title: Preauricular and sideburns operating procedures for a natural look in facelifts.
abstract: Sideburn elevation, tragus elimination, earlobe dislocation, and visible scars in front of the ear are common mistakes in facelift operations. The presence of just one of these flaws spoils the result of rhytidoplasty. Surgical procedures for optimizing the preauricular scar and the location of the sideburns in the facelift procedure are discussed in this article.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: de Castro
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control; D004431:Ear, External; D006801:Humans; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods*