Facial Plastic SurgeryPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1781455
Peiyi Su-Genyk, Vito Quatela
{"title":"Deep Neck Contouring through the Ages.","authors":"Peiyi Su-Genyk, Vito Quatela","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1781455","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1781455","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deep neck contouring can achieve dramatic results in young and old patients. Both genetic predisposition and aging contribute to the malposition of deep neck structures and a poorly contoured neckline. Depending on the patient's anatomy, deep neck contouring should involve a combination of submental liposuction, platysmaplasty, subplatysmal fat lipectomy, resection of the anterior belly of the digastric muscle, and either cautery or resection of the submandibular glands. Resorption of the facial bony skeleton that occurs with aging affects the ultimate postoperative mandibular contour, and postoperative results thus differ in the young versus old patient. In patients in which there is concern for excess skin laxity, a concurrent facelift is necessary to excise excess neck skin. This article includes a discussion on how a combination of aging and genetics influence a patient's neck anatomy, critical preoperative considerations prior to performing deep neck contouring, intraoperative technique, and adjunct procedures that can further improve a patient's neckline.</p>","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"21-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140157871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Facial Plastic SurgeryPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-10-10DOI: 10.1055/a-2188-8608
Benjamin Talei, Hedyeh Ziai
{"title":"PHAT Lips and PHAT Face: Platelet Hybridized Adipose Therapy for Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System and Dermal Rejuvenation.","authors":"Benjamin Talei, Hedyeh Ziai","doi":"10.1055/a-2188-8608","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2188-8608","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Platelet-rich plasma has been increasingly used for facial rejuvenation in conjunction with other modalities such as microneedling or on its own. Nanofat grafting to the face has also been utilized for skin quality improvements. Our group previously described the novel combined Platelet Hybridized Adipose Transplant (PHAT) technique for hair restoration. In this series, we describe our experience with the PHAT technique for lip and facial rejuvenation to improve the quality of facial skin and superficial musculoaponeurotic system, and enhancing surgical results.</p>","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"141-147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41195975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Facial Plastic SurgeryPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-01-23DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1779261
Neil A Gordon, Tareq G Sawan
{"title":"Corrigendum: Deep-Plane Rhytidectomy: Pearls in Maximizing Outcomes while Minimizing Recovery.","authors":"Neil A Gordon, Tareq G Sawan","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1779261","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1779261","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"e1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139541741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guled M Jama, Sindhuja Bhanwala, Agamemnon Pericleous, Vikas Acharya, Samit N Unadkat, Premjit S Randhawa, Peter J Andrews
{"title":"Irradiated Homologous Costal Cartilage Grafts in Complex Functional Septorhinoplasty.","authors":"Guled M Jama, Sindhuja Bhanwala, Agamemnon Pericleous, Vikas Acharya, Samit N Unadkat, Premjit S Randhawa, Peter J Andrews","doi":"10.1055/a-2510-6740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2510-6740","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Optimal results in complex nasal reconstruction, particularly in the context of post-traumatic and revision septorhinoplasty, often require the use of cartilage grafts to provide additional structural support to the nose. While autologous costal cartilage (ACC) has been traditionally used, this can be limited by donor site morbidity, increased operative time, and in some cases, lack of suitable cartilage for grafting. There has been a trend towards using irradiated homologous costal cartilage (IHCC) as an alternative source of graft material. We review our departmental experience of using IHCC in functional septorhinoplasty surgery. We performed a retrospective review of electronic medical records of all patients who underwent septorhinoplasty using IHCC at a tertiary referral center between May 1, 2022, and April 30, 2024. Demographic data, surgical details, and postoperative outcomes, including rates of infection, resorption, warping, and revision were recorded and analyzed. Fifty-seven patients (34 males, 23 females) with a mean age of 41.0 years (range: 18-65 years) were included. Forty-one were revision septorhinoplasty operations, while 16 were primary cases. Almost all were performed via an open approach (98.2%). Three patients developed postoperative infection (5.3%) while one developed columellar dehiscence needing further revision surgery (1.8%). Functional and aesthetic results were otherwise satisfactory in all patients. We observed no cases of warping, resorption, or extrusion. The median length of follow-up was 279 days (interquartile range: 171-527 days). We present the largest United Kingdom series to date on the use of IHCC in septorhinoplasty surgery. Our findings support its use as a safe and effective graft material and a viable alternative to autologous sources, offering the benefits of a robust reconstructive material and shortened operative time, without the risk of donor site complications. A longer follow-up period is ideally required to evaluate its long-term structural stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143002803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Mariani, Mariachiara Fabbri, Pietro Luciano Serra, Vittoria Murone, Benedetta Scucchi, Chiara Botti, Giovanni Botti
{"title":"A Long-term Evaluation: Deep Plane versus High SMAS Face Lift.","authors":"Marta Mariani, Mariachiara Fabbri, Pietro Luciano Serra, Vittoria Murone, Benedetta Scucchi, Chiara Botti, Giovanni Botti","doi":"10.1055/a-2510-6495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2510-6495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143002724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Izak Golan, Iman Khodaei, Irina Vasilenko, Pietro Palma
