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Midface lift: panel discussion
Greg Keller1, Vito C Quatela, Marcelo B Antunes
1Keller Facial Plastic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Unlabelled:
What is the most efficient dissection plane to perform midface lift? What is the best incision/approach (preauricular, transtemporal, transoral)? Why? What specific technique do you use? Why? What is the best method/substance for adding volume to midface lifting? In approaching the midface, how do you see the relationship of blepharoplasty versus fillers versus midface lifting?
Analysis:
How has your procedure or approach evolved over the past 5 years? What have you learned, first-person experience, in doing this procedure?
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