Abstract
In a series of histologic sections and clinical and cadaver dissections, the superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) is seen to become the investing fascia of the zy-gomaticus major and minor muscles in the medial cheek. The pull on the cheek flap during rhytidectomy is diffused by the attachment of the SMAS to these muscles. I believe that this attachment accounts for the minimal change in the nasolabial crease after a Skoog-type sub-SMAS face lift.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1054-1057 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Plastic and reconstructive surgery |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1992 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery