The aging lip: a comparative histological analysis of age-related changes in the upper lip complex.

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Upper lip rejuvenation is achieved by a large variety of different treatment approaches that clearly lack a unified theoretical background of the aging processes of the upper lip complex. In this study, the histological changes that occur in the aging upper lip were systematically evaluated for the first time.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Plast. Reconstr. Surg.

Title: Plastic and reconstructive surgery

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1529-4242

ISSN (Print): 0032-1052

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2009

Volume: 124

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center Freiburg, and the Erich Lexer Clinic, Freiburg, Germany. vincenzo.penna@uniklinik-freiburg.de

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Publisher Item ID: 00006534-200908000-00039

DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181addc06

PubMed ID: 19644283

SO-VID: e70ca34d-36d0-4891-9d60-6b7c27400699

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