Feb/090
The endoscopic facelift. A mini-invasive technique to look younger
The endoscopic facelift (or quick lifting), issued some time in Italy, is a technique to rejuvenate the face that lies somewhere between the surgery and aesthetic medicine. Invented in the nineties by Nicanor Isse was imported from Italy Alessandro Gennai plastic surgeon, member of the ‘European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery, who has illustrated all’ eleventh Conference of medicine and dentistry and cosmetic surgery took place recently in Bologna. The technique involves the insertion in the face through small incisions in the scalp, special wires attached to each other that elevate the cheek, the corners of the mouth, and eyebrows.
Unlike interventions lifting traditional second Gennai intended to become obsolete, involving resection of excess skin and stretching of the remaining ones, the endoscopic facelift can correct the signs of time without leaving visible scars and no hair then compel that cover the contour of the face. The excess skin is redistributed and tissues are not stretched but not relocated by acting on the side, but on the upper face. The effect is more natural. Then you can make some adjustments in practice and practice without new recordings.
The first operation is still done under general anesthesia and requires one night of hospitalization. However, assures Gennai, the endoscopic technique allows quicker healing times, does not present risks of scar tissue and minimize those of nerve and vascular injuries. But the real news, announced by the surgeon, together with his colleague Miles Gravier, at the congress in Bologna is the news that the minimally invasive facelift, will now practice as well as on the face even on the neck area. In this case, the incision is carried behind the ear to allow the insertion of a “gear slings” restorable put in traction that allows the muscles of the neck.