title: The noninvasive facelift-fact or fiction?
abstract: While the quest for youth continues, the public has turned away from traditional surgical procedures and toward less invasive ones. Fillers and nonablative resurfacing have become more desirable than face lifting and laser resurfacing. The hype for nonablative technologies promises tighter, smoother, and firmer skin without surgery or recovery time. But can they deliver? The verdict is still out.
authors.affiliation: Center for Lasers and Cosmetic Dermatology and Department of Dermatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. humphreys@mail.tju.edu
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Humphreys
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods*