Mag-5: a Magnificent Approach to Upper and Midfacial “Magic”

MAG-5 is an operation with five surgical components: (1) a lateral emphasis frontal lift with (2) corrugator resection, (3) lower blepharoplasty, (4) extended two-layered canthopexy, and (5) a full (or partial) subperiosteal malar release and midcheek lift assisted by an absorbable suture securing the malar tuft periosteum and fibrous tissue to the orbital rim. The procedure rejuvenates and restores the face or transforms it when, and if, transformation is the desire.