ENDOSCOPIC MIDFACE LIFT

A curved incision is made in the temple. The scalp in that area is elevated in a downward direction and over the arch and body of the cheek bone. The surgical dissection is completed from below through an intraoral incision on the inside of the upper cheek, which allows the soft tissues to be lifted off the lower part of the cheek bone.

The mid facial tissues are then lifted and stabilized using an endotine device that hooks the cheek tissues from underneath, lifts them upwards and suspends them to the muscle in the temple by securing the upper end of the endotine to the muscle with sutures. The endotine device dissolves and disappears six to twelve months later, by which time the lifted midface tissues will have stabilized. The temple wound is closed with skin staples and the internal cheek wound is closed with dissolving stitches. This technique avoids visible scars on the face, since they are hidden within the scalp of the temple and inside the mouth. The procedure takes about 3 hours and is usually completed under intravenous sedation as a day surgery procedure.