Ep 181 How New Anatomical Concepts Can Help Improve Your Injecting | Professor Sebastian Cotofana

Episode 181 hosts Professor Sebastian Cotofana (Associate Professor of Anatomy at the Mayo Clinic, USA) Sebastian is the world's best well-known anatomist for facial aesthetics, a prolific researcher and has published well over 100 peer reviewed articles and book chapters.   We discuss: Sebastian's background and training What a typical day looks like for him  Who does his research and how he coordinates this The hierarchy of authorship on academic papers We then do something different for this episode and drill down into the details of four of his recent and best known clinical papers. We discuss for each paper: - What the paper is about and why it was done? - What were the methods and the main outcomes? What is the learning point and relevance to injectors? Paper 1: 'To click or not to click – The importance of understanding the layers of the forehead when injecting neuromodulators – A clinical, prospective, interventional, split-face study' (30 November 2020) https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.13875  Paper 2: 'The Bidirectional Movement of the Frontalis Muscle: Introducing the Line of Convergence and Its Potential Clinical Relevance' (May 2020) DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006756   Paper 3: 'Facial Soft Tissue Repositioning With Neuromodulators: Lessons Learned From Facial Biomechanics' (April 2022) DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjac090 Paper 4: 'Quantitative Analysis of the Lifting Effect of Facial Soft-Tissue Filler Injections' (May 2021) DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007857 00:00 Introduction 01:03 Meet Professor Sebastian Cotofana 04:55 Balancing Research, Teaching and Clinical Work   10:59 From Trauma Surgery to Facial Anatomy Research   18:27 How Research Questions Start in Real Practice   26:25 Understanding First and Last Author Roles   33:29 Why Many Studies Are Not Industry Funded   41:37 Click or Not to Click Study on Injection Depth   48:53 Deep Versus Superficial Toxin Results Explained   52:09 Line of Convergence and Forehead Movement Patterns   61:45 Using Toxin to Rebalance Facial Muscles   68:49 Facial Biomechanics and Midface Repositioning   76:38 How Small Changes Create Visible Results   80:09 Debating Science and Managing Social Media Criticism   86:34 Importance of Critical Thinking in Aesthetic Medicine   90:43 Final Thoughts on Research and Patient Outcomes ALL IA LINKS & CONTACT INFORMATION