Extended Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System (Smas) Face-Lift and Corset Platysmaplasty Keith A. LaFerriere INTRODUCTION Face-lift, or rhytidectomy, techniques have evolved in many ways over the past 50 years from being predominantly…
Smas Face-Lift Stephen W. Perkins INTRODUCTION The stigmata of facial aging include, but are not limited to, facial skin ptosis, jowling, rhytids, lipoptosis, and platysmal banding. These changes can dramatically…
Trichophytic Forehead Lifting Daniel E. Rousso INTRODUCTION If the eyes are considered the windows to the soul, then the eyebrow is the leading edge of the aesthetic frame in which…
Endoscopic Brow Lift Marc H. Hohman INTRODUCTION The periorbital area is essential for nonverbal facial expression and communication, and critical to social engagement. With advancing age, the eyebrows descend due…
Direct Brow Lift Tom D. Wang INTRODUCTION The direct brow lift is one of several effective methods to surgically reposition the brow and rejuvenate the upper face. It is one…
Asian Blepharoplasty William P. Chen INTRODUCTION The term double eyelid surgery has been used to describe a procedure that adds an upper eyelid crease to an eyelid that is without…
Tarsal Strip Canthoplasty Richard D. Lisman INTRODUCTION Lower lid tarsal suspension was originally described in 1911 by Lexer and Eden, and since then, multiple modifications have been made most notably…
Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty Techniques Bryan Sires INTRODUCTION Aging changes of the lower eyelid have been better defined over the past decade as the result of increased understanding of the anatomy….
Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty: Transcutaneous Approach E. Gaylon McCollough INTRODUCTION The goal of aesthetic plastic surgery is rather simple: correct the undesirable conditions for which a surgeon has been consulted and…
MüLler’S Muscle-Conjunctival Resection-Ptosis Procedure Combined with Upper Blepharoplasty Allen M. Putterman INTRODUCTION Often, patients who present for cosmetic rejuvenation of the upper periorbita are found on physical examination to have…
