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Let's Talk About Facelift Scars | Lesson Of The Day

Beverly Hills Center for Plastic Surgery: Dr. Ben Talei · 2023-06-19 · 19 minutes

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Most patients are a bit misguided regarding facelift scarring and seem to forget that looking weird, operated, unnatural or pulled is just as bad as having a scar. ⁣Having scars also may indicate that the facelift may have minimal improvement so listen to this video to get a better understanding of what you need to worry about. ⁣Also look at the before and afters to get a sense of which surgeon su

Facelift complications and outcomes

Serious complications after a facelift are uncommon: about 1 patient in 55 needs an emergency visit, a hospital stay or a second operation, most often for a hematoma. Patients rate their results highly at one year, and most still rate them well more than a decade later as aging continues.

The technique, its anatomy and the papers behind it

New research on complications

Recent studies on the subject of the video, each with a plain summary where one is written.

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Challenges and complications in secondary rhytidectomies, a systematic review
Saad C, Ishak R, Joumaa JP, Harb I, Emmanuel N, Nicolas G, et al. · JPRAS Open · PMID 42382704 · Plain summary
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Effect of Age on Complications in Facelift Surgery
Vishwanath N, Mandelbaum M, Williams-Medina E, Darras O, Fraiman E, Patel V, et al. · Aesthet Surg J · PMID 42045665
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Auriculotemporal Nerve, Intraoperative Findings, and Potential Implications in Rhytidectomy
Tang Z, Wang M, Li Z, Yuan Y, Zhu S, Wu L · J Craniofac Surg · PMID 42283533
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