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Lower Face Injection Techniques

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Lower face injection includes correction of marionette line correction, chin augmentation and lip augmentation. In this chapter we propose safe injection techniques of lower face considering vascular anatomy, ligaments and perioral muscles.

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Lee, W. (2022). Lower Face Injection Techniques. In: Safe Filler Injection Techniques. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6855-5_9

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