title: Facial Filler Grid (FAFI GRID): A New Method of Facial Analysis.
abstract: Despite the expert execution of the most sophisticated techniques, a precise descriptive guide of the treated areas to produce clinical records is lacking. The aim of our study was to develop a method of facial analysis to get a classification of areas that have to be treated for precise records. Our aim was to find an easy and original method for positioning and recording facial filler quantities and results.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied this method of analysis on 300 nonsmoker patients aged between 25 and 55 years. It involves the use of vertical and horizontal lines to divide the middle lower third into areas. It is this grid-like framework of perpendicular lines that gives rise to the name selected for the method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postsurgical analysis with FAFI GRID (Facial Filler Grid) indicated a satisfactory outcome, and it proved useful for precise records.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FAFI GRID allows us to treat precise facial points that are treated in steps: (1) malar, (2) nose, (3) lower third. The method thus provides an easy way to position and orient facial fillers in the entire face.
authors.affiliation: *Maxillo Facial Department, University of Verona, Verona †Department of Health Sciences "A. Avogadro," University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bertossi
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mortellaro
authors.forename: Pier Francesco
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Nocini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D059925:Anatomic Landmarks; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged