title: Expression plasty: a new approach to esthetic surgery.
abstract: Training in esthetic surgery focuses on correcting crooked noses, wrinkled skin, bald scalps, and other unsightly facial structures. However, little importance is placed upon facial expressions--eg, "weak," "serious," "feminine," etc. Surgeons have discovered, through experience, that a recessed chin gives one a "dumb" expression, that a drooping nose denotes an "aging" expression, and that baggy eyelids confer a "tired" expression; yet few efforts have been made to study this area in more depth. This article explores the field of facial expression and its place in facial esthetic surgery.
mesh_terms: D004954:Esthetics; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D006204:Hair Removal; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose; D010551:Personality; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D013518:Surgery, Plastic