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Infracture Technique for the zygomatic body and arch reduction

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In the Orient, prominent malar regions are considered unaesthetic and the majority of women with a prominent malar want to reduce the zygoma. Various operative procedures such as shaving or chiseling the zygomatic body or the zygomatic arch have been used for reducing malar eminence, but the zygomatic arch cannot be reduced sufficiently by these methods. By combining intraoral shaving of the zygomatic body and a new effect arch infracture technique through a temporopreauricular incision, we have obtained very satisfactory results in 19 cases and notable minimal complications over the last three years.

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  1. Jelim Plastic Surgical Clinic, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

    Doo Byung Yang M.D. & Chul Gyoo Park M.D.

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Yang, D.B., Park, C.G. Infracture Technique for the zygomatic body and arch reduction. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 16, 355–363 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570700

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