| abstract |
This disclosure relates to mid-face aesthetic scales and related methods for evaluating fullness in a mid-face area of a human patient's face. In exemplary embodiments, the mid-face area is defined as medial to the maxillary prominence, lateral to the medial canthus, inferior to the maxillary prominence, superior to the plane of nasal alae, and lateral to the nose. An exemplary method for evaluating fullness in a mid-face area of a human patient's face comprises visually comparing a plurality of views of the patient's mid-face against a mid-face scale, and assigning a grade from the scale to the patient's mid-face based on the visual comparison. |