The anatomy of the skin and fascial layers of the face in aesthetic surgery.

Clin Plast Surg

Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.

Published: October 1987

The superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS) has been described as a discrete fascial layer that divides the subcutaneous fat into two distinct layers. The authors discuss the anatomic significance of this system in facial aesthetic surgery.

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