Neck Lift Research Articles

Surgical face lift.

The growing importance of the face lift and related procedures to improve the aging face and the increasing demand by both men and women for these procedures is largely due to the prolonged good health, active life, and extended working years of many people. The technic described emphasizes support of the facial tissues upward and backward, leaving the resulting scars in the least obvious locations. Illustrative cases show improvement in appearance by upper and lower blepharoplasty and by the temple, cheek, and neck lift. The importance of a "segmental approach" is mentioned and other accessory procedures which may contribute further to improvement of the aging face are described, including rhinoplasty, mentoplasty, surgical abrasion, and chemical peel.

Eyebrow, Face, and Neck Lifts for Males

Alternate locations to skin excisions adjacent to the eyebrows for correction of eyebrow ptosis have been presented. Excisions in the upper forehead or in the scalp permit flexibility in width and length of skin or scalp to be excised and may be extended laterally to produce a temporal lift which not only improves the lateral canthal area of sagging skin but also may improve the lower eyelid surgical correction results (Figs. 1 and 3). By use of adequate lipectomy and full-width platysma muscle flaps to support the new neck contour, better and longer lasting results have been accomplished. The currently used techniques for eyebrow, face, and neck lifts for males produce better and longer lasting results than could have been accomplished with previously used techniques. The continued search for improvement in techniques by many surgeons in different areas of the world has enabled these longer lasting and better results to be accomplished.

Resuscitation — Opening the airway: A comparative study of techniques for opening an airway obstructed by the tongue

The effectiveness of three techniques for opening an airway obstructed by the tongue was studied and compared. The research involved patients who were anesthetized for elective surgery. The first group of patients, not breathing on their own, were ventilated by mouth-to-mouth breathing. The second group was unconscious, making spontaneous respiratory effort, but had total airway obstruction produced by the tongue from relaxation of the lower jaw. The three techniques--neck lift, chin lift, and jaw thrust--were performed on all patients in both groups. The adequacy of ventilation was compared subjectively and by measuring air flow with a Wright Respirometer. Results indicate that the chin lift technique provides the most consistently adequate airway.