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title: "SMAS Facelift Sydney"
url: https://drturner.com.au/procedures/face/smas-facelift/
date: 2025-12-31
modified: 2026-07-03
author: "Dr Scott J Turner"
description: "A SMAS facelift is an established facelift technique that works on the Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System (SMAS), the deeper support layer beneath the facial skin. It addresses jowls, jawline changes and..."
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# SMAS Facelift Sydney

A SMAS facelift is an established facelift technique that works on the Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System (SMAS), the deeper support layer beneath the facial skin. It addresses jowls, jawline changes and lower-face tissue descent. SMAS facelift is a category rather than a single operation: the term covers SMAS plication, SMASectomy, high SMAS and extended SMAS, each acting on the SMAS layer in a different way depending on the surgical plan. It remains an important technique to understand, because many patients compare facelift approaches when researching surgery, and it may be relevant for selected patients whose changes are concentrated in the lower face.

Dr Scott J Turner is a [Specialist Plastic Surgeon FRACS](/dr-scott-turner-sydney-plastic-surgeon/) who consults in [Bondi Junction](/locations/bondi-junction/) and [Manly](/locations/manly/), Sydney, with surgery performed at Bondi Junction Private Hospital and Delmar Private Hospital, Dee Why. This page explains SMAS facelift surgery, how it compares with deep plane facelift surgery, and how technique selection is assessed during consultation.

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