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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep 15;3(3):423-5.
doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2015.067. Epub 2015 Jul 2.

The Surgical Lips Deformity Corrected with Hyaluronic Fillers: A Case Report

Dragan Stolic  1 , Maja Jankovic  1 , Marija Draskovic  2 , Slobodan Georgiev  3 , Marina Stolic  1
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The Surgical Lips Deformity Corrected with Hyaluronic Fillers: A Case Report

Dragan Stolic et al. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. .

Abstract

Background: Hyaluronic filler is a sterile, biodegradable, viscoelastic, isotonic, transparent injectable gel implant which was approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 1996. It is used for face reconstruction and modelling.

Case presentation: We report the case of a 40-year-old Serbian woman who presented after surgery of cleft lip, primary and secondary palate. We performed a biphasic therapy; in the first stage in the zone semimucosis lips is initially carried incision scar tissue. The second stage is placed hyaluronan implant.

Conclusion: This case illustrates that, although hyaluronic fillers used mainly for correction of healthy tissue can be successfully used in the treatment of postoperative scars.

Keywords: Lip; hyaluron; implant.

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Lips patients before and after treatment with hyaluronic fillers.
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