The Ponytail Facelift: Deep dive into this innovative and unique procedure with Dr Kao. By Alex Pike

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Dr Chia Chi Kao, MD has over fifteen years of experience and whom Vogue claims “is single-handedly revolutionizing the future of facelifts”. Alex Pike chats to Dr. Kao I’m Melbourne about his curated and specialized techniques for each procedure, enabling him to cause minimal disruption, prevent damage, and maintain the health and quality of the skin, most often improving it. He is also the founde

Short-scar facelift and MACS lift

A short-scar facelift uses a shorter incision, usually in front of the ear only, and less skin undermining than a full facelift, for a less visible scar and a faster recovery. It works best on the jowls and cheeks of people with modest neck laxity; the best-known version, the MACS lift, holds the face up with purse-string sutures anchored at the temple.

The technique, its anatomy and the papers behind it