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Face Lift – A Closer Look At Novel Surgical Trends
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dr.calvert09
Face Lift – A Closer Look At Novel Surgical Trends
Face lifting was performed firstly in the early years of the 19th
century.
Throughout the
most of the 20th century a face lift mostly involved skin surgical excision and
undermining....
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Face Lift – A Closer Look At Novel Surgical Trends
Face lifting was performed firstly in the early years of the 19th
century.
Throughout the
most of the 20th century a face lift mostly involved skin surgical excision and
undermining.
A revolution occurred in the 1970s when the public became exponentially
more interested in the procedure and some surgeons started using surgical techniques
that aided in dissection of the superficial fatty layer of the face in continuity with that of
the neck.
Since then, techniques have been described that involve every possible skin
incision, extent of tissue manipulation, plane of dissection, type of instrumentation, and
method of fixation.
Many of these innovations provide little long-term benefit when
compared to skin undermining that would expose the patient to more risk.
Placing tension on the skin is no more an effective way of lifting the face and leads to
the “face-lifted”look and unpleasant scars in addition to distorting the facial landma
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