Day 1 Theory

Introduction to face lifting

Evolution of face lifting techniques

The future of face lifting: wisdom from 40 years experience

Clinically oriented face and neck anatomy

• Skin
• Retaining ligaments
• Fat compartments
• SMAS
• Facial nerve
• Sensory nerves
• Vascular anatomy
• Anatomy of the forehead & temporal fossa
• Anatomy of the platysma muscles
• Anatomy of the deep compartments of the neck

Patient assessment and aesthetic ideals

• Upper face & brow
• Midface & lower face
• Neck
• Assessment for volume restoration

Instruments, materials, and set-up for face lifting 

Protocol for performing face lift under local anaesthesia 

Face lift incisions: design and technique

The best approaches and vectors in face lifting

MINIMAL ACCESS FACELIFT TECHNIQUES: STEP-BY-STEP

• Short scar
• Dissection and SMAS plication & imbrication
• Closure, aftercare, & results

ADVANCED FACELIFT: STEP-BY-STEP

• Incision and dissection
• Premasseteric space dissection
• SMAS mobilization and SMASectomy
• Midface elevation and suspension
• Closure, aftercare, and results
• Video demonstrations and discussion

MANAGEMENT OF THE NECK

• Decision-making: which technique is best?
• Lateral approach: undermining & excision
• Midline approach: platysmaplasty techniques
• Lipoplasty of the neck
• Management of the deep compartments: fat and muscles
• Video demonstrations and discussion

BROW LIFT

• Non-endoscopic short scar brow lift technique
• Alternative browlift techniques
• Video demonstrations and discussion

Adjunctive procedures in face lifting

• Lip lift technique
• Panfacial fat grafting
• Malar and submalar augmentation
• Chin implant
• Buccal fat pad removal

Complications in face lifting techniques: how to avoid them, how to deal with them

MCQ Examination 

Social Dinner

Note:  All delegates will have comprehensive hands-on training in techniques with high quality fresh cadaver specimens

Orientation, cadaver laboratory

Minimal access facelift demonstration (Malcolm  Paul MD)

Patient positioning 

Incision design

Undermining and anatomy

SMAS plication and suspension

Closure

Complementary facial fat grafting techniques

Supervised hands-on training for all delegates

Full face lift demonstration (Malcolm  Paul MD)

Incision design

Undermining and anatomy display, including facial nerves

SMAS dissection

SMASectomy

Neck lift anatomy and contouring: fat compartment management, digastric muscle modification, platysmaplasty

Closure

Supervised hands-on training for all delegates

Adjunctive procedures demonstration:

Non-endoscopic short scar browlift

Pretrichial, juxta-brow, temporal approaches to browlift

Buccal fat pad removal

Lip lift

Supervised hands-on training for all delegates

Certification and Award Ceremony