In fact, fundamentally speaking, a large facelift and a small facelift are just the size of the incision. A large incision is commonly known as a large facelift. A small facelift, minimally invasive facelift, or mini facelift, is a facelift with smaller incisions. In terms of details, a large facelift has a larger incision and a better surgical field of view, allowing for a comprehensive deep treatment. The frontalis muscle, frown muscle and even the whole periosteal layer can be released by making an incision. If you have a small facelift, it is very difficult to do a deep treatment, and it has some influence on the scope of relaxation and the degree of lifting, so it has a certain disadvantage compared to a large facelift in terms of time and effect. A large facelift has a wide range of incisions, so the SMAS fascia can be completely removed and the lifting effect is obvious. However, the incision of a small facelift is often limited to the hair bun, so it is necessary to minimize the damage, which undoubtedly has some constraints in the treatment of the SMAS fascia layer, and the maintenance time will be relatively short. Nowadays, many institutions advertise themselves as “scarless facelift”, or claim that they can do a facelift even for severe laxity. Many of the candidates who come to me for restoration, the doctor said that it is a small facelift, but in fact the incision is very long, taking advantage of the blind spot in the cognition of the candidates and the fear of large facelift, successfully carried out marketing packaging, but in reality, what is done is still a “large facelift”. After talking about the benefits of a large facelift, is a small facelift useless? In fact, the effect of small facelift for mild skin laxity is still very obvious, its advantage is the small damage, fast recovery. However, if the facial laxity is obvious, it is usually necessary to do a major facelift to achieve good results. As for the choice between a large facelift and a small facelift, I suggest that the candidate can still listen to the doctor’s opinion more in the face-to-face consultation, and if the doctor’s opinion does not match your idea, you can also find more doctors for face-to-face examination, and make sure to reach an agreement with the doctor before the surgery.