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Will You Please List the Kinds of Tissue Found in the SMAS Layer?

asked 1 year ago by Birdchirp in California
Latest answer by Julio Garcia, MD
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What are all the different types of tissue found in the SMAS layer?

5 answers to Will You Please List the Kinds of Tissue Found in the SMAS Layer?

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Layers of the SMAS

The SMAS is a single layer of fascia which is directionally organized collagen and ground substance, it is quite thin but invests or wraps around the tissues of the face and neck. It can be lifted in order to suspend the tissue of the cheek and neck into a better position.
Julio Garcia, MD

Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon
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Kinds of tissue in the SMAS layer

The SMAS (superficial musculo-aponeurotic system) is a dense layer of fascia that envelops the muscles of facial expression and is contiguous with the platysma muscle in the neck. It is this layer that is utilized during a facelift procedure to allow for a more natural-appearing result. In my practice, to achieve a natural, more youthful look, I perform an extended sub-SMAS elevation that continues low into the neck in the subplatysmal plane in conjunction with neck liposuction... more
Corey S. Maas, MD

San Francisco Facial Plastic Surgeon
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SMAS

SMAS stands for "superficial musculo-aponeurotic system" and is shorthand for the connective tissue layer in the face that is generally considered an extension of the platysma muscle in the neck and connects to other structures in the face. It is fascia and not fat but it can move attached fat. Aging faces lose tone in the skin and connective tissue such as the SMAS layer so it is adjusted during facelifting procedures to provide a "tighter" base on which the skin is... more
Scott L. Replogle, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon
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Face lift

SMAS in the face is fat and fascia............................................................................
Samir Shureih, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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SMAS layer during Face Lift

This is a point of some debate but after 20 years of performing Face Lifts and manipulating the SMAS, IMHO this consist of the vestigual muscle that's continuous with the Platysma muscle, in the neck and the Parotid Fascia.
Francis R. Palmer, III, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

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