Accepted Manuscript © 2018 The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc. Reprints and permission: journals.permissions@oup.com FACIAL SURGERY ORIGINAL ARTICLE Effectiveness, Longevity, and Complications of Facelift by Barbed Suture Insertion Dario Bertossi, MD; Giovanni Botti, MD; Alessandro Gualdi, MD; Piero Fundarò, MD; Riccardo Nocini, MD; Ali Pirayesh, MD; and Berend van der Lei, MD, PhD Dr Bertossi is Maxillofacial Surgeon, Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. Dr Botti is a plastic surgeon in private practice in Brescia, Italy. Dr Gualdi is a plastic surgeon in private practice in Milan, Italy. Dr Fundarò is a general surgeon and esthetic surgeon in private practice in Bologna, Italy. Dr Nocini is Attending Doctor, Section of ENT, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics; University of Verona, Verona, Italy. Dr Pirayesh is a plastic surgeon in private practice in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dr van der lei is a Plastic Surgeon, University Medical Center of Groningen, The Netherlands. Corresponding Author: Dr Dario Bertossi, Department Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, Piazzale LA Scuro, 10 37134 Verona, Italy E-mail: dario.bertossi@univr.it Disclosures: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and publication of this article. Funding: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and publication of this article. Level of Evidence: 4 (Therapeutic) Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/asj/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/asj/sjy042/4883474 by University of Durham user on 25 February 2018