Expert Techniques in Facial Plastic Surgery An Analytical Approach to Face and Neck Lifts

A facelift or rhytidectomy is cosmetic surgery to lift up and pull back the skin to make the face look tighter and smoother. The procedure is designed to reduce flabby or sagging skin around the lower half of the face and neck.  

This book is a comprehensive guide to techniques in facelift surgery.

Beginning with an overview of anatomy and physiology of the aging face and neck, the next chapter discusses preoperative evaluation and analysis.

The following sections cover different facelift techniques dependent on patient requirements and ultimate goals for the surgery.

The book concludes with discussion on potential complications and their management, and skincare rejuvenation.

Edited by recognised US-based experts in the field, this invaluable text is further enhanced by more than 300 clinical and surgical photographs, diagrams and tables.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to techniques in facelift surgery
• Covers various procedures and potential complications
• Edited by US-based experts in the field
• Highly illustrated with more than 300 photographs, diagrams and tables

1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Aging Face and Neck
2. Preoperative Evaluation and Analysis of the Aging Face and Neck
3. The SMAS Facelift
4. The Extended SMAS Facelift
5. The Deep Plane Facelift
6. Short Scar Rhytidectomy
7. The Mid-Face Lift (SOOF)
8. Racial and Ethnic Considerations in Facelift
9. Chin Implant Technique with Facelift
10. Direct Excision of Submental Laxity
11. Complications of Facelift and Necklift
12. Skincare Rejuvenation with Facelift

Minas Constantinides MD FACS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery & Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA

Regan Thomas MD
Professor, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA