift, and SMAS Facelift. Doctor Jacono has lectured at leading plastic surgery conferences all over the world on facial rejuvenation. He has published his cutting-edge procedures in the top national and international plastic surgery journals. (Click here to see Dr Jacono’s publications).
What is a Mini Facelift?
Mini-face lifts minimize the incision and the recovery time. They accomplish many of the same goals as a traditional full facelift. This procedure is not for much older patients that have more severe drooping neck and jowl skin. For those individuals, a full facelift may be necessary. Most patients are candidates for the mini facelift. During the consultation, Dr. Jacono determines which facelift surgery that is right for you.
Other names for a mini facelift include:
- S-lift
- MACS lift
- Short Incision Facelift / Short Scar Facelift
- Lifestyle Lift™
Facelift Before and After Dr. Jacono performed his signature M.A.D.E. Minimal Access Extended Deep Plane Facelift on this patient and these are the before and after pictures she sent to him from her home using her phone. While she looks dramatically younger, you can still see some of the acne scarring on her face in the after photo. Doctor Jacono has pioneered this technique, has published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Clinics in Plastic Surgery on his developments in this facelift, and has lectured all over the world about this procedure.
Facelift Before and After To complete this full facial rejuvenation, Dr. Jacono performed a deep plane facelift combined with a lip lift. The facelift procedure lifted her midface and nasolabial folds, while at the same time created a sleek, feminine jawline and removed her jowls. The upper lip lift completed the transformation that has this patient looking 15 years younger. The patient took a selfie while driving to the office the day of her surgery and again took another selfie 3 weeks after her facelift surgery. Her results look amazing and she is completely overjoyed.
These names relate to the size and shape of the incision. Dr. Jacono hides the incision behind the natural curves of the ear. This curve called the tragus keeps the scar from being visible. Dr. Jacono then tightens the muscle layer without dissecting it. He trims the excess skin and he closes the incisions meticulously with fine plastic surgery sutures. This minimizes the visibility of any incisions. Many professionals find this procedure ideal for their schedules. The recovery time is a few days versus a few weeks.
Doctor Jacono has created a hybrid mini facelift called the M.A.D.E. (Minimal Access Deep Plane Extended) Face Lift. In this procedure, he uses the same short incision combined with a deep plane facelift. The deep plane facelift is the most effective in restoring the midface and nasolabial folds. Nasolabial folds are the creases from the nose to the mouth. Dr. Jacono lifts the fat pads in the cheeks. He then repositions them to remove facial hollows. Results are natural and restore the heart shape of youth with fuller cheekbones. Doctor Jacono is one of a small percentage of doctors that performs Deep Plane Face Lift surgery. In this procedure, patients get the superior results of a deep plane facelift and the minimal scarring of a mini facelift.
What Other Types of Facelifts are There?
Facelift Before and After This patient in her fifties wanted to restore her lost youth. Dr. Jacono performed his signature full face rejuvenation featuring his deep plane facelift technique combined with a lateral temporal lift, a lower eyelid lift, a necklift with platysmaplasty, and a lip lift. Her after photo shows her looking fabulous and, in her thirties, again. The deep plane facelift lifted the dropped cheeks to recreate the heart shape of youth. With age, the lips fall, and the upper lip becomes long making the face look much older. This is why Dr. Jacono completed the overall transformation with a lip lift. This cannot be corrected by a facelift. You can see how full her lips look and where the mole above her lip has moved to recreate her youthful appearance.
Doctor Jacono also performs Multiplanar Full Face-lifting Surgery often referred to as a SMAS facelift. Versions of this facelift including the extended SMAS and high lateral SMAS facelift. This procedure does not simply tighten the muscle layers with sutures like in many mini-facelifts. He lifts and repositions the muscle layer of the cheek and jowl called the SMAS. At the same time, he lifts the platysma muscle in the neck. Dr. Jacono recommends this approach when excessive drooping in the lower third of the face is present. It is also the right procedure for patients with poor genetics or advanced aging.
