If you’ve thought about having a face lift, but the cost, the recovery time and the chance of having a distorted look all concern you, consider the 3-day face lift.

The 3 day face lift, also known as a “mini lift” or a “weekend lift” is really as its name implies. Those who get this type of face lift usually have the surgery on a Friday and return to work or normal activities by Monday. Hence, it’s a process that takes 3 days from beginning to end.

The mini face lift can provide many of the same benefits that a full face lift provides. These include a tightening of the skin, a reduction in the appearance of wrinkles, and an overall “lifting” of the skin in the facial area.

Though the mini face lift requires a much shorter recovery period and requires less in-office time, the results can last as long as a full face lift, up to 10 years or more.

Here’s how it works: Instead of making a large incision near the ears and lifting the face ear to ear, the plastic surgeon makes smaller incisions that take less time and are less invasive. In fact, this kind of plastic surgery is considered one of the least invasive cosmetic surgeries you can have.

The incisions are focused on the area around the nose and the neck. These areas can often show age the fastest and most dramatically, so the focus of this shorter and simpler surgery is in these facial areas.

The surgery is usually performed with endoscopes, which also reduces the time required for recovery. The endoscopes are focused on removing fat and tightening the facial area.

Even if an endoscope is not used and small incisions are necessary, they are really quite small compared to the incisions used for a full face lift. The lack of incisions, or reduced incisions, helps to reduce the possible risk of side effects from traditional face lift surgery.

The 3-day face lift is ideal for someone who wants the benefits of a face lift without the longer surgery time (2 hours versus as many as 7) and the long recovery time. Although the results won’t be quite as dramatic, neither do patients risk the unnatural look that many cosmetic surgery patients end up with these days.

As with anything, it pays to research your options. You might find that a full face lift is the only option for you or you might find that the 3 day face lift is the better option. Always consider the alternative – in this case, that is a long recovery time, more potential side effects and even more cost.

What are the alternatives to plastic surgery to look years younger? They are the non surgical face lift cream, or anti aging cream products that gives results. This is why they are called the ’surgeon in a jar’ creams.