The Washington times., 1920-11-28


new face. For Eva is said to have had the
same operation performed as that which
so rejuvenated Blanche Bates, Maxine
Elliott. Edna wallace Hopper and various
Other stage celebrities not SO young as
they used to be-"
What is this modern fountain OF youth
which these women have found which en-
ables them to 60 through life with lace
undated?"
Il 10 q secret OF surgery.
Specialists have studied the problem OF
the stigma of advancing years and nave
found way to remove the tell-tale traces
of age-the wrinkles and burrows ana
crows feet. It is really cutting and ut.
ting and tailoring Of the skin.
Just as the perfect tailoring OF q suit
requires a very competent filter, SO, TOO
the successful tailoring Of the delicate ska
of the face requires not only great skill anu
experience, but good judgment.
To understand the delicacy or the WORK
of erasing Natures unpleasant MARKS
which portray the onward march OF years
il should be understood that the skin OF
the face is made up OF several layers, or
thin sheets, of tissues each quite different
from the other. The skin itself has Two
layers The outer, or non-sensitive skin
layer. has no blood vessels in 1t and no
nerves. This is called the epidermis, or
cutic,e. and scales off in dry, horny par
ticles like dandruff. Just beneath this
outer surface is a deeper sensitive layer
called the mesodermal or true skin. Here
are the nerve endings and minute blood
vessels.
Immediately beneath the skin proper
lies a thin sheet or layer of flesh called
faccia. This covers the body and varies
in thickness in different places and gives
contour to the human figure, and beneath
this layer is still another layer which Is
called "the deep fascia" This latter sheet
of tissue is attached to the outer fascia,
but IS firmer, tougher, and in this the
muscles are imbedded.
The tell-tale marks OF maturing years
are not scattered equally on all parts OF
the countenance, nor do all women wear
their wrinkles in the same place. The
woman with furrowed brow may not have
crows feet, and the woman with puffy eye
lids may not have a furrowed forehead.
The matron with wrinkled neck may have
cheeks as smooth as girl Of sixteen, and
the woman with deep "sneer lines" and
crows feet may have throat as young as
her schoolgirl daughter. It is seldom.
therefore, that the cosmetic surgeon Is
called upon to remedy in one face the
entire list of possible blemishes.
The complete catalogue Of the marks or
age which are remedied by surgery are,
roughly, eight in number, as follows:
The furrowed forehead.
Frown lines between the eyebrows.
Puffy eyelids.
Crows feet.
Bags under the eyes.
Sheer lines.
n double chin.
Wrinkles in the neck.
The exact spot that the surgeon makes
his incision to cure each defect Is shown
ir the diagrams printed elsewhere on this
mage. The incisions are not always where
it would be expected they would be.
For instance, for frown lines between the
eyebrows the surgeon does not cut at the
spot where the wrinkles are but makes his
incisions on the right and left of the fore
head at the edge Of the line Of the hair and
draws the skin tight at the point where the
cut is made.
Some of the facial blemishes are reme-
died by one incision as in the case or
wrinkles in the forehead, but in other
cases IL requires two or more separate in
cisions in different places to iron out the
facial wrinkles.
The beauty surgeon, OF course. first
studies the face of his patient and decides
what and how much must be done. The
SPOT TO be operated upon Is then closely
shayen II It Is a hairy part OF the face or
head. This area is well rubbed with cotton
saturated with alcohol or ether to remove
oily secretions of the skin. 1t Is then
thoroughly washed with hot water and
SOAP. rinsed, and rendered as free from
germs as possible.
Having prepared the surface Of the spot
TO avoid as far as possible danger Of infec-
ton, the surgeon then injects cocaine or
some other local anaesthetic so that the
nerves will be temporarily put to sleep and
the patient will not feel the pain OF the
operation.
The skin is pnched into little roll with
n sterilized instrument and drawn tightly
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