Witch's chin: a progressive three-step technique.
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P L Amata
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Witch's chin: a progressive, three-step technique.
Witch's chin is an unpleasant aesthetic defect characterized by ptosis of premental tissue and a deep submental fold, which may be exaggerated by hyperprojection of the mandible. These three elements determine the different degrees of deformity; therefore, the ideal treatment should be directed to one, two, or all three of them. Despite unanimity on the surgical approach of the defect, a large variety of techniques have been proposed by various authors. The need to use a technique suitable for different clinical pictures, characterized by a progressive surgical aggression, as usually performed in this practice, has led to standardize a technique to correct witch's chin, by means of three progressive steps, depending on the degree of deformity. The advantage of this procedure is that once a good result has been achieved, the subsequent steps may be omitted. The technique has been successfully performed in five patients, and the mean follow-up is 12 months. Figures from two representative cases are presented.
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Treatment of orbicularis oculi muscle hypertrophy in lower lid blepharoplasty.
Treatment of orbicularis oculi muscle hypertrophy during conventional lower eyelid blepharoplasty is presented. Horizontal resection of a strip of the hypertrophic muscle is carried out, which allows flattening of the muscular bulge in an anteroposterior direction. Since no full-thickness vertical reduction is performed, this simple procedure is "free" from the risk of "scleral show" deformity, due to excessive muscle shortening, leaving a pleasant contour in the lower eyelid. The technique has been successfully employed in 27 cases of blepharoplasty, with separate skin and muscle flaps.
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