Facial Aesthetics

Question 1

What is facial plastic surgery used for?

Answer 1

Aesthetic anxiety
The effect of ageing
Congenital
Trauma
Following tumour excision

both cosmetic and reconstructive purposes

Question 2

5 major components contribute to the facial complex?

Answer 2

Forehead
Nose
Eyes
Lips
Chin

Question 3

What does balance create?

Answer 3

The balance creates beauty.

Question 4

What is otoplasty?

Answer 4

Ears are pinned back because in the ear there is a genetic deformity

Question 5

What are the main problems with otoplasty?

Answer 5

3 common problems
Underdeveloped antihelical fold
Prominent concha
Protruding lobe

Question 6

What is mentoplasty?

Answer 6

A nose job

Question 7

What are the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect how we age?

Answer 7

Intrinsic - genetically determined pace, build up of damaging products and increasing biological aging of the cells.
Oestrogen levels influence skin integrity
Extrinsic insults from the environment add to the dermatological signs of aging

Question 8

How does uneven pigmentation occur in older patients

Where does the fat go when you get older? and what changes?

Answer 8

Melanocytes decrease at a rate of 8% to 20% per decade, resulting in uneven pigmentation in elderly skin

Volume of subcutaneous fat typically diminishes with age
Fat distribution changes as well
Decreases in the face, hands, and feet
Relative increase in the thighs, waist, and abdomen.

Question 9

What are some ways to combat ageing?

Answer 9

Aesthetic:
Botulinum toxin
Fillers
Skin rejuvenation

Face lift
Blepharoplasty

Question 10

what is blepharoplasty used for?

what is the physiology behind ageing eyelids

explain what happens during blepharoplasty

Answer 10

Ageing eyelids

Accumulation of loose skin forms deepening creases in the lower lids.
Slackening of the muscle beneath the skin allowing the fat, which cushions the eyes in their sockets, to protrude forward to give the appearance of bagginess

Blepharoplastyis an operation to reshape the eyelids.

Incision in the creases of the upper lids and just below the lashes in the lower.

Through these incisions, extra fat, excess skin and sagging muscle are removed.

Question 11

What is the difference between healing by secondary intention and primary closure?

Answer 11

SI = irregular wound, granulation over wound the epithelium covers it

however it can have better cosmetic outcomes doing it this way

FI = the skin just heals over the wound due to it being sewed up