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SMAS imbrication vs SMAS plication

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Many of the docs at RS have said that facelifts using SMAS plication do not involve true mobilization. Does this mean that if my surgeon is cutting an elliptical section out of the SMAS that I am getting greater skin flap mobilization and the probability longer lasting result than I would get from a more simple plication facelift? Please don't tell me to just look at before and after photos.

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