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ASJ GEMS With Dr. Chia Chi Kao on #PonytailLift

Aesthetic Surgery Journal · 2025-10-02 · 92 minutes · ASJ GEMS

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Watch this special 90-minute ASJ GEMS webinar with Dr. Kao who presents The Ponytail Lift Breakdown. To subscribe to Aeshtetic Surgery Journal: https://academic.oup.com/asj/subscribe Questions? phaedra@theaestheticsociety.org

Short-scar facelift and MACS lift

A short-scar facelift uses a shorter incision and less skin undermining than a conventional facelift, to limit scar visibility and recovery time. The best-known version, the MACS lift, holds the face up with purse-string sutures anchored at the temple; it acts mainly on the jowls and upper neck, and its effect on an aged neck is limited.

The technique, its anatomy and the papers behind it

Newest research on short scar and macs lift

From the PubMed facelift record.

2026
Comparison of Deep SMAS Lift and MACS in Facelift: A Meta-Analysis
Pandkhahi A, Zare N, Karimi AM, Ghafouriansamedanimashhad A, Karimi H, Alexander A, et al. · Medicina (Kaunas) · Meta-Analysis · PMID 41597398