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Commentary on: High superficial musculoaponeurotic system facelift with finger-assisted facial spaces dissection for Asian patients.

BACKGROUND Few facelift methods are designed specifically for Asian patients. Because of their characteristic thick skin and flat, wide facial geometry, satisfactory facelift results can be difficult to achieve in these patients. OBJECTIVES The authors evaluated outcomes achieved with a high superficial musculoaponeurotic system (high-SMAS) facelift with finger-assisted facial spaces dissecti...

A Facelift for a Two-Year-Old: Alternative Use of Facelift Approach, to Achieve Serial Excision of a Medium Sized Congenital Naevus, in a Two-Year-Old Patient

Historically, face-lifting consisted of elevating the skin, placing it under tension to reduce the wrinkles, resecting the skin needed to accomplish this, and then securing the resected edges. However, over time, facelift surgery evolved beyond the Dorland’s definition of “rhytidectomy” (excision of skin for the elimination of wrinkles [1]) and various different techniques and indications have ...

Reducing the incidence of ear deformity in facelift.

BACKGROUND The telltale signs associated with facelift procedures, including tightening of the lower face (lateral sweep), visible scars, a distorted hairline, and the "pixie ear" deformity are grounds for concern among both patients and aesthetic surgeons. It is the author's belief that facelift results can be improved with correct positioning of the ears, so that these signs are reduced or el...

Transmasseteric antero-parotid facelift approach for open reduction and internal fixation of condylar fractures

Surgical approaches to the condylar fracture include intraoral, preauricular, submandibular, and retromandibular approaches. Each approach has its own advantages and disadvantages. When a patient needs esthetic results and an intraoral approach is not feasible, the transmasseteric antero-parotid facelift approach is considered. This approach permits direct exposure and allow the surgeon to fixa...