Does deep plane facelift lift the muscles underneath the SMAS and the high smas face includes a release of specific ligaments? Recently had a consultation with the doctor stating that he does a HI SMAS deep plane facelift and he told me that it makes it a deep plane facelift due to the ligaments that are released. So is a deep plane facelift a high SMAS face lift where the ligaments are released or is it deep plane facelift where the musculature underneath the SMAS is moved?
May 6, 2020
Answer: Deep plane facelift Deep plane essentially means dissecting beneath the SMAS layer. Sometimes surgeons release ligaments in this process, but the cutting of ligaments does not define deep plane. Some advice : don't get too caught up in the specific maneuvers the surgeon might use for a facelift. Make your decision based on results. There are many ways to skin a cat, especially with face-lifting. Focus on results the surgeon has achieved, not so much in how those results were achieved. Otherwise, you'll drive yourself nuts overanalyzing all the different facelift maneuvers. Also, there are no facelift techniques that involve dissection deep to the facial nerve (except subperiosteal, which is beyond the scope of this discussion). I think one of the previous doctors misspoke.
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May 6, 2020
Answer: Deep plane facelift Deep plane essentially means dissecting beneath the SMAS layer. Sometimes surgeons release ligaments in this process, but the cutting of ligaments does not define deep plane. Some advice : don't get too caught up in the specific maneuvers the surgeon might use for a facelift. Make your decision based on results. There are many ways to skin a cat, especially with face-lifting. Focus on results the surgeon has achieved, not so much in how those results were achieved. Otherwise, you'll drive yourself nuts overanalyzing all the different facelift maneuvers. Also, there are no facelift techniques that involve dissection deep to the facial nerve (except subperiosteal, which is beyond the scope of this discussion). I think one of the previous doctors misspoke.
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February 23, 2020
Answer: SMAS facelift There are many different interpretations of a deep facelift and many different ways surgeons work on the SMAS. I think most surgeons do some muscle tightening work including the SMAS but there is no evidence that one is better or longer lasting than another.
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February 23, 2020
Answer: SMAS facelift There are many different interpretations of a deep facelift and many different ways surgeons work on the SMAS. I think most surgeons do some muscle tightening work including the SMAS but there is no evidence that one is better or longer lasting than another.
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