Doctor Jacono specializes and is one of less than a few percent of surgeons across the country that perform deep plane facelifts. The “deep plane” is a term used to describe the anatomic plane that exists between the SMAS-platysma complex (which is muscle and fascia) and the deeper layer of muscles responsible for facial expression. The deep plane facelift focuses on the release and movement of muscle and fat layers instead of skin pull and removal. The extended deep plane facelift that Doctor Jacono has developed incorporates the release of the ligaments tethering the deep plane layer to achieve tension-free movement so that no tightness can be created by the facelift procedure.
Doctor Jacono also performs corrective face lifting surgery. He calls this a revision facelift. Revisions correct problems from prior facelift surgeries performed by other surgeons.
The most common reasons for revision are:
- Continued Jowling.
- Neck Hanging After a Prior Facelift.
- Facial Aging Many Years After a Facelift.
Also, patients can have overly tight unnatural or overfilled faces (with fat or fillers) that can only be restored with revision facelift surgery.
What to Expect at the Consultation?
Doctor Jacono uses three-dimensional digital photography and computer imaging software to simulate how you will look after surgery. This helps him evaluate all aspects of your face from the skin surface to the bone. He examines the skin texture, elasticity, and structure of your face. Facial aging is a complex process. The thin skins, the facial fat atrophies and deflates, and the underlying facial bones retrude losing projection. In some patients, the underlying facial skeleton may contribute to their skin sagging. A weak chin and jaw bone allow the jowls to fall earlier and more. Having small or flat cheekbones accelerates the appearance of smiles lines and nasolabial folds. As a result, more complete facial rejuvenation may require laser skin resurfacing, performing augmentation with fat transfers (fat grafting), or a cheek or chin implant to improve facelift surgery results. Because of his comprehensive approach, the results are youthful and natural.
Prior to surgery all patients receive a complete physical exam. Dr. Jacono has created a homeopathic healing supplement system called the Jpak. This system incorporates both homeopathic therapies and micronutrient supplementation. His research shows that results improve when these are part of your treatment. He has found this reduces healing time by 35 – 40%.
Before and After Facelift Patient Photos
Facelift Before and After Patient 1: This 50-year-old woman had a minimal incision facelift “mini-facelift” where the incisions are hidden, and the cheeks, jowl, and neck lifted. By repositioning the muscle and not stretching the skin he can create a natural face lift result. She has a short haircut and none of the incisions are visible. Dr. Jacono likes to refer to this as a “ponytail” type facelift because you can wear your hair up in a ponytail.
Mini-Facelift Patient 2: This beautiful 57-year-old patient pictured just 6 months following her facial rejuvenation procedures with Dr. Andrew Jacono. She had a previous SMAS facelift with another plastic surgeon 2 years ago but was unhappy with the results. She felt that she looked droopy still and that her cheeks were overly filled. To correct this, Dr. Jacono performed a deep plane facelift technique combined with a neck lift, platysmaplasty, a lateral temporal lift, blepharoplasty, and a lip lift. Her transformation is nothing short of amazing and she loves how she looks.
Mini-Facelift Patient 3: This wonderful patient is pictured at 3 months post-op looking naturally refreshed. Prior to her surgery, she had been worried about her jowls, fallen cheeks, her heavy neckbands, and how tired her eyes looked. To re-balance her face and neck, Dr. Jacono performed a mini facelift using his deep plane facelifting approach, a platysmaplasty for her neck, a lateral temporal lift with an upper and lower blepharoplasty to open her eyes, and a lip lift to reduce the distance between the base of her nose and her upper lip. She looks stunning!
