A new technique of upper-middle face rhytidectomy without destroying the configuration of sideburn / 中华整形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To introduce a safe, effective and lasting rhytidectomy technique without destroying the configuration of sideburn.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>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.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>46 patients with aging face have been treated using this technique since 2002. All patients obtained good curative effects without any severe complications.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>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.</p>