Jihua Li1, Yuchun Hsu, Ashish Khadka, Jing Hu, Dazhang Wang, Qiushi Wang. 1. Chengdu, People's Republic of China The State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A square face is considered unattractive in Orientals; thus, it has become a frequently encountered reason for patients undergoing face contouring surgery. While reviewing the unsatisfactory cases of mandibular reduction, the authors discovered that some failed cases were related to a square jaw on a short face. The conventional procedures fix only the posterior region of the mandible, resulting in increased prominence of the stunted or square chin and short face. Thus, the authors applied a narrowing and sliding genioplasty procedure combined with a mandibular outer cortex ostectomy technique to reshape a wide, weak chin, and a square jaw on a short lower facial contour into a slender and attractive oval face. METHODS: From July of 2005 to October of 2009, there were a total of 57 patients in this study who underwent a narrowing and sliding genioplasty combined with a mandibular outer cortex ostectomy procedure to correct a square jaw on a short face. RESULTS: The postoperative appearance of all 57 cases showed that the lower face had narrowed and had become softer, slender, and oval, with a slick mental region. CONCLUSION: Narrowing and sliding genioplasty combined with a mandibular outer cortex ostectomy procedure could efficiently adjust the shape and position of the chin to obtain a good proportion of the lower face and change a square, short face to a slender, oval one in a single operation in accordance with fashionable aesthetics in Orientals.
BACKGROUND: A square face is considered unattractive in Orientals; thus, it has become a frequently encountered reason for patients undergoing face contouring surgery. While reviewing the unsatisfactory cases of mandibular reduction, the authors discovered that some failed cases were related to a square jaw on a short face. The conventional procedures fix only the posterior region of the mandible, resulting in increased prominence of the stunted or square chin and short face. Thus, the authors applied a narrowing and sliding genioplasty procedure combined with a mandibular outer cortex ostectomy technique to reshape a wide, weak chin, and a square jaw on a short lower facial contour into a slender and attractive oval face. METHODS: From July of 2005 to October of 2009, there were a total of 57 patients in this study who underwent a narrowing and sliding genioplasty combined with a mandibular outer cortex ostectomy procedure to correct a square jaw on a short face. RESULTS: The postoperative appearance of all 57 cases showed that the lower face had narrowed and had become softer, slender, and oval, with a slick mental region. CONCLUSION: Narrowing and sliding genioplasty combined with a mandibular outer cortex ostectomy procedure could efficiently adjust the shape and position of the chin to obtain a good proportion of the lower face and change a square, short face to a slender, oval one in a single operation in accordance with fashionable aesthetics in Orientals.
Authors: Yates Y Y Chao; Chiranjiv Chhabra; Niamh Corduff; Sabrina Guillen Fabi; Martina Kerscher; Stephanie C K Lam; Tatjana Pavicic; Berthold Rzany; Peter H L Peng; Atchima Suwanchinda; Fang-Wen Tseng; Kyle K Seo Journal: J Clin Aesthet Dermatol Date: 2017-08-01