An historical glimpse of the evolution of rhytidectomy.
Obviously there is much more to be written about the facelift operation than this very brief history. Although it was not intended to be definitive in character, its modest intention was to provide the reader with some of the evolution of the operation and to describe clinical and cadaveric work done over the last two decades as it relates to the aging midface.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods