Question:
It sounds like a lot of doctors do not think much of mini facelifts. Why is this?
Answer:
Over the years, a number of different techniques have been developed to address sagging of the soft tissues of the face. These have also been given a number of different names. Typically, a mini facelift refers to a limited dissection and limited tightening of the tissues under the skin. As long as the patient understands the limitations to the degree of correction a mini facelift will achieve, as well as the duration of this correction, a mini facelift does not necessarily equate to a bad procedure. It is always best to have an open exchange with one’s surgeon about one’s expectations from a given procedure, and the same applies when considering a “mini facelift“.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.