Evaluating Facelift Complications and the Effectiveness of the SMASectomy Technique: A Single Center's 15-Year Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Facelift continues to be one of the most common aesthetic procedures performed in the United States. Although there exist many techniques and variations, superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) manipulation, by way of plication, overlap, or SMASectomy, is common and has been shown to result in favorable cosmesis and durability. However, there is a lack of current complications data in the discussion of this technique.

Objectives

To assess the benefits and risks of the SMASectomy technique.

Methods

The records of all patients who underwent a facelift procedure between December 2004 and March 2019 were reviewed for this study. All procedures were performed at an American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF)-accredited o

SUBMITTER: Shauly O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8489308 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature