OPTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AGING FACE
| Autor: | W. Russell Ries, D. Scott Fortune |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Blepharoplasty Reconstructive Surgeon business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Population General Medicine Surgery Skin Aging medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology medicine Forehead Optometry medicine.symptom education business Wrinkle Rejuvenation |
| Zdroj: | Medical Clinics of North America. 83:283-301 |
| ISSN: | 0025-7125 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0025-7125(05)70102-4 |
| Popis: | The process of aging is often most noticeable in a person's face. With advancing years, the skin of the face and neck region undergoes predictable changes based on both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic changes, such as loss of elasticity and thinning, combined with extrinsic factors, such as sun exposure and cigarette smoking, can result in a drastic alteration of the facial appearance. The totality of these changes may result in an appearance that is older than the physiologic age. With the baby boom generation reaching seniority, the mean age of the population increasing, and people living ever longer lives, more patients present to a physician inquiring about options for rejuvenation of their aging faces. There are many options in the management of an aging face, not only in terms of various procedures, but also in the variety of specialists offering these services. Otolaryngologists receive extensive training in surgery of the head and neck region and in facial plastic and reconstructive techniques and are thus ideally suited to care for patients with manifestations of an aging face. This article covers options for management of the aging face from the perspective of an otolaryngologist–facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon. This article is not meant to be an exhaustive review but rather is an overview of the more common techniques used for improvement in a patient with aging face syndrome . The objective is to keep the discussion relevant to internists and primary care providers. The presentation, evaluation, and management of the most common manifestations of the aging face are included. For organization and analytical purposes, the aging face is divided into thirds. Each procedure described addresses one segment of the aging face. Rejuvenation of the brow and eyelids, correction of facial rhytids (wrinkles), and resurfacing of fine-line wrinkles are covered. |
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