Background
Traditional approaches to rhytidectomy, while addressing aging changes to the lower face, are limited by the ability to adequately address aging changes in the midface. The deep-plane and composite facelift techniques are modifications of traditional rhytidectomy techniques that also address ptosis of the midface and aging in the melolabial area and lower face.
For description of additional facelift techniques, see the Rhytidectomy section of Medscape Reference’s Plastic Surgery journal.