History of the QuickLift® Face Lift
The QuickLift® face lift was first introduced in 2003 by Dominic Brandy, MD, board-certified cosmetic surgeon and founding medical director of The Skin Center Medical Spa. Having performed more than 2,000 QuickLift procedures in the last decade, Dr. Brandy has mastered the art of this minimally invasive and minimal recovery facial rejuvenation surgery.
The QuickLift is a modification of the S-lift procedure; similar procedures been performed for more than 30 years and the success of these face lift procedures have been well documented in a number of professional medical publications. You can learn more about the QuickLift face lift and its origins by reading the published clinical articles below.
2010
- Long-Term Results of Purse-String Facelifts
by Dominic A. Brandy, MD. 2010
2009
- Short-Scar Purse-String Facelift
Published in Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2009 Nov;17(4):549-56, vii. by Karam AM, Nayak LM, Lam SM.
2008
- The QuickLift® and Lateral Subcutaneous Brow Lifting
From Simplified Facial Rejuvenation;
Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008; Chapter 48; Page 371, 2008
2005
- The QuickLift: Featuring an Encircling Double Purse-String Plication Technique With Blunt Neck/Jowl Undermining and Small Submental Tuck for Tightening the Sagging SMAS, Platysma, and Skin.
Published by the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery Vol. 22, pp. 223-232, No. 4, 2005.
2004
- The QuickLift: A Modification of the S-Lift.
Published by the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery, 2004
2003
- A Method of Augmenting the Cheek Area Through SMAS, subSMAS, and Subcutaneous Tissue Recruitment During Facelift Surgery
Published by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Inc., 2003
2002
- Purse String-Formed Plication of the SMAS with Fixation to the Zygomatic Bone
Published in the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2002