The MACS-lift (Minimal Access Cranial Suspension Lift) is a technique that only involves local anesthesia or twilight sedation to brush up drooping of the soft tissues and loosening of the skin in your face and the neck. This procedure will address jowls, neck, dropped cheeks, and skin through a small incision that stops at the bottom of the earlobe. There is no cut behind the ear, so unlike traditional facelift surgery techniques, the incision is smaller and produces no scarring behind the ear. It is recommended for relatively young patients - usually in their 40s - that have already benefited from fillers and laser procedures, but that need a more cost-effective and longer-lasting rejuvenation.
In this less invasive approach, the surgeon will tighten the muscle layer without dissecting it, trimming the excess skin and closing the incisions with fine plastic surgery sutures. With that, the visibility of any incisions is minimized and the recovery time is cut down from a few weeks to only a few days.