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Complications of Facelifting Procedures

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Complications in Cutaneous Surgery

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Surgical facelifting procedures remain popular despite the recent introduction of laser, light source, and radiofrequency devices as facial rejuvenation alternatives. In recent years, facelift surgery has remained one of the most popular cosmetic procedures in the United States.1 Its popularity persists because of the reproducible surgical rejuvenation with many years duration and minimal risk in experienced hands. Recent innovations with shorter scars, supra-SMAS (superficial musculoaponeurotic system) dissection, the addition of liposuction as a concomitant procedure, and less undermining provide comparable surgical outcomes to traditional techniques with less risk and downtime.2–4 While other specialties have contributed novel ideas,5 cutaneous surgeons have been innovators of a number of less aggressive lifting procedures that can be performed under local anesthesia and consequently eliminate the complications associated with general anesthesia and minimize the complications associated with deep plane or composite lifts.6–14 Ongoing innovations in less aggressive techniques will allow facelifting procedures to continue to rise in popularity as patients seek facial rejuvenation with less risk, scarring, and downtime.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Greg S. Morganroth MD (Assistant Clinical Professor and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Greg S. Morganroth MD (Assistant Clinical Professor and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor)

  3. Division of Dermatologic Surgery, Department of Dermatology and Otolaryngology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Hayes B. Gladstone MD (Director)

  4. Department of Clinical Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Isaac M. Neuhaus MD (Assistant Professor)

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Morganroth, G.S., Gladstone, H.B., Neuhaus, I.M. (2008). Complications of Facelifting Procedures. In: Gloster, H.M. (eds) Complications in Cutaneous Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73152-0_19

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