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It is the aim of this work to present a simple method to assess the surgery
used for facial aging (face-neck lift), based on a digital computerized an
alysis of images, and to include an evaluation of the results obtained from
its use on 685 cases of face lift, which our team resolved from January of
1990 to December of 1997.
To this end, we reviewed 4110 preoperative and postoperative slides of thes
e patients and processed them using a computer, obtaining the results prese
nted herein. It is worthy of note that in this new method of analysis that
we have used, data, measurements, or aspects of facial aging have revealed
the most homogeneity and reliability when comparing the results obtained wi
th the reality observed by both the surgeon and the patient. Likewise, we r
ejected other analyzed data, as they gave different or unreal results when
compared with the reality.