Morphodynamics and Surgical Correction of the Body’s Creases, Folds, and Wrinkles

Abstract

The aesthetics of the human body are a balance of furrows and orifices, and artists of every period have studied the distance between ear and eye, eye and nostrils, nostrils and mouth, nipple and submammary crease, subgluteus folds and iliac crest and so on, to create a code for all body proportions. Currently, the ideal of female beauty prefers more elongated shapes than in the past, and surgical body modeling, performed in accordance with anthropometric rules, uses a combination of techniques to alter the orientation and depth of aesthetic reference points, such as body folds and curves. These must be integrated into the body’s biodynamics to both prevent and correct defects and irregularities of the body, which has an inherent disposition to change shape, both because of the physical forces acting on it and because of constant tissue replacement.