Progress of midfacial fat compartments and related clinical applications

• Published in: Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 248 - 251
• Main Authors: Wen, Lihong, Wang, Jinhuang, Li, Yang, Liu, Dalie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 15.02.2018
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - anatomy & histology; Aging; Cadaver; Cheek - anatomy & histology; Face - anatomy & histology; Fascia; Humans; Ligaments; Muscles; Subcutaneous Fat - anatomy & histology; Midface; Ristow’s space; deep medial cheek fat; aging; fat compartment
• ISSN: 1002-1892
• DOI: 10.7507/1002-1892.201710088

To review the research progress of midfacial fat compartments, and to thoroughly understand its current state of the anatomy and the aging morphologic characters of midfacial fat compartments, as well as the current status of clinical applications. The recent literature concerning the midfacial fat compartments and related clinical applications were extensively reviewed and analyzed. Midfacial fat layer has been considered as a fusion and a continuous layer, experiencing a global atrophy when aging. As more anatomical researches have done, recent studies have shown that midfacial fat layer is broadly divided into superficial and deep layers, which are both divided into different fat compartments by fascia, ligaments, or muscles. Midfacial fat compartments tend to atrophy with age, specifically in the deep fat compartments while hypertrophy in the superficial fat compartments. Clinical applications show that fat volumetric restoration with deep medial cheek fat and Ristow's space can restore the appearance of