When having a Smas Facelift does every individual have different muscles lifted out of the 42/43 muscles in your face approx home many get lifted in a smas lift, how do you exercise these
October 15, 2015
Answer: What is the SMAS? Thanks for the question and a complicated one. The short answer to your question is, no. We do not individual lift each muscle. Think of the smas as a quilt. It is a bunch of connected muscles. All these muscles have different actions but they are connected by tissue. If we were to dissect all the muscles, a facelift would take 20 hours or more! What we do know, is if we pull, move and re-position the Smas as a whole, we can alter the face in predictable ways. This is the key to a good facelift. In fact, understanding this resulted in a major shift in facelift techniques.So, there is no way to answer how many, which ones as it does not really work this way. Dr James P. Bonaparte, MD, MSc, FRCSCJB Cosmetics and Facial Surgery of OttawaOtolaryngology – Head and Neck SurgeryPracticing in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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October 15, 2015
Answer: What is the SMAS? Thanks for the question and a complicated one. The short answer to your question is, no. We do not individual lift each muscle. Think of the smas as a quilt. It is a bunch of connected muscles. All these muscles have different actions but they are connected by tissue. If we were to dissect all the muscles, a facelift would take 20 hours or more! What we do know, is if we pull, move and re-position the Smas as a whole, we can alter the face in predictable ways. This is the key to a good facelift. In fact, understanding this resulted in a major shift in facelift techniques.So, there is no way to answer how many, which ones as it does not really work this way. Dr James P. Bonaparte, MD, MSc, FRCSCJB Cosmetics and Facial Surgery of OttawaOtolaryngology – Head and Neck SurgeryPracticing in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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September 7, 2015
Answer: SMAS Facelift A SMAS facelift lasts longer then a skin or periosteal facelift. The SMAS layer is a layer of muscle of the face, predominately addressed by lifting the platysmal muscle, the orbicular is otis muscles and the orbicular is oculi muscles. They are lifted by imbrication sutures to elevate them, reposition them and reposition some of the subcutaneous facial adipose (fat) tissue. Good luck with your selection of a board certified ASAPS plastic surgeon.
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September 7, 2015
Answer: SMAS Facelift A SMAS facelift lasts longer then a skin or periosteal facelift. The SMAS layer is a layer of muscle of the face, predominately addressed by lifting the platysmal muscle, the orbicular is otis muscles and the orbicular is oculi muscles. They are lifted by imbrication sutures to elevate them, reposition them and reposition some of the subcutaneous facial adipose (fat) tissue. Good luck with your selection of a board certified ASAPS plastic surgeon.
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