Using one method to solve the other can give very disappointing results. Sometimes, people get confused between the two. This problem is most amenable to another procedure known as buccal fat removal. Well, perhaps it does not look as cute on us as it does on the animal.Ī chipmunk look is due to excess buccal fat, which plumps up the areas beside the mouth. This is probably most amenable to liposuction or lipodissolve therapies. Having been oversized before, the fat in the face and jowls may stubbornly not go away even after losing weight over the rest of the body. Or what if we were once at a size that could qualify us for The Biggest Loser (whether it is Asia or America)? 😀 Such as this: 😀īut, as adults, we certainly don’t need that baby fat anymore! So what if our faces retained it, making it look round and chubby? The eye with the involved lid dries due to decreased tear production.ĭeep blue discoloration around malar area and nose.Isn’t this child cute & lovely! All that baby fat… makes the cheeks so soft and kissable. Food and drink dribble from the mouth on the paralyzed side. The mouth is drawn to the unparalyzed side, producing a somewhat grotesque appearance. The eyelids on the paralyzed side can’t close. Bovine facies (Craniofacial Dysostosis or Crouzon syndrome)Ĭonvex nasal profile, shortened mandible, macroglossia.ġ7. Sunken nasal bridge, puffiness around eyes, epicanthal fold, blue starry eyes, long upper lip length, small and widely spaced teeth, small chin.ġ6. Rosy, flushed cheeks and dilated capillaries. Snarling or Myasthenic facies (Myasthenia gravis)ĭrooping of the eyelids and corners of the mouth and weakness of the facial muscles. This appearance often results from the re-shaping of facial bones in childhood and adolescence due to the progressive pulling and wasting of affected muscles.įlat appearing face, small head, flat bridge of the nose, smaller than normal, low-set nose, small mouth which causes the tongue to stick out and to appear overly large, upward slanting eyes, epicanthal fold, rounded cheeks, small misshapen ears.ġ3. They have a tented, open mouth, elongated face and blunt affect. Protrusion of of one or both eyes (exopthamlos) associated with retraction of the upper eyelids (lid lag) which results in the exposure of white conjunctiva above the cornea (Von-Graef’s sign). Amiodarone faciesĪlert, startled, flushed and anxious appearance. First try to identify yourself & then check the answer below…ġ0. Head is large and dolichocephalic, with frontal bossing and prominent sagittal and metopic sutures, with mid-face hypoplasia, depressed nasal bridge, flared nares, and a prominent lower 1⁄3 of face, thickened facies, widely spaced teeth and attenuated dental enamel, gingival hyperplasia. Large supraorbital ridge and frontal bossing, thickened lips, enlarge tongue, lower jaw firm and square (protruding jaw = prognathism).Ī rounded face with a double chin, prominent flushed cheeks, and fat deposits in the temporal fossa and cheeks. Mask-like, tremor of head, absence of blinking, dribbling of saliva, weakness of upward gaze, vacant look, seborrhoea and sweatiness. Mask like or Parkinsonian facies (Parkinsonism)
CHIPMUNK FACIES SKIN
Skin generally thickened, alopecia, periorbital oedema, xanthelasma, coolness and dryness of skin and hair, thinning of scalp hair, tongue swelling.Ħ. Long, open-mouthed, dumb-looking face of children.ĥ. Peculiar, deeply furrowed, lionlike appearance of the face. Chipmunk facies ( Untreated β Thalassemia major, Bullimia nervosa, Parotid swelling)Įxpanded globular maxillae, with BM hyperexpansion into facial bones, combined with prominent epicanthal folds. Small lower jaw, a slit like hole in the palate of mouth (called cleft palate) and the tongue appear to fall into the throat (condition called as retroglossoptosis).Ģ.
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