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Among Caucasians, augmentation malar plasty is occasionally performed, but, most often Orientals complain of the prominent zygoma and want an oval face. The procedure of the reduction malar plasty is not reported here. Instead, this article discusses the authors' method of reduction malar plasty and presents several cases.
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This paper was presented at the 6th Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Tokyo, September 29, 1981
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Onizuka, T., Watanabe, K., Takasu, K. et al. Reduction malar plasty. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 7, 121–125 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01571117
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01571117