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As a cosmetic surgeon, most of the people who see me in consultation wish to reverse the signs of aging. Many of these people require a facelift in order to regain their youthful look, but for a variety of reasons, most often because of little available time for recovery, they have been unable to go ahead with the procedure. Over the years there have been many "mini-facelifts" that have been introduced. I have evaluated all of these carefully but had found none of them to give decent, long lasting results. Sadly, with the growth of franchised facelift advertising (we have all seen these infomercials on television), I have begun to see more and more patients, unhappy because the results of their "minilift" done at the local franchise had completely disappeared within a year of their surgery. Recent articles in our literature have testified to this fact, noting that "minilifts" often mean "mini-results". Recently I was introduced to the Quicklift, an ingenious adaptation to a previously described "minilift". The results are not only quite impressive, but last for many years. Importantly, many patients are back to work in less than a week. As opposed to almost all other "minilifts", the results are actually better than many traditional facelifts, and are very long lasting. Finally, I now have a very good option for those people who want the results of a facelift without the recovery, expense, or downtime associated with a more traditional facelift.
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