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Marta Mariani1, Mariachiara Fabbri1, Pietro Luciano Serra2
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Catholic University of Sacro Cuore, University Hospital A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
In the last few years, the Deep Plane Face Lift (DPFL) has gained great popularity among plastic surgeons, even if its origins are traced back to the 1970s. Certainly, it could have some advantages but based on our experience, it can reveal some unpleasant features in the long term. For this reason, the senior authors have adopted the high superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) Face Lift for many years in their surgical practice.The goal of our study is to analyze the DPFL critical aspects in the long term and show how the High SMAS Face Lift (HSFL) technique can help to improve them.
