Sutures and Burrow's triangles placed in the red vermilion in the surgery of upper lip defects.
BACKGROUND
In upper lip defects both the design of the flap and the position of the Burrow's triangles may be reversed so as to conceal the scars among skin wrinkles, folds and the mucosal lip to maximize the aesthetic outcome.


OBJECTIVE
To report two cases of upper lip defects in which both scars and Burrow's triangles were concealed in the natural folds and the vermilion.


METHODS
Both surgeries were performed under local anaesthesia.


RESULTS
In both patients the scars were successfully concealed and the results aesthetically acceptable.


CONCLUSIONS
The technique described can be used to conceal scars in cases of upper lip defects with aesthetically acceptable results.
Ascari-Raccagni
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Forlì'G. B. Morgagni, L. Pierantoni' General Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Piazza Solieri 1, 47100 Forlì, Italy. ascrac@libero.it
Baldari
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D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013536:Suture Techniques