Midface Lift

How will the surgery be performed

The procedure is usually performed under "twilight" and local anaesthesia. During your surgery you will be able to breathe on your own. The day before the operation you can eat normally and take your usual medication, unless they are included in the forbidden list.

In order to reposition the sagging fat of the cheek over the cheek bone for a more youthful fullness of the cheeks, your surgeon may perform different procedures. This also depends on the results expected:

• Suture meloplication or percutaneous cheek lift is a minimally invasive method of lifting the cheek and midface region. With no visible incisions, this is a minor operation that can be performed in an office setting with minimal sedation and a rapid recovery period.
• The percutaneous midface lift is performed using suture loops placed under the skin of the midface. This technique is also called midface meloplication.
• Endoscopic cheek lift is a mini face lift or S lift addresses the early jowling of lower face with limited incisions and minimal skin removal. This type of lift is more similar to a face lift rather than a midface or cheek lift.
• Subperiosteal cheek or midface lift is a deep technique of midface and cheek lift where all the tissue is lifted from the cheekbones and re-suspended in a higher place. Incisions are made inside the mouth and in the temple. This technique can cause moderate swelling that will disappear in a few weeks.

• Malar augmentation with lift involves the use of an absorbable implanted device that aids in maintaining the position of the tissues after a cheek and midface lift. The device is typically used with the subperiosteal midface lift. This technique provides a more effective method of holding up the lifted tissues compared to traditional sutures.
• SOOF lift (sub-orbicularis oculi fat) is an acronym for the fatty tissue of the upper part of the cheek, next to the fatty tissue of the lower cheek. SOOF lift can be performed through the same incisions used for cheek surgery. This midface lift technique typically has less swelling associated with it.
• Midface lifts can be performed also by means of submalar non absorbable implants.

Your surgeon may decide to combine the midface lift procedure with a number of other facial cosmetic operations including blepharoplasty, brow lift, face and neck lift, cheek augmentation, lip augmentation, neck liposuction and laser resurfacing. Most of the time, a midface lift is incorporated into a facelift.