AVOIDING PITFALLS AND MANAGING COMPLICATIONS OF AESTHETIC CONTOURING OF THE CRANIOFACIAL SKELETON

Aesthetic surgery of the facial skeleton has developed from the merger of aesthetic and craniofacial surgery. This article describes the avo idance and successful management of complications from aesthetic facia l contouring. in particular, the authors discuss the treatment of four major anatomic areas that are often addressed in facial contouring pr ocedures: the forehead, the temporal region, the mandibular angle, and the malar-midface region.