Importance of the chin in lower facial contour: Narrowing genioplasty to achieve a feminine and slim lower face

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 261-268

  Park, Sanghoon ^a   Noh, Jong Hoon ^a  

^a Park Center for Facial Bone Surgery   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHIN; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIES; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROGNATHIA; NARROWING GENIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ESTHETICS; JAW; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; CHIN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW; KOREA; MANDIBLE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 48049123907     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181774179     Document Type: Article

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