MACS lift or S-lift or Short Scar Rhytidectomy or Minimally Invasive Lift or Mini Lift, or Minimally Invasive Facelift, Short Scar Rhytidoplasty?

The MACS lift, S-lift, Short Scar Rhytidectomy, Minimally Invasive Lift are all designed to minimize the access incision. This aids in concealing the face lift. In addition, in some techniques, sturdy, non-absorbable purse string suture reduces the amount of dissection needed to achieve a lift. In theory, this reduces the chance for injury to the facial nerve branches. The limited dissection significantly decreases postoperative swelling, bruising, and downtime. Although originally this type of rhytidectomy would address only the lower third of the face, addition of suspension sutures now allows this technique to treat nasolabial folds, and when combined with pinch lower lid blepharoplasty produces and mid-face lift as well. The limitation of the Minimal Access Cranial Suspension (MACS) lift, or any of the short scar rhytidectomy methods, is a possible inadequacy of skin excision in cases where skin excess in severe. Because of this, the minimally invasive face lift should be limited to patients with a mild to moderate skin excess and significant jowling, and smile line presence.