Editors: Bruce F. Connell, MD; and Michael J. Sundine, MD
Publisher: Thieme – 296 pages, with 650+ full-color images
Book Review by: Nano Khilnani
Facial and neck rejuvenation is all the rage these days, especially in the Western world. Today, there is a proliferation of advertising and marketing of services in this high-demand area. But there is also a lot of concern about the qualifications of those who perform these procedures and the quality and /or durability of the results they promise to achieve.
You – as a trainee or practitioner in facial plastic surgery who may have seen or heard commercials on ‘light lifts’ and even ‘lunchtime facelifts’ – are wondering how to allay the fears of potential patients. One way to do that is to arm yourself with the knowledge and skills needed to perform the operations competently. This authoritative text provides you the needed information in this branch of surgery.
Twenty-nine specialists (including the editors named above) in cosmetic surgery, facial plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, and plastic and reconstructive surgery – who are professors, practicing surgeons, fellows, or residents – authored the 25 chapters of this book shown below. All the content writers except one each from Canada and Singapore are from the United States.
- Applied Anatomy for Safety in Facelifting
- Facial Analysis for Facelifting
- Analysis of the Neck
- Facial Aging
- Energy-Based Treatments for Facial Aging
- Facial Sculpting and Facial Slimming with Neurotoxins
- Soft Tissue Fillers
- Fifty Years of Progression in Facelifting and Neck Lifting
- Male versus Female Facelift Surgery: Is There a Difference?
- Foreheadplasty: Recognizing and Treating Aging in the Upper Face
- Endoscopic Browlift
- Primary Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System (SMAS) Facelift and Neck Lift
- Submental Contouring
- Simultaneous Facelift and Fat Crafting
- Midface Lift
- Condition-Specific Rhytidectomy: An Evidence-Based Paradigm Shift in Facial Rejuvenation
- Secondary Facelifting
- Avoiding Complications in Facelifts
- Periorbital Rejuvenation with Autologous Fat
- Comparison of Midface Rejuvenation Techniques
- Upper-Eyelid Blepharoplasty
- Lower-Eyelid Blepharoplasty
- Lateral Canthal Complications in Aesthetic Eyelid Surgery: Prevention and Reconstruction
- Treatment of Tear-Trough Deformity
- Management of the Lateral Periorbital Area
This book has a very simple purpose, the editors write in the Preface. It is to provide the knowledge necessary for surgeons to provide the most optimal outcomes to their patients who want facial rejuvenation.
Optimal outcomes are possible when surgeons do careful preoperative analysis of the face and neck, do precision customization, and precisely execute the operation according to the desires expressed by their patients, Drs. Connell and Sundine point out.
How can we best describe this book? We quote the authors: “The scope of the book is comprehensive and includes chapters on anatomy relevant to facial aging, analysis of the aging patient, and surgical and non-surgical treatment methods used to treat the changes seen in the aging face.”
To elaborate, the specific goals of this book according to the editors are:
- To transmit the latest and best surgical treatments available that will give the highest level of patient satisfaction in facial aesthetic surgery
- To emphasize safe and long-lasting results
- To be an important teaching aid to all surgeons who are providing aesthetic facial rejuvenation procedures as well as those performing reconstructive procedures.
This book has been written for all those who are training to be, or already are (in alphabetical order): dermatologists, facial plastic surgeons, general plastic surgeons, ophthalmologists, oral surgeons, otolaryngologists, trauma surgeons, and other ancillary practitioners.
To give you an overview of the type of information you will find in a given chapter, let us look at the outline of topics presented and discussed in chapter 16, The Condition-Specific Rhytidectomy: An Evidence-Based Paradigm Shift in Facial Rejuvenation:
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Brief History of Surgery to Rejuvenate the Face
16.3 The Effort to Understand, Communicate, and Quantify Facial Rejuvenation
16.4 Patient Preparation for Surgery: The Operating Room Environment
16.5 The Operation: Rhytidectomy
16.6 Management of Anterior Neck: Platysmaplasty
16.7 Management of the SMAS
16.8 Management of the Skin
16.9 Dressing
16.10 Postoperative Care
16.11 Follow-up
16.12 Conclusion
References
Placed along the text in appropriate places are visuals that aid in learning such as charts, drawings, photos, tables and other types of images.
This is a highly authoritative and comprehensive book on the subject of rejuvenation of the face and neck, with a lot of detailed and essential information necessary for outstanding outcomes.
Editors:
Bruce F. Connell, MD, FACS is Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of California – Irvine, and has a private practice in plastic surgery in Laguna Beach, California.
Michael J. Sundine, MD, FACS, FAAP is former Associate Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at University of California – Irvine. He is Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon at Sundine Center for Plastic Surgery in Newport Beach, California.
