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1. A patient wants his jaw to look like Dick Tracy’s. Convince him to have augmentation of his posterior mandible. (PRS Feb 1991, 268)
2. Should a patient have a composite, subperiosteal, deep plane, SMAS, or extended SMAS facelift? What are the advantages / disadvantages of each? (PRS July 1990, 1; PRS July 1990, 53; PRS 98:1135, 1996)
3. A patient’s cheek bones are too flat. Convince him to have malar implants. What are the complications of malar augmentation?
4. A patient wants a chin implant. What implant will you use? What are the complications?
5. A patient wants to have her buccal fat excised so that she can look more like Sophia Loren. How is this done? Will she be pleased? (Annals 1991; 26:413 PRS 1990; 85:29 Annals 1992; 28:502)
6. A patient wants to remove the furrows in his forehead which he gets when he frowns. He wants it corrected surgically. How would you help him?
7. A patient complains of overly thin lips. Convince him to have collagen injections in his lips. Will you use Zyderm or Zyplast? Is this FDA approved? What other methods can be used to augment his lips? (Aesthetic PS 1990; 14:227)
8. Your patient wants a blepharoplasty but has eyebrow ptosis. She doesn't want a forehead lift. What can you do? (PRS 1990; 86:248)
9. How is the standard forehead lift done? Where will you place the incisions? Will patients be able to elevate their eyes or furrow their corrugators? What are the common problems with a forehead lift? Is an endoscopic forehead lift better or worse than the standard lift? (PRS 1996; 98:1148)
10. An 18 year-old woman has a fatty neck with an obtuse cervicomental angle. How can this be treated without a full facelift?
11. Does collagen injection for glabellar lines, nasolabial folds, or depressed scars work?
12. Discuss the anatomy of the SMAS layer. (PRS 1984; 74:42 PRS 1992; 89:441)
13. What are the anatomic landmarks for finding the frontal branch of the facial nerve? (PRS 1989; 83:265)
14. What are the common complications of a facelift?
15. Why do faces sag? (PRS 1989; 83:11-16 PRS 1992; 89:441)
16. How do you correct platysmal bands?
17. How do secondary facelifts differ from primary facelifts?
18. What is the best solution for a deep nasolabial fold? (PRS 1994; 93:60)
19. How do you do a corset platysmaplasty? (PRS 1990; 85:333)
20. How can hairline scars be better? (PRS 1997; 99:10)
21. Discuss the use of botulinum toxin for glabellar wrinkles. (Aesthetic PS 1996; 20:439)