The Art and Science of Facelift Surgery

Description:


Improved surgical techniques and increasing patient expectations have transformed the field of cosmetic facial surgery, and The Art and Science of Facelift Surgery, 2nd Edition, brings you up to speed with today’s best and latest procedures. This highly practical resource features a superbly illustrated print reference with step-by-step procedures accompanied by surgical videos of each technique. Comprehensive, easy-to-follow instruction from internationally recognized expert Dr. Joe Niamtu III, with chapters by other internationally recognized colleagues, helps you achieve optimal outcomes on frequently requested procedures.

Features:

• Provides authoritative advice, technical tips, and personal approaches from Dr. Niamtu, a key opinion leader in cosmetic surgery, with contributions from other leading facelift surgeons.
• Covers the contemporary procedures that today’s patients are requesting, including deep plane facelifts, submandibular gland resection, male facelifts, minimally invasive facelifts, chin implants, revision facelifts, and many more.
• Includes hundreds of new clinical photos, new video content, and updated procedural guidance, tips, and tricks throughout.
• Contains an abundance of full-color photographs that illustrate surgical steps and before-and-after outcomes, as well as easy-to-follow instruction for each procedure.
• Features high-quality videos such as diagnosis, patient selection, and surgical marking; deep plane face and neck lift; minimally invasive facelift; submentoplasty; all common SMAS approaches; facelift flap trimming; office setup and instrumentation; facelift complications; and more—showing all necessary and important stages of each surgery so you can learn directly from the surgeon as you watch each step being performed.
• Helps both trainee and practicing aesthetic surgeons obtain optimal results and high patient satisfaction with every facelift.
• An digital version is included with purchase. The digital allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Table Of Contents:

Chapter 1: What Is a Facelift? History and Semantics
Chapter 2: The Facial Aging
Chapter 3: Facelift Anatomy
Chapter 4: Evaluating and Understanding the Cosmetic Surgery Patient in the Preoperative Experience
Chapter 5: The Surgical Facility
Chapter 6: Facelift and Neck Lift: The Procedure
Chapter 7: Deep Plane Facelift and Deep Neck Lift
Chapter 8: Abbreviated Facelift and Neck Lift Procedures: Short Scar Facelift
Chapter 9: My Theory of Facelift Surgery
Chapter 10: Facelift and Neck Lift: History and My Current Deep Plane Technique
Chapter 11: Minimally Invasive Management of the Neck Muscles and Cervicomental Angle Using a Percutaneous Suture Suspension System—MyEllevate
Chapter 12: Facelift Complications: Recognition, Treatment, and Prevention