Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty Magazine #66

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22ND BIANNUAL MEETING OF ISAPS
by Dr Darryl Hodgkinson
The 22nd biannual meeting of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic
Surgery met in September in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for four days of intensive
education on the latest trends in cosmetic plastic surgery. I was fortunate
to be chosen to deliver two papers on the face and neck lift, being one
of only two Australians on the international faculty representing 76 countries.
My paper was enthusiastically received and it is gratifying to know that our
dedication to the best surgical results is recognised by international peers.
Interesting, the emphasis on facelifts is different between Europe, the USA
and Australia. The Americans want a more dramatic, exaggerated result, the
Europeans don’t focus much on the neck, whereas my Australian patients
want a natural-looking result with very good improvement on their neck.
Other pearls included a review of the safety of cosmetic surgical procedures.
The consensus was that the safest settings with the lowest complication and
infection rates reported were in specialised day surgery facilities rather than
as an inpatient at a hospital or at a generalised outpatient facility.
As usual, there was considerable debate on breast implants and whether
the greatest satisfaction was gained by saline over silicone. Polyurethane
implants are not available in the USA but elsewhere where there is a concern
that the polyurethane of the implant will be completely dissolved in 15 years
yielding a silicone implant. There was consensus, however, that all silicone
implants should be evaluated for a change at 10 years post-operatively.
Dr Hodgkinson at ISAPS Congress in Rio
Dr Hodgkinson and colleagues attend a sculpture course on
Rhinoplasty at ISAPS Congress in Rio
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