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Integrated treatment of wrinkles on the forehead and glabellar region

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Some techniques to improve forehead and glabellar region wrinkles are described. The zone of the scalp is undermined below the galea to protect the hair follicles. On the forehead, the undermining is made above the frontal muscle. In the cheek and zygomatic region, the undermining is made in the fat which allows leaving a neurovascular pedicle or mesotemporalis so as not to paralyze the frontal muscle. The glabellar depressions are filled with dermo-fat, fascia grafts, or with sheets of Silicone. The tunnel below the wrinkle, for introducing the grafts, is made using a lengthened scalpel designed by the author. Results have been extremely satisfactory.

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  1. School of Medicine, National University of Colombia, Calle 71 No. 11-43, Bogotá 2, Colombia

    Felipe Coiffman M.D. (Professor of Plastic Surgery)

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Coiffman, F. Integrated treatment of wrinkles on the forehead and glabellar region. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 5, 233–238 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01981708

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