Title: Current trends in the orbicular and periorbicular plastic surgery

Biography:

Thomas Haffner is a board certified general, reconstructive and and vasculo-plastic surgeon from Germany. He was trained in OTKI-Clinic of the Semmelweis University in Budapest between 1983-1989 and has specialized in general and plastic surgery with main topic in the senology and intimate plastic surgery. He got further specialisation in vascular surgery in Germany between 1990-2000. From 2000 till now he leads his Private Practice for cosmetic-plastic-vascular and intimate surgery in Cologne, Germany. His primary focus is the breast and facial surgery using minimal invasive and scar sparing endoscopic methods. He invented the innovative vertical scar free 3D mastopexy and breast reduction and modified the technique of endoscopic facelift and with focus n the midface and the peri-orbicular region.

Abstract

The periorbital rejuvenation called as the first wished procedure for rejuvenation in the aesthetic surgery. Among that the blepharoplasty are in the top 5 of most often performed plastic-aesthetic corrections worldwide. However the face is an aesthetic unit, the eyelids can´t be viewed isolated from the peri-orbiculars region, which consist of: the forehead-temple and the brow, the canthus-lower lid and midface unit. The entire face has an aging process losing tissue and tissue covering followed by hollowing of typical facial and periorbicular regions such as the orbita (skeletonisation), dark rings under eyes, tear drops, flattening of the midface, sinking of the brows. Objective: According to 19 years cosmetic-plastic surgery experience a review presented about new trends in the periorbicular rejuvenation included all facial regions, those aging are to considered and therefore adjuvant rejuvenated during oculoplastic sureries. midface rejuvenation.