The aim of this study was to investigate involvement of central mechanisms in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). In particular, we wished to determine whether hyperalgesia extends ipsilaterally from the affected limb to the forehead. The heat-pain threshold, pressure-pain threshold, and ratings of cold and sharpness were investigated on each side of the forehead and in the affected and unaf...

INTRODUCTION Facial paralysis is common following accidents, trauma, viral infection or tumors. CASE PRESENTATION A 24-year-old male patient was referred to us with a history of sharp penetrating trauma to the right temporal region causing unilateral paralysis of the muscles of the right forehead. He was unable to scowl or elevate his right eyebrow and there were no folds on his right forehea...

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate frontal facial features individuals and analyze their relevance orthodontic problems. Methods: Frontal photographs were taken cephalometric data 250 patient collected. Photographs used dimensions, general symmetry, forehead, trichion anatomical landmark position, nostril visibility, nasal root breaking point, glabella cantus positions, eyeba...

BACKGROUND Injections of botulinum toxin type A in the forehead have never been reported to cause hair side effects. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to report a new type of alopecia, which we have seen in women undergoing periodic injections of botulinum toxin type A for forehead wrinkles, and to differentiate it from other types of hair loss. METHODS We conducted an observational study ...

OBJECTIVES To compare eyebrow and forehead elevation and tension among the following 3 surgical techniques: subperiosteal dissection to the supraorbital rim, subperiosteal dissection with release (elevation, incision, and spread) of periosteum at the supraorbital rim, and subgaleal dissection to the supraorbital rim, and to determine the optimal method of elevation in an aesthetically accepted ...

165 Leiomyoma is a benign proliferation of smooth muscle cells that may be found in various anatomical locations. Leiomyoma of the uterus is the most common, and there have been a few case reports of extra-uterine leiomyomas including on the hand, foot, esophagus, trachea, heart, and even in vessels. However, there have been no reports of leiomyoma of the frontalis muscle. We present a case of ...

The lateral open forehead lift technique uses 2 scalp incisions to elevate and suspend the lateral eyebrows, and 2 upper blepharoplasty incisions to access the muscles that produce glabellar frown lines and depress the medial eyebrows. Advantages of this technique are that side effects associated with the coronal incision, such as hair loss and overelevation of the medial eyebrow, are avoided.

Trichoblastoma is occasionally observed in association with a pre-existing nevus sebaceous in the Korean literature. However, there has been no report on the pigmented type. Herein, we report the first Korean case of a pigmented trichoblastoma arising from the nevus sebaceous on the forehead. A 28-year-old male presented with a dark nodular lesion within a yellowish plaque on the forehead. The ...