[A new technique of upper-middle face rhytidectomy without destroying the configuration of sideburn].
OBJECTIVE
To introduce a safe, effective and lasting rhytidectomy technique without destroying the configuration of sideburn.


METHODS
The operation is performed through the coronal incision, the temporal incision that is paralleled to the nasolabial sulcus, and the preauricular incision in the sideburn. Multi-layer dissection of facial tissue is made.


RESULTS
46 patients with aging face have been treated using this technique since 2002. All patients obtained good curative effects without any severe complications.


CONCLUSIONS
This operation technique may maintain the natural configuration of the preauricular area and sideburn, result obscure incision scar and avoid harming important nerves or vessels. Multi-layer dissection accords with anatomical principles and produces a lasting curative effect.
Qiao
Qun
Q
Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100032, China.
Yan
Ying-jun
YJ
Zhao
Ru
R
Wang
Yang
Y
Zhang
Hai-lin
HL
D000328:Adult; D019588:Aging, Premature / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods*