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Effect of Unilateral Injection of Botulinum Toxin on Lower Facial Asymmetry As Evaluated Using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning

Authors
 Yu Rim Cha  ;  Young Gun Kim  ;  Ji Hyun Kim  ;  Seong Taek Kim 
Citation
 DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY, Vol.39(6) : 900-906, 2013 
Journal Title
DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY
ISSN
 1076-0512 
Issue Date
2013
MeSH
Adult ; Botulinum Toxins, Type A/administration & dosage* ; Facial Asymmetry/diagnosis* ; Facial Asymmetry/drug therapy* ; Female ; Humans ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional* ; Lasers* ; Male ; Young Adult
Keywords
Adult ; Botulinum Toxins, Type A/administration & dosage* ; Facial Asymmetry/diagnosis* ; Facial Asymmetry/drug therapy* ; Female ; Humans ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional* ; Lasers* ; Male ; Young Adult
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Many patients with a hypertrophic masseter muscle desire its reduction to decrease the prominent mandibular angle. Surgical reduction has been widely used to this end, but bilateral injection of botulinum toxin into the masseter muscle is a less-invasive alternative to surgical reduction that has recently become the focus of public interest. The aim of this study was to measure changes in volume and thickness unilaterally in hypertrophic masseter muscles after unilateral botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) injection using three-dimensional (3D) laser scanning as a method of evaluation.
METHODS AND MATERIALS:
The volume and thickness of the lower facial contour of 10 patients with unilateral hypertrophic masseter muscle were measured using 3D laser scanning before and 4, 8, and 12 weeks after a unilateral injection of 25 U of BoNT-A. The 3D scans were superimposed to determine postinjection changes in volume and thickness.
RESULTS:
Although there was little change in the noninjected side over the experimental period, the mean volume and thickness of the injected side at each time point clearly and statistically significantly decreased between preinjection and 4, 8, and 12 weeks postinjection.
CONCLUSION:
Unilateral BoNT-A injection appears to be an effective esthetic treatment for patients with muscle-induced facial asymmetry.
Full Text
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dsu.12171/abstract
DOI
10.1111/dsu.12171
Appears in Collections:
2. College of Dentistry (치과대학) > Dept. of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (구강내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Seong Taek(김성택)
Kim, Ji Hyun(김지현)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/87034
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