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)
