rhytidoplasty


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Noun1.rhytidoplasty - plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your facerhytidoplasty - plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
cosmetic surgery, face lift, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, face lifting, lift
nose job, rhinoplasty - cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose
anaplasty, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
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The fear of tissue injuries was first unfolded when this technique was used by Peterson in reconstructive and cosmetic faciomaxillary surgery, [8] Mann and Klippel in paediatric surgery, [9] Kamer in rhytidoplasty, [10] Tabin in blepharoplasty, [11] with minimum scarring and excellent results.
A prospective study of scalpel skin incision versus diathermy in patients undergoing inguinal hernioplasty
Ferreira, "Facial nerve in rhytidoplasty: anatomic study of its trajectory in the overlying skin and the most common sites of injury," Annals of Plastic Surgery, vol.
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