Dr. Agarwal and Dr. Maloney use neck muscle as Lip Implant

Augmenting the lips with grafts of muscle and connective tissue from the neck appears to result in improved appearance for at least two years, according to a report in the March/April issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

The quest for the ideal permanent lip augmentation procedure has been fraught with challenges, they continue, including resorption, asymmetry, reactions, extrusion, an unnatural feel or appearance and the formation of cysts. Anurag Agarwal, M.D. and Richard Maloney, M.D., both of The Aesthetic Surgery Center, Naples, Fla., and colleagues report on the results of 25 consecutive patients who underwent lip augmentation with segments of their own sternocleidomastoid, a muscle running along the side of the neck, and the connective tissue that overlies it (fascia).

http://www.aestheticsurgerycenter.com/face/lip_enhancement/

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