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Editorial
. 2020 Aug 10;8(8):e3048.
doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003048. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Beauty and the Mask

Viren Patel  1 , Daniel M Mazzaferro  1 , David B Sarwer  2 , Scott P Bartlett  1
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Editorial

Beauty and the Mask

Viren Patel et al. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Photograph of an “unattractive” face (left), with 71% improvement after mask application (right).
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Photograph of an “average” face (left), with 29% improvement after mask application (right).
Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.
Photograph of an “attractive” face (left), with 11% improvement after mask application (right).
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