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Planes and angles

Nasolabial angle

Columella, subnasale, upper lip. Ideal in men 93.4 to 98.5 degrees (women 95.5 to 100.1) in a rater study of modified photographs; the older textbook range is 90 to 110.

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What it is

Columella, subnasale, upper lip. Ideal in men 93.4 to 98.5 degrees (women 95.5 to 100.1) in a rater study of modified photographs; the older textbook range is 90 to 110.

How the Codex reads it

READ item A2: an obtuse angle routes to the nose or to the pyriform region depending on anatomy.

Questions

What is the nasolabial angle?

Columella, subnasale, upper lip. Ideal in men 93.4 to 98.5 degrees (women 95.5 to 100.1) in a rater study of modified photographs; the older textbook range is 90 to 110.

How does the Band Codex read the nasolabial angle?

READ item A2: an obtuse angle routes to the nose or to the pyriform region depending on anatomy.

Sources

  1. Armijo B.S., Brown M., Guyuron B. Defining the ideal nasolabial angle. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2012;129(3):759.Ideal range 93.4 to 98.5 degrees in men, 95.5 to 100.1 in women, from a rated photograph series.

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