RT Book, Section
A1 Goldman, Glenn D.
A1 Dzubow, Leonard M.
A1 Yelverton, Christopher B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174770981
T1 Cheek
T2 Facial Flap Surgery
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw Hill LLC
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071749251
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174770981
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  cheek  extends  medially  from  the  nasolabial  fold  and  nasofacial  sulcus  laterally  to  the  preauricular  sulcus.  Superomedially,  the  cheek  ends  at  the  infraorbital  crease  and  laterally  at  the  zygomatic  arch.  The  inferolateral  border  is  the  margin  of  the  mandible.  The  cheek  is  a  convex  structure  in  youth  and  often  develops  an  inferolateral  concavity  with  age  consequent  to  volume  loss.  The  skin  is  generally  nonsebaceous.  In  men,  the  lateral  and  inferior  cheek  bares  dense  terminal  hair.  In  youth,  the  medial  border  of  the  cheek  with  the  upper  lip  lateral  subunit  is  indistinct,  but  with  age  a  visible  nasolabial  fold  develops.  The  nasofacial  sulcus  is  a  concave  deflection  which  defines  the  shape  of  the  nose,  and  ablation  of  which  leads  to  asymmetry.