Importance of normal and scarred facial appearance.- Epidemiology of soft tissue injuries of the head and neck.- General principles of wound management.- Injuries of the scalp, forehead and eyebrow.- Injuries of the eyelids, canaliculi and canthi.- Injuries of the nose.- Injuries of the cheek.- Injuries of the lips.- Injuries of the ears.- Injuries of the neck.- Burns of the scalp, face and neck.- Wound healing disturbances - The unfavourable result.