Controversies: Medical face treatments and facelifts - Are they BFFs?
Thursday 29 January 2026
10:00 to 12:30
Amphi Havane - Level 3
BATTLE

Chair(s)

Dr. Steven R COHEN
Plastic Surgeon
United States
Dr. Vladimir MITZ
Plastic Surgeon
France
Dr. Alexandra MORA HERNANDEZ
Otorhinolaryngologist
Colombia

Session objectives

Experts face off on the controversies between non-surgical treatments and facelifts.
the challenges and strategies of combining or sequencing fillers, threads, energy-based devices, and facelifts.

Lectures of the session

10:00

avatar_chairs Dr. Hisham EL MINAWI

Solving the permanent filler dilemma with combined face lifts and fat injection (The Middle East dilemma)

10:12

avatar_chairs Dr. Gabriele Ferruccio MUTI

Refrashing patients aspects: SMAS lifting with HA

10:24

avatar_chairs Dr. Tarek ZAHRA

Reconstructive face lift challenge in patient with permanent fillers

10:36

avatar_chairs Dr. Won LEE

Comparison of energy based lifting vs thread lifting vs surgical lifting

10:48

avatar_chairs Dr. Naci CELIK

Long-Term Aesthetic Outcomes of Silicone Suspension Threads for Jawline and Neck Contouring: 8-Year Experience and Statistical Review

11:00

avatar_chairs Dr. Jennifer L WALDEN

Blending Deep Plane vs. SMASectomy Facelifting with Energy-Based Device Technology to Maximize Results

11:12

avatar_chairs Dr. Patrick TONNARD

How non-surgical treatments influence future surgical interventions

11:24

avatar_chairs Prof Irina KHRUSTALEVA

The Pros and Cons of Energy-Based Devices in Postoperative Patients

11:36

avatar_chairs Dr. George SULAMANIDZE

To Lift or Not to Lift? Do Threads Complicate Future Face Surgery?

11:48

avatar_chairs Dr. Yordan YORDANOV

Challenges in facelift patients after thread lifting

12:00

avatar_chairs Dr. Carlos BAUTZER

Facial Lifiting with reduced Scar X DEEP PLANE

12:12

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