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Fig. 20. Patient with long platysma bands before surgery.
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Fig. 20. Patient with long platysma bands before surgery.
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Fig. 19. Midline placement of Quill sutures showing platysma backcut.
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Fig. 18. Midline placement of Quill sutures.
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Fig. 17. Lateral placement of Quill sutures.
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Fig. 16. SMAS-ectomy.
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Fig. 15. Minimal access cranial suspension technique.
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Fig. 14. Patient in Fig. 11 after surgery.
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Fig. 13. Right lateral view postoperative view of patient in Fig. 12.
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Fig. 12. Right lateral preoperative view of patient in Fig. 11.
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Fig. 11. Preoperative view of patient.
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Fig. 10. Temporal anchoring.
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Fig. 9. Volumetric stacking of soft tissue. (From Paul MD. Using barbed sutures in open/subperiosteal midface lifting. Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2006;26:729; with permission.)
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Fig. 8. Approximation of tissue layers.
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Fig. 7. Midface open malar lift showing sinusoidal deployment.
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Fig. 6. Midface open malar lift showing dissection.
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Fig. 5. Midface open malar lift showing incision.
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Fig. 4. Brow-lift procedure showing anchoring of threads.
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Fig. 3. Brow-lift procedure showing placement of threads.
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Fig. 2. Brow-lift procedure showing area of dissection.
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Fig. 1. Patient before (A) and after (B) a chin implant and neck contouring.