Meaning of meloplasty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The operation of restoring or repairing a cheek which has been wholly or partially destroyed.
2. The surgical lifting and repositioning the tissues in the cheeks and lower eyelids to create a more youthful appearance.

Examples

“Acquired macrostoma, from defects following noma, for instance, is remedied according to the rules for cheiloplasty (see § 31) or meloplasty (see § 33) .”

“In secondary meloplasty, it is presumed that the patient is several years older than at the time of the primary meloplasty, at least for the routine secondary procedures.”

“When the original face-lift has been performed and it pulls down on the earlobe, a tight, tapered lobe often follows. It is unsightly and makes difficult a secondary meloplasty without an obvious scar below the lobe.”

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