{"title":"Morphing of the Frontal View: Rhinoplasty as a Surface Contour Operation.","authors":"Izak Golan, Iman Khodaei, Irina Vasilenko, Pietro Palma","doi":"10.1055/a-2486-6910","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2486-6910","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Frontal view morphing is needed for better preoperative consultation and simulation process in rhinoplasty. Restoration of the correct light-shadow interactions in rhinoplasty demands a firm appreciation of the underlying nasal structures. Chiaroscuro is a painting technique of dark and light contrasts that can be utilized in the morphing process, enabling the surgeon to explain possible results. Patients undergoing surgery in 2019. Encounters were divided into three. First visit: history taking, a list of desires and physical examination, photography. Second visit: photo analysis was presented as well as the hypothesis of correction expressed by morphing (morphing with Adobe Photoshop software). We termed the differences between light and shade of the lateral nasal walls, the dorsum and the brow dome line and nose cheek line as the \"Chiaroscuro of the nose.\" This term is significant in the process of morphing of the frontal view. We used this method of morphing in the simulation process of 126 patients. The age range was 15 to 59 years old. A total of 67% (84) were females and 33% (42) were males. A total of 43% (54) of the cases were revision cases. At the postoperative visits, all patients were more satisfied with their operative result than with their \"morphed\" simulation. The chiaroscuro concept of the nose is an essential step in the analysis and morphing processes of the frontal view, and a logical tool in creating a realistic surgical game plan. The morphing of the frontal view enables the surgeon and patients to discuss the possible result with more details and refinements. Morphing may be a good option to educate young surgeons in both preoperative consultation and at the operating theater.</p>","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142727425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Surgical Management of the Eye in Facial Palsy.","authors":"Mohsan Malik, Geoff Wilcsek, Eamon Shamil","doi":"10.1055/a-2448-0424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2448-0424","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The surgical management of the periocular region in facial palsy is a critical aspect of addressing the ocular morbidity associated with facial paralysis. The reconstruction around the eye in facial palsy should take into account the duration of the facial palsy and underlying ocular pathologies. Exposure keratopathy can develop secondary to lagophthalmos, ectropion, and brow ptosis. Clinicians should optimize the function of the eye with medical treatments in the first instance and where required adjunctive static or dynamic surgical therapy. The cosmesis of the periocular region should also be taken into consideration when surgical reconstruction is being planned. This manuscript aims to provide a review of surgical solutions for patients with chronic eye manifestations of facial palsy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142885032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Nasal Breathing Function and Tip Definition after the Implementation of the Cephalic Lateral Crural Advancement Flap Technique.","authors":"Germán Macía, Ana Ortega","doi":"10.1055/a-2486-6837","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2486-6837","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cephalic trimming of the lower lateral cartilage (LLC) can result in the collapse of the internal and external nasal valves, pinched nose, and alar retraction. The cephalic lateral crural advancement flap (CLCAF) technique is introduced as a method to prevent these complications by avoiding grafts in the LLC. A retrospective study was conducted on 126 open-approach rhinoplasties (82 female and 44 male) employing the CLCAF technique between January 2021 and March 2022. Preoperatively, 20 patients exhibited collapse of the internal nasal valve. CLCAF was performed in all patients following cephalic incision, leaving 7 to 8 mm horizontally and caudally of LLC, and preserving the scroll ligament. The CLCAF was advanced onto the lateral crura to reinforce it and tension the scroll ligament. The Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale was used to assess the technique. The average postoperative follow-up period was 14 months. Overall, 114 patients (90.5%) experienced improved nasal breathing on the NOSE scale, and the overall NOSE score significantly decreased from a mean of 30.4 to 14.0 (<i>p</i> < 0.001). A statistically significant reduction in NOSE scores was observed in groups with moderate, severe, and extreme obstruction (<i>p</i> < 0.001), with greater improvement seen in the patients with more severe preoperative nasal breathing obstruction. Postintervention, no patient exhibited collapse of the internal valve, and all patients with preoperative collapse of the internal nasal valve showed an increase of at least 40 points in the NOSE scale. Two patients required revision due to tip asymmetry related to CLCAF. Pinched nose or alar retraction was not observed postoperatively in any patient. The implementation of CLCAF, combined with other techniques, enhances nasal breathing function, prevents the collapse of the internal nasal valve, and leads to optimal nasal tip definition, resulting in a better-shaped and functioning nose.</p>","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142727423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salwa Al Maamari, Géraldine Vansteelant, Shirrushtii Appan, Alwyn R D'Souza
{"title":"Effect of Facial Fillers on Post-rhinoplasty edema: A Hypothesis Based on Literature Review.","authors":"Salwa Al Maamari, Géraldine Vansteelant, Shirrushtii Appan, Alwyn R D'Souza","doi":"10.1055/a-2466-1407","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2466-1407","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The quest to achieve younger and media-driven facial aesthetics has resulted in an exponential increase in the use of facial fillers. Inevitably, this has meant that it is now commonplace for facial plastic surgeons to have patients with fillers in the face. In the senior author's experience (A.R.D.), it was observed that patients with facial fillers experienced persistent edema post-rhinoplasty. It was, therefore, hypothesized that this prolonged edema may be related to fillers affecting the lymphatic drainage impacting postoperative edema following facial surgery.This article aims to gather evidence from wider literature to support the hypothesis that fillers do indeed compromise lymphatic drainage. A narrative literature review was performed using selective articles on fillers and post-rhinoplasty edema. A methodological analysis was then followed to develop a standard theory characterized through the discussion.It is theorized that due to their hydrophilic characteristics, hardness, volume, and backflow phenomena, hyaluronic acid fillers can lead to prolonged edema. In addition, they can either directly block or indirectly exert pressure on the lymphatic pathways and hinder drainage.The research findings support the hypothesis that facial fillers impact postoperative facial edema. Further research is required to objectively measure the effect of fillers on facial lymphatic drainage.The level of evidence is IV.</p>","PeriodicalId":12195,"journal":{"name":"Facial Plastic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142616817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}