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Ponytail Technique Face Lift Plastic Surgery

Info About the Ponytail Technique Facelift in New York

Ponytail Facelift

Our faces begin to lose their youthful volume as we grow older. The cheeks begin to droop, and our necks show their age as muscle banding occurs and visible excess skin begins to develop. Unfortunately, most facial plastic surgeons will treat the aging face and neck with a more traditional facelift procedure.

A Ponytail Technique Face Lift patient discusses her experience after her lift with Dr. Andrew Jacono. In this video, she explains the recovery process and how she feels like she lost 20 years from her appearance without looking like she had any plastic surgery.

The reason this is not the first approach that Dr. Jacono would take is that a traditional facelifting approach oftentimes can lead to noticeable scarring that will be visible in front of the ears, as well as a possibility of distorting the ear’s anatomy. In some cases, it can even affect the location of the sideburns by making them shorter.

Another issue that can occur with a traditional facelift is the devascularization of the skin, which is caused when the skin and fat are separated from each other during the procedure.

Ponytail Technique Face Lift: A Refreshed Face with No Visible Incision

If done incorrectly, the end results could leave you with an unnatural appearance. Dr. Andrew Jacono, a dual-board-certified facial plastic surgeon and pioneer in facial plastic surgery, believes that a refreshed, renewed, more youthful you can be realized without the need for a traditional facelift procedure. This is why he offers his patients a revolutionary technique called the Ponytail Technique Face Lift. It is minimally invasive and leaves no visible incision.

What Is the Ponytail Facelift?

Considered a pioneer in the field of facial plastic surgery, Dr. Jacono has been performing customized cosmetic surgeries such as the ponytail technique facelift to help his patients look more youthful without looking overdone or plastic. This cutting-edge surgical technique was designed to lift the facial skin and underlying facial tissue to restore that youthful look patients want.

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Ponytail Facelift Showing No Visible Scar

Ponytail Technique Face Lift Patient Details:

This 40-something-year-old patient was worried about her early signs of facial aging. Issues such as tired puffy eyes, sagging cheeks, and the beginning signs of jowling are all common for women in their forties when they begin to show signs of aging. This patient wanted to correct them with natural results and no visible scarring.

To address her concerns, Dr. Jacono performed a ponytail facelift. In the closeup photo, you cannot see any visible scarring when she wears her hair up in a ponytail. It’s a terrific example of how small techniques, when combined together, bring out a patient’s natural beauty.

Why this Face Lift Technique is Different

  • Eliminating Facelift Scars
    Dr. Jacono will place tiny incisions hidden behind the ear instead of in the front of the ear or behind the tragus. This is how he achieves minimal scarring that is not visible to anyone.
  • The Results are Long-Lasting
    Because of the care and finesse that Dr. Jacono employs during the procedure, the facial skin and underlying fat layers remain intact and undamaged. This will keep the skin healthy and vascularized, allowing for your youthful results to last longer.
  • No Windblown Look
    Dr. Jacono’s Ponytail Technique Lift does not pull or stretch the facial skin in a horizontal position. Rather, the skin is redraped vertically upward in order to reverse the downward pull of gravity on your face and avoid a windswept look.
  • No Surprises Here
    A permanent look of surprise on your face will never occur from this procedure since Dr. Jacono does not use any screws for suspending the facial tissue and skin.
  • Minimally Invasive
    The procedure is minimally invasive and will not distort the natural anatomy of your ear or affect your hairline at all.
  • No Altered Tragus
    The tragus, which is located prominently just in front of your ear opening, will not be distorted or pulled forward since Dr. Jacono does not place an incision in front of the ear or behind the tragus. For his ponytail technique facelift patients, Dr. Jacono only places the hidden incision behind the ear.
  • Never Overdone
    Dr. Jacono chooses to shape and sculpt each ponytail technique for each patient’s face with finesse. His focus is on enhancing each individual’s youthful beauty instead of pulling and tightening their skin.

How Much Does a Ponytail Facelift Cost?

