KOr.U Face Lift: Personal Technique.
OBJECTIVE
Facial aging is the union of multiple effects such as exposure to the sun, ambiental stress, smog, tobacco. It reflects the dynamic, cumulative effects of time on the skin, soft tissues, and deep structural components of the face showing skin textural changes and loss of facial volume. There are a multitude of techniques currently used to perform face lifts, but the unique objective is to achieve a good and safe result.


METHODS
This paper describes a new safe approach to midfacial rejuvenation that combines the elements of superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) plication, about four vectors, with a blepharoplasty to achieve long-lasting improvement of the aging midface and a more natural effect. Plication of the SMAS over the suture, provides three vectors of elevation beneath the skin in midface rhytidectomy linked to the Lorè's fascia and the third vector of elevation of platysma behind the ear.


RESULTS
This new technique, called KOr.U technique, was used in 31 patients between October 2010 and October 2012, producing effective long-lasting results, returning a volume of midface with no injury.


CONCLUSIONS
This simplified approach is safe and can be easily performed under local anesthesia as an isolated midface procedure, avoiding the facial nerve.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Koru Plastic Group, Via Mistrangelo 1, 17100 Savona, SV Italy ; Via Garibaldi 81/22, Novi Ligure, AL Italy.
Giuseppe
G
Colombo
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Koru Plastic Group, Via Mistrangelo 1, 17100 Savona, SV Italy ; Via Garibaldi 81/22, Novi Ligure, AL Italy.
Vittorio
V
Ruvolo
Maxillo Facial Surgeon, I Policlinico, Piazza Miraglia, Naples, Italy.
Valentina
V
Pagliarulo
Blepharoplasty; Face lift; KOr.U; Vector