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Nasolabial Fold Correction

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Nasolabial fold correction is one of the most common filler injection procedures. In this chapter, we discuss anatomy of nasolabial fold including facial artery pathway and safe injection technique such as doppler ultrasound detection of facial artery.

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Lee, W. (2022). Nasolabial Fold Correction. In: Safe Filler Injection Techniques. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6855-5_8

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