Esthetics

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Improving aesthetic outcomes after alloplastic chin augmentation.

A novel approach to increase chin projection with alloplastic material is presented. Key aspects of the technique include the consideration of anthropometric normal values in preoperative assessment and planning, a submental approach with wide ...
Michael J Yaremchuk (Plast Reconstr Surg, 200310)
improving-aesthetic-outcomes-after-alloplastic-chin-augmentation.asp

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Evidence against perceptual bias views for symmetry preferences in human faces.

Symmetrical human faces are attractive. Two explanations have been proposed to account for symmetry preferences: (i) the evolutionary advantage view, which posits that symmetry advertises mate quality and (ii) the perceptual bias view, which posits that ...
Anthony C Little, Benedict C Jones (Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 200309)
evidence-against-perceptual-bias-views-symmetry-preferences-human.asp

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The Toronto outcome measure for cranlofacial prosthetics: a condition-specific quality-of-life instrument.

PURPOSE: The objective was to develop a patient-based outcome measure of condition-specific quality of life that would minimize measurement error related to the instrument when used with patients requiring extraoral craniofacial prostheses. MATERIALS AND ...
Jim D Anderson, John P Szalai (Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants, 200307-08)
toronto-outcome-measure-cranlofacial-prosthetics-condition-specific.asp

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Using art to express a personal philosophy of nursing.

The authors describe an innovative teaching strategy using art to express personal philosophy of nursing. This teaching strategy gives students and faculty an opportunity to be creative and to express their personal feelings about the nature of ...
Brenda L Whitman, Wanda J Rose (Nurse Educ, 200307-08)
art-express-personal-philosophy-nursing.asp

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Differences in breast shape preferences between plastic surgeons and patients seeking breast augmentation.

There has been little discussion in the published literature regarding breast shape preferences. This study was conducted to ascertain previously undocumented differences in breast shape preferences between plastic surgeons and patients seeking breast ...
Henry C Hsia, J Grant Thomson (Plast Reconstr Surg, 200307)
differences-breast-shape-preferences-plastic-surgeons-patients.asp

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The aesthetic earlobe: classification of lobule ptosis on the basis of a survey of North American Caucasians.

North American Caucasian male subjects (n = 59) and female subjects (n = 72) were surveyed, to investigate earlobe height preferences that could serve as guidelines for aesthetic earlobe surgical procedures and reconstructions. Subjects were asked to ...
Arian Mowlavi, D Garth Meldrum, Bradon J Wilhelmi, Ashkan Ghavami, Elvin G Zook (Plast Reconstr Surg, 200307)
aesthetic-earlobe-classification-lobule-ptosis-basis-survey-north.asp

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Quantifying the arch position of the female eyebrow.

OBJECTIVE: To devise a quantitative aesthetic model for the eyebrow arch position (EAP) in women. METHODS: Full-face frontal magazine photographs of 100 fashion models published between January and July 2001 were analyzed. Apparent EAP relative to a line ...
James M Roth, Stephen E Metzinger (Arch Facial Plast Surg, 200305-06)
quantifying-arch-position-female-eyebrow.asp

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An outcome analysis comparing the thoracodorsal and internal mammary vessels as recipient sites for microvascular breast reconstruction: a prospective study of 100 patients.

The thoracodorsal vessels have been the standard recipient vessels for the majority of surgeons performing free transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstructions. Recently, the internal mammary vessels have been recommended as the ...
Steven L Moran, Guillermina Nava, Amir B Behnam, Joseph M Serletti, Amir H Behnam (Plast Reconstr Surg, 200305)
outcome-analysis-comparing-thoracodorsal-internal-mammary-vessels.asp

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Reduction malarplasty using osteotomy and repositioning of the malar complex: clinical review and comparison of two techniques.

Twenty-five patients with a prominent zygoma underwent reduction malarplasty from January 1995 through January 2001. In mild cases, the osteotomized zygoma was repositioned superoposteriorly. In severe cases, after the removal of a 2- to 5-mm-thick bony ...
Byung Chae Cho (J Craniofac Surg, 200305)
reduction-malarplasty-osteotomy-repositioning-malar-complex-clinical.asp

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Muscle-sparing latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap with maintenance of muscle innervation, function, and aesthetic appearance of the donor site.

In this report, the authors describe the application of a muscle-sparing technique to harvest a myocutaneous latissimus dorsi muscle flap, including only a tiny lateral muscle segment but carrying a large skin paddle, with the advantage of leaving intact ...
Anton H Schwabegger, Christoph Harpf, Christian Rainer (Plast Reconstr Surg, 200304)
muscle-sparing-latissimus-dorsi-myocutaneous-flap-maintenance-muscle.asp