The windblown look results from unnecessary pull and tightness of the skin layer when trying to redrape the facial tissues to reverse the facial aging changes. The extended SMAS facelift was developed specifically to avoid the windblown look.
The name of this surgical technique refers to the fact that an extended undermining of the underlying muscle layer (the SMAS layer) allows for the pull on the facial structures especially the redundant skin to be placed on this undermined muscle layer. This important distinction allows for minimizing the tension on the skin despite being able to trim all excess skin.