Cutting Through the Facelift Confusion

Feeling overwhelmed by facelift terms? Between “Deep Plane,” “SMAS,” “Liquid Lifts,” and endless new trend names, it’s almost impossible to know what actually works—and what’s just marketing hype.

Here is the simple truth: Most standard facelifts pull your face sideways.

When skin and muscle are pulled horizontally toward your ears, it creates that “windswept” or stretched look—like pulling a tent tight. You might look tighter, but you also end up looking different, unnatural, or recognizably “done.”

The BYUN Difference: Restoring, Not Stretching

Aging doesn’t pull your face toward your ears; gravity pulls it down and forward. So why pull it sideways?

Dr. BYUN’s method does the exact opposite of standard facelifts. Instead of a sideways tug, he uses a tiny camera (an endoscope) to gently lift the deep muscles of your face straight back up and inward toward the center—precisely restoring your tissue to where it lived years ago.

“Restoring your natural youth, without altering who you are.”

— Dr. Michael Byun

By blending deep-muscle foundation work with a vertical lift, this technique gives you:

A Natural Reset: We lift the deep muscle structure beneath the skin, so your face isn’t left feeling pulled or tight.

Your Original Features: Your facial expressions, smile, and natural contours stay completely intact.

Zero “Windblown” Effect: No stretched mouth corners, no flat cheeks, and no obvious surgical look.

The Bottom Line

You don’t need a fake, pulled look. You just need your real face gently returned to where it used to be.

Look refreshed, energized, and vibrant—without looking like anyone other than yourself.

 

Dr. Michael Byun, MD
Board-certified Plastic surgeon

1775 Walters Ave., Northbrook, IL 60062
(847) 513-6899
chicagocosmeticsurgery.com
info@byunmd.com