Mastering Face-Lift Surgery: Advance Your Skills with Expert Guidance

This comprehensive course is specifically designed for surgeons seeking to enhance their face-lift surgery skills by incorporating the latest understanding of facial anatomy. Learn from a panel of renowned experts how to navigate the subSMAS facial spaces safely and confidently, ensuring exceptional results for your patients.

Expert Faculty

• Bryan Mendelson, MD – Australia (Chairman)
• Andres Freschi, MD – Argentina
• Njde Hambarchian, MD – Germany
• George Kolios, MD – Germany
• Lennert Minelli, MD – Belgium
• Tim Papadopoulos, MD – Australia
• Nina Schwaiger, MD – Germany
• Basel Sharaf, MD, DDS – USA
• Rodrigo Teixeira, MD – Australia
• Howard Webster, MD – Australia
• Chin Ho Wong, MD – Singapore
• Ali Pirayesh, MD (NVEPC) – Amsterdam, NL (Local Faculty)
• Berend van der Lei, MD, PhD (NVEPC) – Groningen, NL (Local Faculty)
• Steven Korteweg, MD (NVEPC) – Groningen, NL (Local Faculty)

Program Overview

This course is divided into introductory lectures, hands-on cadaver dissection sessions, and ancillary procedures, providing a comprehensive learning experience.

Introductory Lectures

• “What to Expect From This Course” by Dr. Howard Webster
• “Philosophy of Understanding and Principles of Facial Anatomy” by Dr. Bryan Mendelson

Hands-On Cadaver Dissection Sessions

These sessions will focus on the right side of the face and cover:

• Session A: Setting Up and Preliminary Dissection – Markings for safe and effective deep plane surgery, infiltration for hydrodissection, hemostasis, and anesthesia, and incisions for inconspicuous scars.
• Session B: The Premasseter Spaces – Accessing the deep plane safely using the premasseter space and the prezygomatic space.
• Session C: Prezygomatic Space – Precise submuscular lower lid dissection and dissection into the prezygomatic and premaxillary spaces.
• Session D: Upper Premasseter Area of Important Anatomy (“the Mess”) – Identifying the mesozygomaticus in between the two spaces, the zygomatic ligaments, and zygomaticus major muscle (“red carpet”).
• Session E: The Neck – Extending the deep plane dissection safely into the neck, elevating the composite flap from its posterior attachments, performing a platysma myotomy, partial versus complete, platysma transection, and placement of key sutures to re-create the retaining ligaments.

Ancillary Procedures

These sessions will cover:

• Midline deep neck anatomy and access to the subplatysma structures (SMG, digastric muscles, subplatysmal fat)
• Temporal lift as an adjunct to face lift
• Lip lift

This course is available in HD Streaming format, comprising approximately 3.5 hours of cadaver dissection, lecture, and presentation videos from 2023. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your surgical skills and confidence in face-lift surgery.