Nasolabial fold deepening

Introduction The nasolabial fold is a surface sign of the human face. Everyone has it. The depth varies with individual differences. It gradually deepens with age. Generally, it begins to deepen at the age of 25, and then it will follow the face. The tissue is sagging and gradually increasing. The nasolabial fold is a shallow groove from the sides of the nose to the outside of the mouth. The upper end starts from the inner upper part, then goes outwards and downwards, and then descends between the buccal and lip, so it is commonly called "lip groove". Children and young people only have this ditch when they smile, and the ditch is also obvious when the face is aging.

Cause

The deepening of the nasolabial fold is related to the following factors:

1. Pulling of deep fibrous ligaments.

2, the sagging of the surrounding soft tissue.

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The nasolabial fold refers to the anatomical groove from the outer top to the side of the mouth on both sides of the nose, which is formed by two sets of muscles at different movement directions. It is more obvious at the age of 30. It is more obvious after the age of 35, and almost no one is spared. It is one of the manifestations of human aging.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of nasolabial deepening:

1, the lip groove red cleft palate: facial seborrheic dermatitis may appear in the nasolabial fold red cleft palate. At the beginning, the nasolabial folds are red, and the miliary size papules are stacked.

2, nasolabial folds shallow: one of the symptoms of facial nerve paralysis is the nasolabial fold shallow, the mouth of the mouth is low and slanting strange face.

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