FACE.INTENSIVES
Knowledge matters most when it becomes reproducible.
The FACE.INTENSIVESÂ are designed for physicians at all stages of experience: from those at the beginning of their specialization to colleagues looking to refine, standardize, or expand their existing techniques.
Each course follows a clear, structured learning concept: complex procedures are broken down into understandable, logical steps so that every participant leaves with techniques they can truly perform. The focus is not on showcasing expertise, but on transferring it. You will not only learn how a technique is performed, but why it works: anatomically, functionally, and aesthetically. Enabling safe, confident application in daily practice.
Our faculty, Dr. H. Aral (Cologne), Dr. Ray Taban (Beverly Hills), and Dr. Todd Hanna (New York), are among the most experienced specialists in their fields. They teach with transparency, sharing their clinical strategies, decision-making processes, and reproducible workflows. The content is clearly structured, didactically precise, and focused on delivering knowledge that is practical, transferable, and immediately applicable.
The FACE.COLOGNE Intensives are built on one guiding principle:
If a technique cannot be understood and reproduced, it has not truly been taught.
This is where medicine is approached again as an academic craft: precise, responsible, and teachable.
Choose your focus — or combine both courses for a continuous pathway from eyelids to face and neck. Combined Access Pass optionally available.
Blepharoplasty Intensive
With Dr. HĂĽseyin Aral (Cologne) & Dr. Ray Taban (Beverly Hills)
Upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty taught systematically: preoperative analysis, indication, incision design, tissue-sparing dissection, fat and skin management, suturing, and structured strategies for complications and revision cases. Practical, precise, evidence-based.
- Preoperative assessment: function, aesthetics, risk evaluation
- Planning and incision design for upper and lower lids
- Tissue-sparing dissection and safe handling of structures
- Fat compartments: recognition, resection vs. reposition
- Skin and muscle management; suturing and postoperative care
- Prevention and management of complications; approach to revisions
- Case-based learning with high-quality surgical videos and images
- Confident indication and structured surgical planning
- Clean, reproducible step-by-step execution
- Risk mitigation and management of common complications
- Strategies for prior surgery and asymmetric findings
Language: Dr Aral German, Dr Taban English. Detailed lecture and HQ surgical video format; no live surgery.
Facelift & Necklift Intensive
With Dr. Todd Hanna (New York)
A focused, step-wise journey through contemporary facial rejuvenation: browlift concepts, facelift planning and execution, and structured necklift strategies. Emphasis on analysis, incision planning, safe dissection, tension-free redraping, and durable, natural outcomes.
- Facial analysis and surgical planning
- Browlift concepts and indication
- Facelift workflow: marking, access, dissection, redraping, closure
- Necklift principles: assessment, incision strategy, contouring, tightening
- Complication avoidance; approach to revisions
- Case-based discussion with surgical video material
- Define patient selection and set realistic goals
- Execute a reproducible, safe sequence for each step
- Reduce complications and manage challenging anatomy
- Plan revision strategies based on prior interventions
Language: English (Dr Todd Hanna). Lecture and surgical video format; no live surgery.
Combined Access Pass
Both courses — one continuous learning pathway. From eyelid surgery to browlift, facelift and neck. Ideal for physicians and surgeons who want to approach the entire upper and lower face as one coherent unit.
Three exceptional experts combining operative mastery, international perspective, and scientific rigor.
You’ll receive step-by-step teaching, practical surgical strategies, and the critical details that are typically learned only in the OR.
From patient selection to precise execution, this faculty shows what separates good outcomes from consistently excellent blepharoplasty.
This level of access is rare in Europe. Missing it means missing a truly exceptional learning opportunity in blepharoplasty and facelift surgery.
FACULTY
Continuing Medical Education & Certification
CME credits for the intensive course are being applied for with the Medical Association of North Rhine (Ă„rztekammer Nordrhein).
All participating physicians will receive a certificate of attendance issued by the German Society of Eyelid Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂĽr Lidchirurgie e.V., DeGeLid).
Upon request, a complimentary DeGeLid membership may be granted upon successful completion of the course.
Limited Participation & Certification
A limited number of participants ensures an intensive and personal learning environment.
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance issued by the German Society of Eyelid Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂĽr Lidchirurgie e.V., DeGeLid).
Course participants may also be granted a complimentary DeGeLid membership.
The course is submitted to the Medical Association of North Rhine for accreditation of CME credits.
Participants of the intensive course additionally receive a discount on the symposium ticket.
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FACULTY
The intensive course is led by selected experts who convey their experience and surgical techniques in a highly practical manner.
Participants benefit from international perspectives, profound expertise, and insights into contemporary approaches in eyelid surgery.
DR. RAY TABAN
Beverly Hills Oculoplastic Surgeon
Dr. Ray Taban is among the most internationally recognized specialists in oculoplastic surgery. Based in Beverly Hills, he treats patients from around the world, ranging from aesthetic procedures to highly complex reconstructions.
For FACE.COLOGNE 2026, he will come to Cologne exclusively to share his expertise in a full-day intensive course—practical in approach, clearly structured, and grounded in a depth of experience that only few worldwide possess.
Dr. H. Aral
President of the German Society of Eyelid Surgery
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Dr. HĂĽseyin Aral has shaped the development of eyelid surgery in the German-speaking world for decades. As President of the German Society of Eyelid Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂĽr Lidchirurgie, DeGeLid) and long-standing director of numerous surgical training courses, he is regarded as one of the most experienced and respected specialists in his field.
His particular strength lies in the precision of functional restoration. Dr. Aral demonstrates how surgical excellence influences not only aesthetic outcomes but also functional results. His name stands for operative accuracy, scientific clarity, and exceptional didactic skill—qualities that have made him a valued teacher for generations of physicians.
DR. TODD HANNA
New York City - Head, Neck, and Facial Surgeon
Dr. Todd Hanna is a dual board-certified, dual-degree head, neck, and facial surgeon with a specialization in microsurgical reconstruction. He completed two fellowships and integrates aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, head, neck, and jaw at the highest level.
He is the Founder and President of Hanna Face and Jaw Surgery in New York City, serves as Medical Director of Park Avenue East Medical Suites, and is a member of the faculty at Mount Sinai Hospital.
As a Section Editor for international peer-reviewed journals in head and neck surgery, Dr. Hanna has authored numerous scientific publications and book chapters. His lectures worldwide reflect a rare combination of academic precision, surgical clarity, and refined aesthetic judgment—an approach that distinctly defines his operative work.
ANMELDUNG
INTENSIVKURSE
17. APRIL 2026