Mini-Facelift Patient 4: This beautiful 59-year-old patient wanted to correct her dropping jawline, visible jowls, sunken cheeks, nasolabial folds, and neck bands. To reclaim her youthful appearance, Dr. Andrew Jacono performed a mini facelift with a neck lift, platysmaplasty, lateral temporal lift, and a lower blepharoplasty. The temporal lift opened up her eyes making them look less tired and the lower bleph was used to remove her lower eyebags. We think she looks at least 20 years younger.
Mini-Facelift Patient 5: This beautiful 58-year-old patient is pictured at just 8 weeks following her plastic surgery with Dr. Andrew Jacono. She was concerned about the aging of her face, forehead, eyelids, lips, and neck. She wanted to rejuvenate her drooping cheeks, jowls, and hanging neck. Dr. Jacono performed a deep plane facelift, platysmaplasty, a lower blepharoplasty with a lateral temporal lift, lip lift, and finesse rhinoplasty to complete the transformation! She looks so natural but years younger and aesthetically balanced.
Mini-faceliftt Patient 6: This middle-aged woman was unhappy with the bags under her eyes which made her look tired, her sagging cheeks and jowls, and her neck region which had a lot of excess droopy skin and fat under her chin. Dr. Jacono performed a deep plane facelift procedure which lifted her cheeks and smoothed out her jawline. He also performed a an upper eyelid lift with a lower eyelid fat transposition which removed the excess fat bags from under her eyes and relocated them into the deeper areas of the eye groove. This left her lower eyelid region smooth and wrinkle-free without any visible, swollen eyelid bags. Dr. Jacono completed the facial rejuvenation with a neck lift procedure which removed all of the excess hanging skin from her neck region which helped to create a smooth and feminine jawline with a wrinkle-free neck.
Mini-Facelift Patient 7: This wonderful 55-year-old patient is photographed at just 3 months after her plastic surgery with Dr. Jacono. He performed a minimal access deep plane facelift, a temporal lift, and importantly a lip lift. The deep plane lifts the dropped cheeks, lifting them up and restoring the natural apple cheeks of youth. As you can see her hair is pulled back and the incisions are already blending in nicely and will soon not be visible! She looks vibrant and naturally gorgeous.
Deep Plane Facelift Before and After Patient 8: This patient was unhappy with the loose, excess skin and wrinkles on her face and neck. She wanted to smooth out her facial wrinkles including under her eyes, neck region and wanted to reduce the appearance of her jowls and nasolabial folds which she felt were making her look older. Dr. Jacono performed a deep plane facelift to reduce the appearance of her sagging jowls and to lift her cheeks naturally. He also performed a necklift to address the loose hanging neck skin, and he performed a lower eyelid lift procedure. Her after photos show her looking natural and 20 years younger. She does not look like she had any type of cosmetic procedure and her family and friends have all told her that she looks terrific.
Mini Facelift Before and After Patient 9: Dr. Jacono performed a deep plane face lift procedure on this 60-year-old patient which he combined with a neck lift (platysmaplasty) to naturally restore her youthful appearance. Her smooth jawline and wrinkle free neck have been drawing compliments from her friends and family. She is completely amazed how beautiful and natural she looks.
Mini Facelift Before and After Patient 10: This 50-year-old patient did not like that her cheeks were dropping and her jawline was not smooth. She also was unhappy with how tired her appearance was. Dr. Jacono reversed the signs of aging by performing a deep plane facelift in combination with a necklift to address her lower face, neck, and jawline. He also performed an upper and lower blepharoplasty to open her eyes and remove the appearance of being tired. She looks naturally refreshed and visibly younger post op.
Facelift Before and After Patient 11: This wonderful woman wanted to reduce the appearance of her jowls and was unhappy how her cheeks had become droopy. Dr. Jacono performed a mini facelift using his deep plane technique combined with a necklift to address the lower portion of her face. The deep plane naturally lifts the cheeks to their natural position while the neck lift smooths the neck and jawline while reducing the appearance of jowls. To complete the transformation, he performed a lateral temporal browlift to open her upper eyes more so she looks rejuvenated and refreshed.
