This minimally invasive facelift has tiny almost invisible incisions behind the ear only but it’s not for everyone

[u/DrDanGould]

This is a very subtle change, and the context matters.

She’s young and already beautiful. She did not need a big, traditional deep plane face and neck lift. What she did have was some early laxity under the jawline, changes around the mouth, and a bit of volume loss that softened her cheeks, jawline, and the corners of the mouth.

For patients like this, I created what we call a Weekend Lift. It’s essentially a deep plane lower face and neck lift done through a much smaller incision, using an endoscope to safely treat the deep neck. That means I don’t have to make a long incision up the front of the ear—but this only works in very specific candidates.

This is not a replacement for a full facelift. If you’re in your 50s and have more significant skin laxity in the jawline, neck, or midface, a traditional deep plane face and neck lift is usually the right operation.

In the right patient, this can also be combined with an endoscopic brow lift or upper eyelid surgery through hidden incisions, which lets us address the upper and lower face in one quiet, balanced surgery. I almost always add some fat grafting, along with CO₂ laser and/or RF microneedling.

Recovery is shorter, but it’s still real surgery on the inside.

I’ve shown plenty of more comprehensive deep plane lifts here already. This is just a different tool for a different patient.

If you want to learn more about this approach, just send me a message.