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Congenital Double Lip: A Rare Deformity Treated Surgically

Lip is an important aspect of facial features affecting ones personality. A deformity of the lip characterized by excessive tissue sagging below the usual giving it thicker wider appearance is referred to as double lip. It is a rare occurrence with a proposed male predilection. This article is a rep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aggarwal, Titiksha, Chawla, Kirti, Lamba, Arundeep Kaur, Faraz, Farukh, Tandon, Shruti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Society for Plastic Surgeons 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5109394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853696
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Sumario:Lip is an important aspect of facial features affecting ones personality. A deformity of the lip characterized by excessive tissue sagging below the usual giving it thicker wider appearance is referred to as double lip. It is a rare occurrence with a proposed male predilection. This article is a report of a 20 years old male with this deformity who presented with the complaint of difficult speech and poor aesthetics. There was no other history patient being systemically healthy. It was successively treated with a simple surgical technique without recurrence over a period of 12 months.