PURPOSE To compare functional and surgical outcomes of a subperiosteal midface lift with and without the placement of a hard palate mucosal graft (HPMG) in patients with lower eyelid retraction. DESIGN Retrospective, comparative, interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-four patients with lower eyelid retractions who underwent surgery at the Jules Stein Eye Institute in a 5-year peri...

Crouzon syndrome is a rare inherited autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by craniosynostosis, midface hypoplasia. Acanthosis nigricans may be associated with Crouzon syndrome, but it differs from the classic crouzon syndrome. This is a report of a 30-year-old-woman who presented acanthosis nigricans coexist with crouzon syndrome.

The molecular mechanisms by which the primordia of the midface grow and fuse to form the primary palate portion of the craniofacial region are not well characterized. This is in spite of the fact that failure of growth and/or fusion of these primordia leads to the most common craniofacial birth defect in humans (i.e. clefts of the lip and/or palate). Bmp4 plays a critical role during early embr...

BACKGROUND Deletions in the Xq22.3-Xq23 region, inclusive of COL4A5, have been associated with a contiguous gene deletion syndrome characterised by Alport syndrome with intellectual disability (Mental retardation), Midface hypoplasia and Elliptocytosis (AMME). The extrarenal biological and clinical significance of neighbouring genes to the Alport locus has been largely speculative. We sought to...

BACKGROUND Hyaluronic acid gels are used to restore volume to the midface, but there are few data published on this use in Asian subjects. METHODS This study evaluated the safety and effectiveness in Chinese subjects of Juvéderm Voluma, a 20-mg/ml hyaluronic acid gel formulated for midface volumizing. This prospective, multicenter study randomized 119 subjects aged 18 years or older to a trea...

introdouction: the incidence and etiology of maxillofacial fractures are influenced by social, cultural, and environmental factors. understanding the cause, severity, and temporal distribution of maxillofacial trauma provides an insight into the behavioral patterns of people from different countries and can also assist in establishing clinical and research priorities for effective treatment and...

Background: Facial aging reflects the effects of time, intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the skin, soft tissues, and deep structural components of the face, and is a complex synergy of skin textural changes and loss of facial volume. The facial manifestations of aging reflect the combined effects of gravity, progressive bone resorption, decreased tissue elasticity, and redistribution of subcut...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the effectiveness of the minimally traumatic midface lift approach in combination with the Wrinkle Severity Rating Scale (WSRS) criteria. METHODS From July 2007 to September 2009, 21 female patients underwent the minimal incision midface lift procedure. The procedure was mainly composed of a small arrow-like incision just superior to the top of the auricle, a fanlike su...