title: Midfacial analysis and planning for midface augmentation with injectable filling materials: an anatomical approach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Midfacial augmentation improves the appearance of patients with flat or ptotic cheek.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop a simple method of preoperative delineating the location of the ideal malar prominence and determining the best area to augment with injectable filling materials.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used detailed analysis of the facial features of some Caucasian men and women as the basis for this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We described a technique to locate the ideal malar prominence and proposed a classification of midfacial contour defects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This method greatly simplifies the surgeon's task of determining the area to be augmented.
authors.affiliation: Dezfoul University of Medical Sciences, Ganjavian Hospital, Dezfoul, Iran. shtaheri@sina.tums.ac.ir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taheri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mansoori
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials