Our 40 Years' Experience on Face and Neck Lift Procedures with High-SMAS Flap Techniques: How to Manage Secondary and Tertiary Surgeries.

Background: Facial aging drives a growing demand for esthetic procedures, with nonsurgical options often falling short in longevity compared to surgery. Despite primary face and neck lift techniques receiving substantial attention, revision procedures have been relatively overlooked in terms of their unique surgical management, complication incidence, and preventive strategies.

Methods: The authors present a 40-year experience with revision face and neck lifts, comprising 283 cases.

"Temporal MORE (Modified Orbicularis REpositioning): going beyond the limits of temporal lifting".

Background: Periorbital rejuvenation is often challenging and requires comprehensive evaluation of its various components to obtain satisfying results. Considering the crucial role of the orbicularis muscle in the periorbital aging process, the first author recently described his personal technique for temporal lifting through a subcutaneous approach in conjunction with an orbicularis muscle flap. In the current article, the authors present a modified and extended temporal lift approach, which allows for remarkable improvement not only in the temporal and brow region, but in the whole periorbital area up to the malar region, therefore named "Temporal MORE" (Modified Orbicularis REpositioning).

LYMPH-Q translation, cultural adaptation and validation in Italian language: A prospective PROMs-based study on breast cancer-related arm lymphedema for patients' education.

Background: Upper Extremity Lymphedema following oncological breast surgery affects not only the patient's physique, but also the patient's psychological sphere. One of the best known PROMs-based questionnaires for investigating the condition is the LYMPH-Q. The study aimed to perform the Italian translation and cultural adaptation of the LYMPH-Q and to assess if, independently from disease evolution, arm sleeve improves QoL in these patients.

Innovative Application of GalaFLEX Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate Scaffold in Breast Reduction/Mastopexy with Inferiorly Based Dermo-adipose Flap.

Breast reduction is one of the most required plastic surgery procedures worldwide, improving significantly the quality of life for patients with macromastia and gigantomachia. Despite various proposed approaches aiming to yield more stable results postreduction, no single technique has demonstrated unequivocal superiority. Recurrence ptosis at 6-12 months postoperative remains a challenging concern.

Correlation Between General Satisfaction with the Breasts and Appearance of the Scars in Patients Undergoing Inverted T-Scar Reduction Mammaplasty: A Prospective PROMs-Based Study.

Background: Inverted-T scar reduction mammaplasty is still the most chosen technique for breast reduction even if scars are relevant. Sometimes, surgical scars may be esthetically unpleasant and may cause severe pain, tenderness, sleep disturbances, anxiety, and depression in these patients. This study aimed to assess any possible correlation between general satisfaction with the breast and appearance of the scars in patients who underwent inverted T-scar reduction mammaplasty.

Fresh Frozen, In-Alcohol, or Autologous Costal Cartilage? Analysis of Complications in Over 650 Revision Rhinoplasties.

Background: When there is insufficient autologous septal cartilage for graft sculpting in revision rhinoplasty, valid alternatives need to be found. Both autologous and homologous costal cartilage usage has been described in the literature. As there is no universally accepted consensus on cartilage choice, experience with different types of cartilage assumes significant importance in the rhinoplasty learning process.

Correction of Rectus Abdominis Diastasis: A Prospective Comparative Study Between a New Suturable Polypropylene Mesh vs Polypropylene Standard Suture Plication.

Background: Duramesh (Mesh Suture Inc., Chicago, IL) is a new suturing concept, combining the principles of mesh with the precision, flexibility, and versatility of a suture, suitable also for abdominal rectus diastasis (ARD) correction.

Objectives: This prospective research aimed to compare mesh with the standard polypropylene suture plication for rectus diastasis repair with regard to safety (infection, seroma, hematoma, surgical wound dehiscence, and fistula rates and hospital stay); effectiveness (ARD recurrence by ultrasound sonography, palpability of the muscular suture, surgical time, and postoperative pain evaluation); and satisfaction of the patients based on the BODY-Q, a patient-reported outcome measure.

Relevance of Self-Consciousness of Appearance on Patient Satisfaction in Primary Rhinoplasty: a 12-Month Follow-up Prospective Study.

Background: Rhinoplasty procedure has a strong impact on patient quality of life. Plastic surgery patients show a degree of appearance-related distress higher than general population, especially patients undergoing rhinoplasty. Relationship between patient-reported outcome after rhinoplasty and self-consciousness of appearance needs further studies.

Main Factors Influencing Patient Satisfaction After Primary Breast Augmentation: A Prospective Study Based on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.

Background: Primary breast augmentation is one of the most sought-after procedures in cosmetic surgery. It is generally related to a high degree of patient satisfaction, but it is not always obvious which factors have greater influence on patient satisfaction.

Objectives: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate how anthropometric, psychological, and social parameters, in association with the main surgical variables, influenced patients' satisfaction with their breasts after surgery.

An Original Approach to Massive Weight Loss Deformities in the Lower Thigh: A Retrospective Assessment of Results and Patients' Satisfaction.

Introduction: Massive weight loss (MWL) patients present skin and soft-tissue laxity and ptosis involving inner thighs. Previous efforts were focused on the upper two thirds of the thigh, while literature has never dealt specifically with lower thigh contouring. We present an original approach to the lower inner thigh, intended for patients who already had upper thigh lift, discussing outcomes, advantages, and limits of our technique.

Breast Augmentation in the Digital Era: The Power of Social Media in a Surgeon's New Practice.

Background: Opening a new practice is always challenging, and one of the main problems is how to engage patients. Most of them use social media to gather information about surgery and surgeons.

Objectives: The aim was to evaluate social media's impact on a new practice, compared with a long-standing practice run by the same surgeon.

The Correlation Between the Improvement in Patient's Quality of Life and Surgeon's Satisfaction Following Primary Breast Augmentation: A Prospective Study.

Background: Patient satisfaction is the primary goal in breast augmentation, but in a few cases patient satisfaction and surgeon satisfaction are in disagreement.

Objectives: The authors try to explain the reasons associated with disparity between patient and surgeon satisfaction.

Methods: Seventy-one patients who underwent primary breast augmentation with dual-plane technique, with inframammary or inferior hemi-periareolar incision, were enrolled in this prospective study.

Puboplasty as an integral step in massive weight loss abdominal contouring: a retrospective assessment of results, stability, and patients' satisfaction.

Ex-obese patients complain about abdomen and pubis deformities following massive weight loss, due to skin and soft tissue redundancy. Abdominoplasty is often the first corrective procedure performed, but residual mons pubis deformities may impair the final outcome, thus concomitant correction becomes necessary. Sixty patients were treated by the same surgeon between 2008 and 2018, 30 of them receiving only standard umbilical transposition abdominoplasty (A group), and 30 having concurrent monsplasty (AM group), namely skin excess removal, pubic suspension and skin redistribution following superolateral vectors, re-establishment of superficial fascia continuity, with or without liposuction.