Authors: Joel Jacobovicz Andre Ricardo Dall’Oglio Tolazzi Jorge Ribas Timi
Publish Date: 2007/10/01
Volume: 31, Issue: 5, Pages: 526-531
Abstract
Plastic surgeons are always concerned about integrity of facial vascularization in smokers and elderly candidates for facelifting Using Doppler ultrasound this study aimed to evaluate influence of chronic smoking and aging on facial transverse and infraorbital artery blood flowFor this study 40 healthy volunteer women were submitted to bilateral Doppler ultrasound of facial transverse and infraorbital arteries Volunteers were divided into three groups group 1 13 nonsmoking women ages 18–33 years group 2 13 nonsmoking women ages 55–70 years and group 3 14 smoking women ages 55–70 years Blood flow parameters measured were peak systolic velocity enddiastolic velocity resistivity index and pulsatility indexChronic smoking did not cause statistically significant alterations in peak systolic velocity in any of the arteries However there was a significant augmentation of enddiastolic velocity and a reduction in resistivity and pulsatility index in both arteries Aging process did not significantly alter any of the parameters evaluated Findings in both sides of the face were similar for both arteries
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