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[A new technique of upper-middle face rhytidectomy without destroying the configuration of sideburn]
Qun Qiao1, Ying-jun Yan, Ru Zhao
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100032, China.
Objective:
To introduce a safe, effective and lasting rhytidectomy technique without destroying the configuration of sideburn.
Methods:
The operation is performed through the coronal incision, the temporal incision that is paralleled to the nasolabial sulcus, and the preauricular incision in the sideburn. Multi-layer dissection of facial tissue is made.
Results:
46 patients with aging face have been treated using this technique since 2002. All patients obtained good curative effects without any severe complications.
Conclusions:
This operation technique may maintain the natural configuration of the preauricular area and sideburn, result obscure incision scar and avoid harming important nerves or vessels. Multi-layer dissection accords with anatomical principles and produces a lasting curative effect.
