6:00 – 7:00  Breakfast and Registration/Badges/Lab Assignments (Spring Café Brasserie at the Pillows Maurits At The Park)

7:00  Board the Bus at the Pillows for Leiden (complimentary transportation)

7:45 Arrival to Lab

Welcome and Introduction – Dr. Bryan Mendelson, Dr. Dan Kennedy (MC)

8:00 – 10:00 DEEP PLANE FACE LIFT – PART 1
A. Preparing for the Deep Plane – Dr. Andrés Freschi

Markings and infiltration – Hydro-dissection, anesthesia, and hemostasis

Incisions and subcutaneous undermining – Up to “deep plane entry point”

B. Deep Plane Entry – Dr. Andrés Freschi

Entering the deep plane safely using the lower and middle premasseter and prezygomatic spaces.

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:30 DEEP PLANE FACE LIFT – PART 2
C. Connecting the Spaces – Dr. Andrés Freschi

Connecting the two spaces safely to release the composite flap and dissect the midface

Identifying the zygomaticus major muscle (“red carpet” into midface)

Identifying and releasing the zygomatic ligaments

Accessing the buccal fat pad when indicated

D. Deep Plane Lateral Neck – Dr. Andrés Freschi

Releasing cervical retaining ligaments

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

Lecture: The Layered Anatomy of the Face: From Conceptual Inception to Realistic Understanding – Dr. Lennert Minelli, Dr. Bryan Mendelson

13:30 – 15:30 DEEP PLANE FACE LIFT – PART 3E. Suture Placement – Dr. Andrés Freschi

Placement of key sutures to re-create the retaining ligaments

Platysma myotomy

Closing the SMAS-flap and closing the skin without tension

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00 DEEP TEMPORAL BROW LIFT
F. Dual Plane Temporal Brow Lift – Dr. Andrés Freschi

Deep temporal dissection in the hair-bearing temple

Transitioning to a superficial temporal dissection in the hairless temple

17:00 – 17:45 ENDOSCOPIC APPROACH TO FACE LIFT
G. Face-lift Anatomy by Endoscopy – Dr. Zekeriya Kul

Summary of all spaces, ligaments and landmarks through the endoscopic approach

18:00  Adjournment and Bus to Pillows Hotel (Amsterdam)

20:00 Group Dinner (Pasta E Basta)