Because Dr. Jacono treats every patient with the special care that is needed for them individually, it is difficult to answer “How much does a ponytail lift cost?” The ponytail facelift procedure is a specialty that requires much skill, training, and years of expertise to perform successfully, so the ponytail facelift cost in New York can vary depending on many factors.

A ponytail facelift price is something that you will want to discuss with Dr. Jacono as he goes over the specific ponytail facelift procedure to make sure that you are getting exactly what you want. The selection of ponytail facelift before and after photos below will show you that he absolutely knows what he’s doing. When you ask how much is a ponytail facelift, the question you should be asking is how much is the value of the self-esteem you’ll gain from looking your very best.

How Does Dr. Jacono’s Ponytail Technique Face Lift Differ from Traditional Facelifts?

Closeup of Patient with a Ponytail Facelift showing no scars

Many patients want to know what the facelift incisions look like following surgery. Here is a photo of the incision line for a beautiful 55-year-old patient of Dr. Jacono, just a week after surgery. You can see the incision line, but it has already begun to gradually blend in and will eventually not be visible. The incision wraps inside of the ear cartilage called the tragus and behind the ear so that there is no visible scarring when the incision is fully healed.

Both a ponytail technique and a traditional facelift begin with an incision. The traditional facelift, however, will involve more incisions, a much longer surgical time, and a longer recovery time compared to the ponytail technique facelift, which involves only a single incision behind each ear and can be completed in under an hour. It is more than just a facelift, it’s facial rejuvenation.

The traditional facelift procedure will also carry a much longer recovery time than the minimally invasive Ponytail Technique Face Lift. While both procedures will leave you looking younger, a traditional facelift will involve more areas of the face, including the cheeks, jowls, eyes, and in most cases, the neck.

Another main difference between the two is that the ponytail technique is better suited for men and women who are in their late twenties to late thirties and the traditional full facelift is better suited for patients who are a bit older and have loose drooping facial skin.

In the end, both procedures will leave patients looking more refreshed and years younger. During your consultation with Dr. Jacono, he will discuss your aesthetic goals and help customize a facelift procedure that is best suited to deliver the results you’re looking for.

How Is the Ponytail Facelift Performed?

Dr. Jacono performs the ponytail facelift under local anesthesia and will begin with a single small incision hidden behind the ear. Because this incision is hidden, visible scarring is avoided.

Dr. Jacono then sculpts the skin and facial tissue to restore a refreshed and youthful appearance. The excess skin is trimmed, and the incision is closed. This procedure is minimally invasive in nature and takes about an hour in the office with very little downtime.

Benefits of the Ponytail Technique Face Lift

A ponytail technique facelift has many benefits that patients should consider. These benefits include:

  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
    This procedure is minimally invasive and consists of a single incision hidden behind each ear.
  • Local Anesthesia
    The procedure is pretty much pain-free and done under local anesthesia. The total surgery time is just under one hour and is performed as an outpatient procedure.
  • Shorter Recovery Time
    Recovery from this minimally invasive procedure is much shorter than that of a standard full facelift procedure. Most patients go home following their procedure and are able to get back to their daily routine in just a few days following their procedure. Some patients may experience some minor redness or swelling at the incision site. Most patients don’t show any signs of bruising. For those rare occasions where some bruising is evident, the bruising will fade away naturally after about a week.
  • Amazing Results
    The results are amazing, leaving Dr. Jacono’s patients looking years younger with a lifted and rejuvenated appearance.
  • No Scarring
    What makes this facelift procedure even more appealing is that no visible scarring will be present during or after your recovery. Ponytail facelift scars are not something that you’ll need to worry about.
  • Little Risk
    All surgeries carry some risks; this procedure carries very little risk for complications.

Am I a Good Candidate for a Ponytail Facelift?

Men and women who are experiencing the initial signs of unwanted facial aging are usually a candidate for a ponytail technique facelift. The best way to determine if this is the right surgical choice would be to schedule an in-person consultation with Dr. Andrew Jacono. During your consult, he will listen to your desires and surgical goals to determine the best treatment options to ensure your goals are met.

