Aesthetic lip splits.
Both upper and lower lip splits, usually with osteotomy of the underlying jaw, improve access to the deep structures of the head and neck. A simple modification to the midline lip split is to incorporate a chevron in both the peri-oral skin and vermilion margin. The advantages are: accurate wound closure, no straight line contracture and a broken line of the peri-oral scar. This improves the aesthetic result of the healed lip.
Hayter
J P
JP
Maxillofacial Unit, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Vaughan
E D
ED
Brown
J S
JS
D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000379:methods