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Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Mercedes Type Mouth Widening Procedure after Custom Facial Implants

Background: The face is a set of anatomic features that structurally create a Y configuration in the middle of the face.The paired eyes/eyebrows, the vertical shaped nose that lines between them and the horizontally oriented lips or mouth that runs below the nose. Each of these 7 structures forms a facial pattern which, while quite Read More…

Mouth Widening by Bidirectional Y-V Advancements

There are many structures of the face which contribute to its shape and proportions. Some of these are seen by their vertical relationships while others are seen more by their horizontal dimensions. The lips contribute to facial appearance by both their vertical and horizontal size of the exposed dry vermilion. Many aesthetic treatments are available Read More…

Technical Strategies – Orbicularis Wedge Muscle Removal in Mouth Widening Surgery

As an aesthetic procedure mouth widening borrows some basic principles from reconstructive plastic surgery. Opening or expanding any aperture requires that its circumferential perimeter length be increased. In mouth widening there are two specific aperture areas to be increased that are directly across from each other. (sides of the mouth) This poses some stability concerns Read More…

Technical Strategies – Techniques in Mouth Widening Surgery

There are many ratios, angles and linear measurements of the face in assessing proportionate relationships amongst the various facial features. The mouth and lips comprise the distinct features of the lower third of the face in which the lips are a common focus of many aesthetic treatments to improve their size and shape. Once feature Read More…