====== Subcutaneous dissection ====== [[Blade]]—one layer at a time; use fingers to spread perpendicular to the incision, creating tension. ===== Scissors ===== o [[Scissors]] cut: typical cutting motion; short incisions; do not close completely with each cut; use tips only. o Push cut: i.e. running cut, like in material/paper; only have a small opening in scissor blades; long incisions; less traumatic o [[Blunt dissection]]: increases caution in highly vascular/nervous/vital areas; insert closed open, small gap remove open close and repeat, many little spreads vs. one huge spread.