Mini Facelift Before and After Patient 12: This patient had wanted to reverse her heavy jowls and neck and reduce her aging appearance with minimal downtime. Dr Jacono performed a mini facelift called a M.A.D.E. Lift as well as neck liposuction to remove extra neck fat. The natural facelift result rejuvenates without looking like she had plastic surgery.
Deep Plane Before and After Patient 13: This beautiful 57-year-old patient wanted to rejuvenate her drooping cheeks, hanging neck, jowls, and to look less tired. To address her concerns, Dr. Andrew Jacono performed his deep plane face lift combined with a lateral temporal lift and a lip lift. The facelift lifted her cheeks and removed her jowls leaving her with a smooth neck and jawline. The lateral lift opened up her eyes, so now she appears more refreshed. To complete the overall transformation, Dr. Jacono also performed a revision rhinoplasty to create more nasal tip refinement. She looks naturally years younger and she is thrilled with her results.
Deep Plane Facelift Before and After Patient 14: This wonderful 60-year-old patient wanted to look younger and refreshed without looking plastic or fake. Dr. Jacono performed a deep plane facelift to smooth her jowls and lift her cheeks to a more natural position. A necklift with platysmaplasty was also performed which resulted in a smooth neckline and a feminine jawline. The finishing touch was a nasal tip plasty with a dorsal hump reduction to complete this amazing transformation.
Facelift and Necklift Before and After Patient 15: This middle-aged female patient was looking to reverse the hands of time. She was unhappy with her sagging jowls, sunken lower eye region, and the loose skin in her neck region. Dr. Jacono performed a face and necklift procedure to address her concerns. You can see that her cheeks have been naturally lifted and have restored the lost volume under her eyes. Her jowls have been replaced with a sleek and feminine jawline, and her neck looks firm and fantastic.
SMAS Facelift Before and After Combining Deep Plane Patient 16: This patient wanted to regain a more youthful appearance. She wanted to correct her drooping cheeks, her tired, wrinkled eyes, her nasolabial folds, and her droopy neck. She also did not like the way her lips looked like they were drooping down as well. Dr. Jacono performed a full facial rejuvenation which included a deep plane facelift, a temporal lift, an upper eye lift and lower blepharoplasty, a neck lift with a platysmaplasty, and a lip lift coupled with a chin augmentation. Her after results look very natural and this patient looks 25 years younger.
Mini Facelift Before and after with Upper and lower Eyelid Lift Patient 17: This patient had a mini facelift using a minimal access deep plane facelift approach to lift her jowls, elevate her cheeks that had drooped creating a heart shaped face, and tighten her neck and platysma bands. To create further rejuvenation she had a lateral temporal lift, a lip lift and SMAS lip Augmentation.
Mini Facelift Before and after with Upper and lower Eyelid Lift Patient 18: This patient underwent a deep plane facelift lifting the drooping muscles of the jowl and neck through a short incision often called a short scar facelift. Dr Jacono uses endoscopes through these smaller incisions to limit scarring. She also had a lip lift at the same time and lip augmentation using SMAS Muscle. Fat transfer was performed to her temples and under her eyes to complete the transformation.
Facelift Before and After Patient 19: This patient was unhappy with her sagging cheeks and her jowls. Dr. Jacono performed a facelift procedure on her and her after photos show her looking 10 years younger and absolutely amazing. Her cheeks are now lifted and full looking very natural and her jawline is smooth and feminine looking.
Facelift and Necklift Before and After Patient 20: This woman in her early fifties wanted to reverse the signs of aging with a deep plane facelift procedure. Her after photos show how Dr. Jacono lifted her cheeks and smoothed out her jawline, as well as, removing the excess hanging loose skin under her chin. Her neck shows no signs of aging and she looks 15 years younger.
The photographs above are before and after photographs of Doctor Jacono’s Facelift patients. These are actual results and have not been altered for presentation here.
