Key points • The visible surgical result is related to the soft tissue envelope and not the underlying skeletal structures that support the facial surfaces and volumes. • Predicting how…
Key points • Patient-reported outcome instruments (PROIs) are questionnaires that measure concepts by asking patients directly, without clinician interpretation, and should be used to measure procedural outcomes. • The FACE-Q…
Key points • The patient’s perspective and desire must be understood and discussed in detail because they might be different from that of the surgeon’s. • Dental evaluation is crucially…
• The evolution of techniques in reconstructive maxillofacial surgery has led to safe and efficacious surgery of the facial soft tissue, the natural extension of which was surgery purely to…
Alfonso Barrera and Christian Arroyo Summary In this chapter we present how to safely perform hair transplantation and how to prevent complications, as well as how to treat the most…
Fred G. Fedok and Sunny S. Park Summary Upper and lower blepharoplasty are among the most popular and safe surgical procedures. Blepharoplasty is performed for both cosmetic and functional indications…
Phillip R. Langsdon and Ronald J. Schroeder II Summary The concept of SMAS facelift involves a spectrum of SMAS manipulation ranging from imbrication or plication to undermining in a deep…
Kian Karimi Summary Thread lifts have been available since 2002. Some of the complications related to these procedures were due to the use of nonabsorbable sutures for these procedures. More…
Brandon Worley and Murad Alam Summary The ability to provide contour to the body by adding or removing adipose tissue provides the cosmetic surgeon with a power tool to meet…
