Six patients with hemifacial spasm were treated with injections of botulinum toxin A into the orbicularis oculi; the abnormal movements around the eye were relieved for an average of 15 weeks. There were no systemic or significant local side effects, and in view of the risks involved in neurosurgical treatment, a trial of botulinum toxin injections is recommended in the first instance in this c...

Rarely attributed to Babinski is a phenomenon observed in patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS), which he first described in 1905. This “other Babinski sign”1 is manifested as follows: “when orbicularis oculi contracts and the eye closes, the internal part of the frontalis contracts at the same time, the eyebrow rises during eye occlusion,” “this set of occurrences is impossible to reproduce by ...

Facial mimicry is the spontaneous response to others' facial expressions by mirroring or matching the interaction partner. Recent evidence suggested that mimicry may not be only an automatic reaction but could be dependent on many factors, including social context, type of task in which the participant is engaged, or stimulus properties (dynamic vs static presentation). In the present study, we...

The reconstruction of scarring eyebrow defects is a challenging task for plastic surgeons as the an important cosmetic landmark face. Various methods are used reconstruction; free hair follicle transplantation, scalp composite graft, local flap transposition, and hair-bearing island have been widely reported in past applied according to size position defect. For partial defects, best option use...

Witnessing the distress of others can result both in empathy and personal distress. Perspective-taking has been assigned a major role in the elicitation and modulation of these vicarious responses. However, little is known about how perspective-taking affects the psychophysiological correlates of empathy vs. personal distress. We recorded facial electromyographic and electrocardiographic activi...