[Peribuccal esthetic surgery]. 1989

R Meyer, and D M Rheims

This paper concerns the procedures of remodelling the peribuccal area for aesthetic purposes; these techniques may be planned in isolation or as a complement to a face-lift. In our hands these interventions are helpful firstly to correct and excessively deep nasolabial fold and sublabial crease using dermis or fascia grafts. Secondly, are designed to correct the contour of the upper lip either by smoothening the fine vertical folds, excising a fine strip of skin along the cupid's bow associated with dermabrasion or by diminishing the labial height resecting a buffalo-horn shaped cutaneous strip at the nasal vestibular sill and at the base of the columella. The philtrum is sculptured by dissecting the philtral columns. The medial philtral depression is maintained using translabial mattress sutures. Furthermore the upper and lower lips themselves are able to be augmented by means of dermal or fascia grafts or on the contrary thinned by resecting an appropriate horizontal strip of vermilion or mucous membrane, without any lesion of the orbicularis muscle. To eliminate the sadness of sagging buccal angles, we model the subcutaneous tissue of the labial commissure.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008046 Lip Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth. Philtrum,Lips,Philtrums
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D004954 Esthetics The branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of the beautiful. It includes beauty, esthetic experience, esthetic judgment, esthetic aspects of medicine, etc. Aesthetics
D005143 Eyelids Each of the upper and lower folds of SKIN which cover the EYE when closed. Eyelid
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012225 Rhinoplasty A plastic surgical operation on the nose, either reconstructive, restorative, or cosmetic. (Dorland, 28th ed) Rhinoplasties
D015361 Rhytidoplasty Plastic surgery performed, usually by excision of skin, for the elimination of wrinkles from the skin. Face Lift,Rhytidectomy,Facelift,Platysmaplasty,Platysmotomy,Face Lifts,Facelifts,Lift, Face,Lifts, Face,Platysmaplasties,Platysmotomies,Rhytidectomies,Rhytidoplasties

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