The Large Flap Sculptured Facelift
Dermatologic Surgery
1988 Abstract
Shire JR, Johnson CM Jr, Orr JB.
The large flap sculptured facelift.
J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 1988 Dec;14(12):1352-6.
Tulane University Medical Center, Louisiana.
The large flap sculptured facelift is a redraping rather than a pinching or
pulling operation. The skin flaps are redraped over the tightened, sculptured
underlying fat-musculoaponeurosis. This procedure can be performed on a majority
of patients with minimal complications.