What this site is for
This is a patient decision guide, not a textbook. The facelift, the neck lift and the anatomy of the lower face are explained properly on the Facial Aesthetic Surgery hub, on the Facelift site and on Dr. Mao's own site. Repeating that here would help nobody. What this site adds is the part a patient has to do alone: understanding that a jowl is a descent rather than an excess, recognising the treatments that cannot possibly reverse it, knowing that adding volume to a descending face usually makes it worse, and deciding deliberately where on the ladder to stop.
Who writes it
The guides are written by the clinical content team of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital and medically reviewed by Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, who performs this surgery here. Every page carries the reviewer's name and the date it was last reviewed. Nothing on this site is attributed to a clinician who has not read it.
What we deliberately do not publish
No prices, because a real figure depends on the extent of the operation, whether the neck is treated at the same time, the anaesthetic and the facility, and a number invented for a web page misleads more than it helps. No brand names for medicines or devices. No dosages. No claims that a particular result will be achieved, and no before-and-after images used as evidence, because the result in one face does not predict the result in yours.
The limits of a website
Nothing here can tell you what has moved in your face or what the skin can be expected to do. That requires someone to look at your jawline in movement, lift the tissue by hand, assess the skin and check the bite — findings that take a few minutes in person and cannot be produced through a screen. Use this site to arrive at a consultation with better questions, and treat any answer you receive here as general information rather than advice about you.