To learn more about the Ponytail Technique Face Lift, or to find a ponytail facelift near me, schedule your consultation with Dr. Jacono by filling out our complimentary online form. You may also call in to speak to one of his patient care coordinators by calling his New York City office at 212-570-2500 or his Long Island office at 516-773-4646.

If you’re interested in more before and after photos and ponytail facelift reviews, just ask our office staff as we have had many patients who are eager to recommend Dr. Jacono and to tell you their unvarnished opinion of the entire process.

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Ponytail Facelift Before and After Photos


Ponytail Technique Face Lift Before & After – Patient 1:

This beautiful 54-year-old patient is pictured here just two months after Dr. Jacono performed a facelift procedure using his ponytail face lifting technique. He combined the procedure with a neck lift, a lower blepharoplasty, a lip lift, and some fat grafting. You can see in the after photos that she is already pulling her hair back and no visible scarring can be seen. She looks fabulous and this is a great example of how doing the correct procedures with finesse and balance can create lasting and natural results.

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Ponytail Facelift Before & After – Patient 2:

This gorgeous 67-year-old patient is shown just three months following her facelift procedure with Dr. Andrew Jacono. He re-balanced her face with a ponytail facelift, platysmaplasty, and lateral temporal lift. The ponytail technique lifts the dropped mid face, cheeks, jowls, and nasolabial fold, recreating the heart shape of youth. What’s great about this is you cannot see her incisions, even with her hair pulled back! Her neck and jawline look stunning, and she can easily pass for 20 years younger.

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Ponytail Technique Face Lift Before & After – Patient 3:

This 49-year-old patient did a virtual post-op follow-up all the way from Seattle. She was initially worried about her dropping jawline, jowls, cheeks, and droopy nasal tip. To address her concerns, Dr. Jacono performed a facelift using his ponytail facelift technique which included a plastysmaplasty to smooth her neck and jawline, a lateral temporal lift to open her eyes so she no longer appears tired, a lip lift, a chin augmentation, and to complete the harmonic transformation, a rhinoplasty with tipplasty and the removal of her dorsal hump. Her selfies are two months post-operative and she looks fantastic in these before and after photos she shared.

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Ponytail Technique Face Lift Before & After – Patient 4:

This 53-year-old patient wanted to look younger and more refreshed. Dr. Jacono performed a ponytail technique facelift to address her mid-face and nasolabial folds. This procedure lifts the cheeks to their natural position and creates a smooth jawline removing jowls.

To complete this overall rejuvenation, a lip lift was done to reduce the distance between the bottom of her nose and her upper lip. This procedure allows her to pull her hair back into a ponytail because the incisions are hidden. She looks amazing and natural.

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Ponytail Technique Face Lift Before & After – Patient 5:

This female patient wanted to look more refreshed without undergoing a full facelift procedure so Dr. Jacono performed a ponytail facelift.

This technique offers no visible scarring> Now pull her hair back into a ponytail and the incisions are invisible. She loves her new crisp jawline and lifted neck. She looks and feels ten years younger.

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Ponytail Technique Face Lift Before & After – Patient 6:

Tired of looking in the mirror and seeing what gravity was doing to her face, this patient decided to have a ponytail technique facelift with Dr. Andrew Jacono. It ultimatelyallowed her to look 10 years younger without the need for a lengthy surgery or a long downtime.

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Ponytail Technique Face Lift Before & After – Patient 7:

This beautiful female patient wanted to refresh her look but did not want to have any visible scarring or a lengthy recovery. Dr. Jacono decided during her consultation that she would be a great candidate for his minimally invasive ponytail technique lift, and her results are stunning. Her cheeks look naturally lifted and her neck and jawline look smooth.

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Ponytail Technique Face Lift Before & After – Patient 8:

This female patient wanted to reverse the hands of time that were causing her face to begin to sag and her jawline to look distorted. To restore her natural beauty and a more youthful appearance, Dr. Jacono performed a ponytail technique facelift to help combat aging and gravity. The after photos reveal a naturally refreshed look that has this patient looking and feeling much younger.

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