Rhytidectomy analysis: twenty years of experience.

Careful analysis of a rhytidectomy patient is an important aspect of facial plastic surgery. Surgeons and physicians are successful when they diagnose patients correctly and apply the correct treatment plan. The skilled facial plastic surgeon appropriately evaluates the patient physically and emotionally then performs the correct surgical maneuvers to achieve the desired results. The focus of this article is the senior author's 20 years of experience in analyzing faces, and the goal of this article is to assist surgeons in achieving postoperative patients who are happy and "natural looking."