The demand for surgical facial rejuvenation, or facelift, is growing steadily amongst Asian patients. This is because as the average life expectancy increases, there is an increasing interest in these procedures among the youth and in the absolute number and range of the elderly who have the financial means to afford them. However, given the ethnic characteristic of many Asian patients,1 with a relatively thicker skin, more subcutaneous fat, and squared bony contours,2 it is difficult to get satisfactory results.
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