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Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:1661-1662.

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OCULOPLASTIC SURGEONS are performing face-lifts. This has come as a surprise to some physicians. Physicians in other specialties who perform face-lifts, such as maxillofacial surgeons, general plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, and dermatologists, have suggested that it is inappropriate for ophthalmologists to perform face-lifts, and even within our own specialty there are those who have expressed reservations about ophthalmologists becoming involved in plastic surgery extending outside the orbital margin. In this editorial, I will examine the evolution of oculoplastic surgery that has resulted in oculoplastic surgeons performing face-lifts, address the difficult question of who should perform face-lifts, and discuss some of the special qualifications of oculoplastic surgeons for facial plastic surgery.

Oculoplastic surgery is a relatively young subspecialty. It wasn't quite 40 years ago that some ophthalmologists sat around a restaurant table discussing the value of forming an organized subspecialty group of ophthalmologists who were interested in oculoplastic surgery. Early . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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