The results of conventional facelift are unnatural, and a masklike appearance is common. Elongation of the ear lobe with a triangular deformity, separation of the ear lobe on one side, adherence of the inner border to the skin on the other side, or sometimes large keloid scars behind the ear can all occur. Hair loss as a result of scarring and traction alopecia is also common. Nasolabial fold correction is limited, with most facelifts, thereby creating a limiting factor to the facelift. Attempts at removal of the crease can result in a number of complications, such as damage to the branches of the facial nerve [1]. In addition, a number of slips of the muscles of facial expression become attached to the nasolabial fold. Failure to divide some of these slips during facelift can result in asymmetry of the smile [2]. Only the most radical subperiosteal facelift as described by Hamra [3] can have a longer-lasting effect on the nasolabial fold. Perhaps the first description of the minilift was provided by Passot. Preauricular skin excision accompanied by little or no skin undermining was abandoned by most surgeons because the results were short-lived [4]. © Springer-Verlag 2008.
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Khawaja, H. A., & Hernández-Pérez, E. (2008). The delta lift: A modification of S-lift for facial rejuvenation. In Simplified Facial Rejuvenation (pp. 347–352). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71097-4_44
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