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. 2022 Jan 12;10(1):e4025.
doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004025. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Alienization

Steven Harris  1
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Alienization

Steven Harris. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. .
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Figures

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Fig. 1.
Alienization demonstrating the commonly observed distortions, including winged eyebrows (“fox-eyes”), overprojected, sharp, angulated cheeks (“villain” cheeks) and jawlines (“snatched” jawline) with pointy chins (“witch” chin), a widened nasal bridge (“avatar” nose) and an exaggerated upturned pointy nasal tip (“pixie” nose), overfilled and outward projecting lips (“duck” lips or “trout” pout) or vertically overprojected, flattened lips (“Russian” lips, “doll” lips), a result of “tenting” techniques.
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