OBJECTIVETo introduce a safe, effective and lasting rhytidectomy technique without destroying the configuration of sideburn.

METHODSThe 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.

RESULTS46 patients with aging face have been treated using this technique since 2002. All patients obtained good curative effects without any severe complications.

CONCLUSIONSThis 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.