[A new technique of upper-middle face rhytidectomy without destroying the configuration of sideburn].

[OBJECTIVE] To introduce a safe, effective and lasting rhytidectomy technique without destroying the configuration of sideburn.

[METHODS] The operation is performed through the coronal incision, the temporal incision that is paralleled to the nasolabial sulcus, and the preauricular incision in the sideburn. Multi-layer dissection of facial tissue is made.

[RESULTS] 46 patients with aging face have been treated using this technique since 2002. All patients obtained good curative effects without any severe complications.

[CONCLUSIONS] This operation technique may maintain the natural configuration of the preauricular area and sideburn, result obscure incision scar and avoid harming important nerves or vessels. Multi-layer dissection accords with anatomical principles and produces a lasting curative effect.