Dr. Byun has been the pioneer and one of the very first to work on mid facelift or muscle lift of the face since 1997. As a matter of fact Dr. Byun was the first to perform the surgery at Northwestern University in 1998 and his video of ‘ VECS’ was first presented to the American College of Surgery in 1998. His presentation of Vertical lift, Endoscopic assisted, Composite muscle flap Suspension technique ( VECS) was its first at Chicago plastic surgery meeting in 1998. Since then, he has been perfecting his method of face muscle lift for almost 20 years. – Dr. Michael Byun, M.D., S.C. Chicago’s Best Plastic Surgeon | Chicago Cosmetic Surgery