What Is The Ponytail Lift™ Technique?
The Ponytail Lift™ Technique
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As you age, your face gradually loses volume, while your neck may develop excess skin and muscle banding. Many plastic surgeons address these signs of aging with a traditional facelift, which often results in noticeable scars in front of the ears, shortened sideburns, and alterations to the ear’s natural shape. Additionally, the traditional facelift technique involves separating the skin from the underlying fat and lifting the tissues off the muscle, which can disrupt the skin’s blood supply and damage the fat, potentially leaving you with an unnatural or prematurely aged look.
Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Kao has pioneered advanced techniques to rejuvenate your face using minimal incisions while preserving the natural blood supply to the skin and facial tissues. Dr. Kao’s Ponytail Lift™ and Ponytail Facelift™ techniques employ innovative sculpting and reshaping methods to refresh the face and neck, helping you achieve a youthful, revitalized appearance.
What’s the Difference?
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Addresses the upper two-thirds of the face
Refreshes the eyes and rotates the brows
Tiny incisions are hidden in the scalp behind the hairline
Rejuvenates the face with regenerative cells to add youthful fullness
Refreshes your natural beauty with a more youthful appearance
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Addresses the whole face and neck
"Massai Neck Corset" is done simultaneously
Tiny incisions are hidden behind the ears
Rejuvenates the face with regenerative cells to add youthful fullness
Transforms your look for a more beautiful, youthful appearance
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Non-Excisional Eyelid Lift
Non-Excisional Eyelid Lift rotates, lifts, and sculpts the brows and upper eyelid skin without the need for tissue removal. Dr. Kao employs sutures to shape the brows and injects healthy, regenerative “Super Fat” and fine “Powdered Sugar Fat” around the eyes to provide support and youthful fullness. He also relaxes the frowning muscles for a lasting “BOTOX® Cosmetic effect” and tightens the skin around the eyes using laser treatments.
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Endoscopic Jowl Lift
The S-shaped ogee curvature symbolizes youthful beauty. Dr. Kao’s Endo PSCS (Endoscopic Jowl Lift) enhances this contour, often paired with his Ponytail Lift™ or performed alone for younger patients. Minimally invasive incisions, hidden in the scalp and behind the ears, leave no visible scars. Using an endoscopic technique, Dr. Kao tightens sagging facial tissue, reshapes the jowls, and vertically redrapes the skin for a rejuvenated look.
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Limited-Incision Neck Lift
Limited-Incision Neck Lift tightens the skin all the way down the neck and lifts the décolletage for a seamless flow of taut skin. Unlike traditional neck lifts, which often only tighten the jawline and can leave the lower neck skin lax, Dr. Kao addresses the entire neck by plicating the front neck muscles and performing a posterior corset he developed in 2015, resulting in a longer, leaner neck. He also sculpts the neck fat to ensure uniform thickness.
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Facial Detailing/Bio-Grooming Regenerative Cells
This process involves repositioning the deeper layers of facial tissue, enhancing the middle layer with “Super Fat,” and improving the skin's texture, tone, and vibrancy with “Powdered Sugar Fat.” Dr. Kao’s Facial Detailing/Bio-Grooming with Regenerative Cells procedure offers comprehensive facial rejuvenation from top to bottom, with results that continue to improve over time.
What Are the Benefits?
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Traditional facelifts can disrupt the skin's blood supply, which may limit the longevity of the results. Ponytail Lift™ Technique preserves the connection between the skin and fat layers, ensuring they stay healthy and well-vascularized, promoting youthful, vibrant skin after surgery. By also incorporating fat with its regenerative properties, this technique offers longer-lasting results.
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Instead of making large, visible incisions in front of the ears, behind the tragus, or along the hairline, the Ponytail Lift™ technique uses small, discreet incisions hidden behind the ears and within the hair for suitable patients.
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In a traditional neck lift, the incision is made in front of the ear or behind the tragus, which can pull the tragus forward and flatten the natural depression in front of it. However, with suitable patients, the Ponytail Lift™ Technique features an incision located behind the ears, preserving the natural shape of the tragus.
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The Ponytail Lift™ Technique prevents a windswept appearance by avoiding the horizontal pulling and stretching of the skin. Instead, he redrapes the skin vertically, lifting it upward to counteract the natural downward pull of gravity.
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A traditional brow lift is significantly more invasive and may result in hair loss, reduced sensation in the scalp, and an unnatural "surprised" expression. In contrast, Dr. Kao’s Ponytail Lift™ Technique focuses on rotating and shaping the brows for a more aesthetically pleasing and natural look.
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long-lasting, youthful results. This approach preserves fat survival, preventing the sunken or hollow look that can sometimes occur after a traditional facelift.
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Due to minimal incisions, the hairline and the natural shape of the ear remain undistorted.
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The Ponytail Lift™ Technique achieves more refined results by avoiding suspension screws, instead focusing on rotating and sculpting the brows for a naturally enhanced look.
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The Ponytail Lift™ Technique enhances the shape of your face rather than simply tightening and pulling the skin.
